LUISA
BAPTISTA
pacemaker for:
NICOLA SPIRIG
Age
27
Stats
BIRTHPLACE: Brazil
RESIDENCE: Sao Carlos, Brazil
TEAM: SESI-SP
Wins
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Champion, 2019 Pan American Games |
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Champion, 2022 Americas Cup and South Americas Championships Villarica |
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Champion, 2022 Brazil Triathlon National Championships |
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5x Middle Distance Triathlon Titles |
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90km bike PB: 2:23:32 (2022 Ironman 70.3 Pucon) |
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5km run PB: 16:34 (2022 Americas Cup Vina del Mar) |
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10km run PB: 35:10 (2022 Americas Cup Villarica) |
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21km run PB: 1:15:50 (2021 Challenge Peguera Mallorca) |
Bio
Luisa Baptista is a Brazilian Olympian and Pan American, South American, and national champion in triathlon. Alongside winning the Pan American Games, she counts as a highlight in her career coming 4th behind her idol Nicola Spirig at the 2020 Valencia World Cup. Under the tutelage of Nicola’s coach Brett Sutton, Luisa is similarly versatile across distances with wins over the Olympic and middle distance and is well and truly coming into form in 2022 with new personal bests over bike and run. She counts it an honour to be selected to be part of history on Nicola’s Sub8 pacemaker team.
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