Emma Snowsill has been winning triathlons since her teens, and now she has an Olympic gold medal to add to her awards collection. In addition to her victory in Beijing at this summer Olympics, the Australian won the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Title three times and stands as the most successful woman triathlete of all time.
Like many professional athletes in strenuous sports, Snowsill discovered her asthma when breathing problems affected her during competition. After she did not finish the Des Moines triathlon last year, the first time in her career and the culminating event of a months-long slump, doctors finally diagnosed the lung condition.
Fun Fact
Snowsill is the smallest triathlete in this year’s Games, at just 5′ 2”.
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Emma Snowsill at ITU Olympics
Sports Illustrated Feature on Emma Snowsill’s Gold Medal Win
**Part of a special, two-week long feature on asthmatic Olympians and the incredible athletic feats they accomplish despite their breathing problems. Read the whole series.**
Wow… that would be so hard, figuring out that you had asthma because you couldn’t do your sport….
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