Brigitte McMahon
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's triathlon | |||
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| Gold | Sydney 2000 | Individual | |
Brigitte McMahon Huber (born March 25, 1967) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon.
McMahon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal with a total time of 2:00:40.52, which is still (as of 2005) the fastest time for a female in an Olympic triathlon. Her split times were 19:44.58 for the swim, 1:05:42.30 for the cycling and 0:35:13.64 for the run.
Huber competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing tenth with a total time of 2:07:07.73.
McMahon tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) doping during a competition in June 2005, though she maintains that she did not begin doping until well after the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she won her gold medal. She was immediately removed from the Swiss national team and was facing a two-year ban from triathlon when she retired.
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| Triathlon at the Summer Olympics | Olympic Champions in Women's triathlon |
| 1896-1996 not held | Brigitte McMahon | Kate Allen |
Categories: 1967 births | Living people | Swiss triathletes | Olympic competitors for Switzerland | Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland | Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Swiss sportspeople in doping cases | Doping cases in triathlon | Swiss people stubs | Triathlon biography stubs
