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24-652: The first relay event appeared in 2003 in Tiszaújváros , Hungary as the ITU Team Relay Championships , two races were run one for men's teams and one for women's teams every team would have three members who would each complete one leg and the teams combined time would be their total time. Despite being deemed a success the event would not return until 2006. The championship would return in 2006 and 2007 before once again lacking an annual competition in 2008. In 2009, World Triathlon (then known as

48-647: A bronze medal at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama. Stanford also captained Team Wales at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games . In 2019 Stanford left the Brownlee Centre in Leeds and joined an international group of elite triathletes under coach Joel Filliol. The season saw her win gold at the 2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon. At the end of 2019 Stanford underwent knee surgery to remove damaged cartilage . She competed at

72-5416: A ten-year hiatus. However, the Bermuda event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, and the inaugural combined event was instead held as the Montréal leg of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series . The event doubled as the first qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics , and also included the first age-group mixed relay world championships. Magali Messmer Lukas Salvisberg Daniela Ryf Ruedi Wild Emma Moffatt Courtney Atkinson Emma Snowsill Brad Kahlefeldt Lauren Campbell Brent McMahon Kathy Tremblay Simon Whitfield Nicola Spirig Sven Riederer Daniela Ryf Ruedi Wild Jessica Harrison Frédéric Belaubre Carole Péon David Hauss Kate Mcllroy Tony Dodds Nicky Samuels Ryan Sissons Jodie Stimpson Jonathan Brownlee Helen Jenkins Alistair Brownlee Melanie Hauss Ruedi Wild Nicola Spirig Sven Riederer Anja Dittmer Maik Petzold Svenja Balzen Steffen Justus Vicky Holland William Clake Non Stanford Jonathan Brownlee Jessica Harrison Tony Moulai Carole Péon Vincent Luis Irina Abysova Dmitry Polyanskiy Alexandra Razarenova Alexander Bryukhankov Anja Knapp Jan Frodeno Anne Haug Franz Loeschke Andrea Hewitt Tony Dodds Kate McIlroy Ryan Sissons Sarah Groff Ben Kanute Gwen Jorgensen Cameron Dye Lucy Hall Jonathan Brownlee Vicky Holland Alistair Brownlee Cassandre Beaugrand Dorian Coninx Audrey Merle Vincent Luis Zsófia Kovács Tamás Tóth Margit Vanek Ákos Vanek Jeanne Lehair Dorian Coninx Audrey Merle Vincent Luis Gillian Backhouse Aaron Royle Emma Jackson Ryan Baillie Vicky Holland Gordon Benson Non Stanford Mark Buckingham Gwen Jorgensen Ben Kanute Kirsten Kasper Joe Maloy Charlotte McShane Jacob Birtwhistle Emma Jackson Ryan Bailie Laura Lindemann Jonathan Zipf Hanna Philippin Gregor Buchholz Charlotte McShane Matthew Hausser Ashleigh Gentle Jacob Birtwhistle Kirsten Kasper Ben Kanute Katie Zaferes Matthew Mcelroy Maaike Caelers Marco Van Der Stel Rachel Klamer Jorik Van Egdom Léonie Périault Dorian Coninx Cassandre Beaugrand Vincent Luis Natalie Van Coevorden Aaron Royle Ashleigh Gentle Jacob Birtwhistle Kirsten Kasper Ben Kanute Katie Zaferes Kevin McDowell Émilie Morier Léo Bergère Cassandre Beaugrand Vincent Luis Laura Lindemann Valentin Wernz Nina Eim Justus Nieschlag Natalie Van Coevorden Aaron Royle Emma Jeffcoat Jacob Birtwhistle Léonie Périault Léo Bergère Cassandre Beaugrand Dorian Coninx Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Katie Zaferes Morgan Pearson Georgia Taylor-Brown Barclay Izzard Jessica Learmonth Alex Yee Pierre Le Corre Emma Lombardi Vincent Luis Cassandre Beaugrand Alex Yee Sophie Coldwell Sam Dickinson Georgia Taylor-Brown Seth Rider Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Summer Rappaport Tim Hellwig Annika Koch Simon Henseleit Laura Lindemann Hayden Wilde Ainsley Thorpe Tayler Reid Nicole van der Kaay Max Studer Julie Derron Sylvain Fridelance Cathia Schär Henry Graf Lisa Tertsch Lasse Lührs Annika Koch Max Studer Julie Derron Simon Westermann Cathia Schär Tayler Reid Ainsley Thorpe Dylan McCullough Nicole van der Kaay Before

96-683: A town in 1966 and was renamed twice, in 1970 and in 1991. The construction of the town began on 9 September 1955; among the first buildings was a thermal power station and some blocks of flats around it. In the next stage of construction the Tiszai Vegyi Kombinát (TVK, "Chemical Factory") was built. It is one of the major chemical complexes in Hungary and, according to their website, represents more than 20% of petrochemical capacities in Central Europe . The first production unit,

120-414: A town owes its existence to the industrialization wave that took over the then- socialist Hungary after World War II . The government wanted to speed up industrial development and create new job opportunities in the north-eastern part of the country. The town was built up on the outskirts of the old village Tiszaszederkény . In legal terms the old village and the new town are the same: the village became

144-583: A win at ITU World Triathlon Cape Town. Competing in her first Olympics in Rio August 2016, she finished in 4th place. Stanford joined ECS Triathlon club in 2016. 2017 was again affected by injury, but she did achieve a win at Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup. The 2018 season saw Stanford win two silver medals at the Cape Town ITU Triathlon World Cup and ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham. She also secured

168-618: Is a British former professional triathlete , representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon ) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain world champion mixed relay team in 2012 and represented Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished fourth behind teammate and housemate Vicky Holland . Hindered thereafter by recurrent injuries, she struggled to repeat

192-684: Is based in Leeds , England and was born in Bridgend , Wales . Non is a Welsh name, and takes after Saint Non . Stanford was born in Bridgend , but grew up in nearby Swansea . Her first club was Swansea Harriers. Stanford graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Sport and Exercises Sciences in 2010. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in

216-456: The 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Asian Games , which was considered a significant step towards adding team triathlon to the 2016 Summer Olympic programme. In July 2013, the IOC executive board ruled that they would not add any new disciplines to the 2016 games for fear of putting additional financial pressure on Brazil. In June 2017 with the announcement of mixed gender events being added to

240-537: The 2022 Commonwealth Games where she came 6th in the women's event. After winning a silver medal for Wales in the mixed triathlon relay at the same Games, she went on to win the Europe Triathlon Championships , and announced her retirement. Stanford accepted a coaching role at the Leeds headquarters of British Triathlon to follow her retirement from elite competition. The following is

264-721: The 2023 Birthday Honours for services to triathlon in Wales. Stanford was a successful cross country runner ; she was Welsh Schools 1,500m champion in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Stanford was picked out as a bright young running talent in 2004 when she was invited to join Kelly Holmes on the first ever 'On Camp with Kelly' in South Africa . In 2006, she finished 3rd in the 3000m (senior) at the AAA Indoor championships . Stanford started studying Sport and Exercises Sciences at

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288-400: The University of Birmingham and in summer 2008 joined the university's triathlon club, changing her focus from running to triathlon after a series of injuries kept her off the track. In the 2009 British Triathlon Super Series she came second, and in 2009/10 was awarded the 'Paul Weston Triathlon Scholarship' to concentrate on triathlon. After graduating in 2010, she won a bronze medal at

312-420: The paint factory started operating in 1961. Newer production units produce chemical fertilizers , polyethylene , and carbon black . An oil refinery was built too. The factories needed workers, so living quarters were needed in the town. By 1962 several houses were built, mainly using prisoner labor force, and shops and restaurants were opened as well. On 1 June 1961 the council of Tiszaszederkény moved to

336-616: The 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth – the town's name was changed to Leninváros (Lenin Town). In the 1980s the town developed slower, but steadily. In 1989 the socialist regime ended in Hungary, and in 1991 the town's name was changed to Tiszaújváros (literally: "Tisza New Town", i.e., 'New Town on the Tisza River'; another Hungarian industrial town, Sztálinváros – Stalin Town – similarly changed its name to Dunaújváros – "New Town on

360-695: The Brasschaat ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup. In the same year Stanford also took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and represented Montpellier Agglo Tri. Her current French Grand Prix team is the TCG 79 Parthenay team. Stanford relocated to the British Triathlon base at Leeds Beckett University at the Leeds Triathlon Centre. The 2012 season

384-494: The Danube" – three decades earlier). During the 1990s the town developed fast, three churches and several new houses were built. One of the most popular tourist attractions is a thermal bath and water park with chutes. Tiszaújváros is twinned with: 47°56′N 21°05′E  /  47.933°N 21.083°E  / 47.933; 21.083 Non Stanford Non Rhiannydd Stanford MBE (born 8 January 1989)

408-664: The ITU World Triathlon San Diego, ITU World Triathlon Hamburg and ITU World Triathlon Stockholm. Due to injury, Stanford's entire 2014 season was missed, but she came back strongly in 2015 to finish 2nd at both the Rio Olympic Test Event and the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago – securing Olympic selection in the process. 2016 started successfully for Stanford, as she opened her season with

432-544: The International Triathlon Union or ITU) went through a major reorganization of its top level competitions, the men's and women's relay championships where merged and the title would be contested as a mixed relay. The event was initiated with the aim of getting more triathletes as well as the team triathlon discipline on the Olympic programme. The format appeared at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ,

456-515: The Olympic program the mixed team relay has gained Olympic status and will hold its inaugural Olympic event in the 2020 Olympics . In 2018 it was decided that at three of the events of that years World Triathlon Series would also host a mixed relay event would be held alongside the men's and women's competition one of these would be the World Championship and all three events would grant points towards Olympic qualification and constitute

480-474: The creation of the mixed team relay, single gendered relay races were held intermittently. Tisza%C3%BAjv%C3%A1ros Tiszaújváros ( Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtisɒuːjvaːroʃ] ; Slovak : Nové Mesto nad Tisou ) is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary , 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Miskolc , near the river Tisza . Tiszaújváros as

504-470: The dominant form of her early years. In her final year of competition, 2022, however she found an exceptional final flourish of form; she anchored Wales to silver in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, her first Commonwealth medal and her first major championship medal since 2015 World Triathlon mixed relay bronze. One week later, in her final major Olympic distance triathlon race, Stanford won her first and only European championship . Non Stanford

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528-575: The new mixed relay series. In 2019 the number of mixed relays in World Triathlon Series were increased to five and once again one of these would be the World Championship. In 2021 the Mixed Relay World Championships were awarded to Bermuda, with the intent of holding a combined World Triathlon Sprint & Mixed Relay Championships, which would also mark the return of a stand alone Sprint Championship after

552-449: The new town. The first stage of construction was over. During the second stage (1962–1965) more houses and shops were built. By 1966 there were 1,464 flats for the workers, and on 1 April 1966 the town was officially granted town status. Between 1966 and 1970 – in the 3rd stage of town construction – two primary schools , a secondary school and a community centre were built. The town was now inhabited by 10,000 people. On 22 April 1970 –

576-691: Was a breakthrough year for her as she won senior gold in the Stockholm ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships and U23 gold at the Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland. The 2013 season started with a win at ITU World Triathlon Madrid, before going on to take the title of ITU World Champion at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final London. That season Stanford also achieved silver medals at

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