Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland at the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympics.
Also an accomplished runner and swimmer, Reid is a former NI Cross country champion, and won a medal at the World University Cross Country championships with Team Ireland.
Aileen trained as a physical education teacher prior to beginning her triathlon career.
She competed in the Women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in a disappointing 43rd place, almost 10 minutes behind winner Nicola Spirig.[1] Reid suffered a crash on the first lap of the bike course as a result of wet roads.[2]
She married in October 2012, and raced under her married name thereafter.
She finished the 2013 season ranked 8th in the World, with a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in London. She has had two other World triathlon series podiums with a silver medal in Madrid in June 2012, and Hamburg in July 2010.
Reid competed in the Women's triathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympics and finished in 21st place.[3]
She retired in July 2017.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.[4] The following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.
Date
Competition
Place
Rank
2008-05-18
European Cup
Brno
6
2008-06-27
University Triathlon Championship
Erdek
13
2008-07-12
European Cup
Athlone
6
2008-08-03
European Cup
Egirdir
7
2008-08-30
European Cup
Split
3
2008-09-13
European Cup
Vienna
12
2008-09-27
BG World Cup
Lorient
22
2009-04-05
European Cup
Quarteira
6
2009-05-02
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Tongeyong
22
2009-06-21
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Washington DC
25
2009-07-02
European Championships
Holten
13
2009-07-18
European Cup
Athlone
2
2009-08-15
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
London
DNF
2010-05-22
European Cup
Senec
6
2010-06-05
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Madrid
23
2010-06-12
Elite Cup
Hy-Vee
27
2010-07-03
European Championships
Athlone
5
2010-07-17
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Hamburg
3
2010-08-14
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Kitzbühel
16
2010-09-08
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final
Budapest
17
2010-10-16
World Cup
Tongyeong
4
2010-10-23
Asian Cup
Hong Kong
1
2011-04-03
European Cup
Antalya
1
2011-04-17
World Cup
Ishigaki
2
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish