| Shelly O'Brien |
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Regional Athlete Development Coordinator
Non Voting Member
Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Shelly established
herself as a top national competitor in the equestrian
world. Gaining recognition through the United States
Pony Club , Shelly earned two national championship
titles and a top six world championship finish in
tetrathlon (swim, run, shooting, cross-country
equestrian riding).
During high school, she became one
of Iowa's premier cross-country runners and excelled at
the 400 meter distance. She regards her participation in
the prestigious Drake relays on two different occasions
as a career highlight. She then competed at the
collegiate level in swimming, fencing and soccer at
Sweet Briar College, where she also earned a degree in
Sports Medicine.
After college, Shelly moved to San
Antonio, Texas, since at that time the city held the
Olympic Training Center for modern pentathlon (fencing,
swim, run, shooting, cross-country equestrian riding).
Her pentathlon career peaked with an individual gold
medal performance at the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival.
Following the International Olympic
Committee decision not to include women's pentathlon in
the 1996 Olympic Games, Shelly began looking for another
sport in which to compete at the Olympic level. She
turned to triathlon.
Since 1998, Shelly remains a top
competitor in triathlon (and duathlon) at the national,
regional and local levels. She's also qualified for and
has participated in numerous Team USA rosters for the
ITU World Championships in both triathlon and duathlon.
E-mail:
sobrien@flash.net |
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