Loretta Harrop

Loretta Harrop
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Individual
ITU World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Montreal Elite women's race
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madeira Elite women's race
ITU Triathlon World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Overall World Cup

Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born 17 July 1975, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete.

As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harrop house which will go by the colour red.

In 1999, Harrop won the elite-women race at the World Triathlon Championships in Montreal.That same year she also won the overall World Cup series title.[1]

Harrop competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed fifth with a total time of 2:01:42.82. Her split times were 19:37.98 for the swim, 1:05:40.70 for the cycling, and 0:36:24.14 for the run.[2]

Four years later, Harrop competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was even more successful this time, winning a silver medal with the time of 2:04:50.17. The splits for that run were 18:37.00 for the swim, 1:09:05.00 for the cycling, and 37:08.00 for the run.

Harrop retired from professional competition in 2007. She remains active in the triathlon community, coaching a high-school triathlon programme and participating in the annual Luke Harrop Memorial Triathlon.[1] On 22 May 2012, she was inducted into the Australian Triathlon Hall of Fame for her contributions to the sport. [3]

Harrop is married to Brad Jones who was a talented Australian rules player in the AFLQ (Queensland) competition. Her son Hayden and daughter Emerson are both professional tennis players.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Throwback Thursday: Loretta Harrop". Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. ^ The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. 2003. p. 203. ISBN 0-7022-3425-7.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame – AusTriathlon". Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Loretta Harrop". Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 November 2025.


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