Renée Tomlin

Career Highlights

2018 Sarasota-Bradenton ITU Triathlon World Cup champion
2018 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup bronze medalist
2018 Sarasota-Bradenton CAMTRI Mixed Relay American Championships gold medalist
Two-time Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup champion (2016, 2017)
2016 Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup bronze medalist
2016 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup bronze medalist
2015 Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup champion
2015 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup runner-up
2015 Habana CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup champion
2015 Takapuna OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup bronze medalist

Quick Facts

Renée Tomlin is a four-time NCAA All-American in track & field and cross country at Georgetown University, and she was a 2011 NCAA Women of the Year honoree. She was introduced to triathlon through the USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program. Tomlin says her favorite parts of triathlon are the transitions because they “require athleticism, tenacity, and explosive response all while remaining calm, loose and focused.” Tomlin endured a stress fracture in her foot in 2018 and came back to win the 2019 Sarasota-Bradenton ITU Triathlon World Cup. Her time recovering was spent taking the time to focus on her mindset and learning how to take care of her body properly in order to stay in the sport. Tomlin currently competes alongside former Georgetown teammate, Kirsten Kasper, in the ITU race circuit. She says being able to compete alongside Kasper is special because they are able to depend on each other. Her mother, Stephanie Tomlin, also comes from an athletic background. She was a collegiate swimmer at Northwestern University, and was a pioneer in the advancement of women’s sports and Title IX. Tomlin speaks German, French, and some Spanish. She enjoys spending time on the beach, surfing, body Surfing, hiking, yoga and playing tennis.

Elite Triathlon Career

2019: Placed 12th at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Cape Town, on Feb. 10 • Earned silver at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Mooloolaba, on March 16 • Earned 4th at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Chengdu, on May 12 • Placed 28th at the ITU World Triathlon Series stop in Yokohama, on May 18 • Finished 10th as a member of the U.S. Mixed Relay team at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series in Nottingham, on June 15 •

2018: Closed the season with a ninth-place finish at the Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup on Nov. 10 • Earned a bronze medal at the Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup on Oct. 27 • Helped Team USA to a gold medal at the Sarasota-Bradenton CAMTRI Mixed Relay American Championships on Oct. 14 • Earned her first ITU World Cup victory since July 2017 with a win in Sarasota-Bradenton on Oct. 13 • Placed 34th at the Antwerp ITU Triathlon World Cup on June 17

2017: Finished fifth at the Huelva ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sept. 23 • Placed 34th at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Sept. 14 • Successfully defended her title at the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup on July 22 • Took seventh at ITU World Triathlon Hamburg on July 15 • Finished 33rd at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 13 • Recorded a top-five finish at ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast on April 8 • Placed 22nd at ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi on March 3

2016: Earned back-to-back World Cup bronze medals in Tongyeong, South Korea, on Oct. 22, and Miyazaki, Japan, on Oct. 29 • Placed 18th at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Cozumel, Mexico, on Sept. 11 • Finished 29th at ITU World Triathlon Edmonton on Sept. 3 • Placed 24th at ITU World Triathlon Hamburg on July 16 • Took the win at the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup on July 9 • Recorded a 24th-place finish at ITU World Triathlon Stockholm on July 2 • Placed 26th at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on July 2 • Finished 18th at ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast on April 9 • Posted fifth-place finishes on back-to-back weekends in March, first at ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi on March 5, followed by the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup in Australia  
 
2015: Posted a fourth-place finish at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 16 for her best career WTS finish, missing the podium by 10 seconds • Won her first career ITU World Cup on May 9 in Chengdu, China • Raced to her first ITU World Cup podium finish on March 22 in New Plymouth, New Zealand, finishing second behind compatriot Kaitlin Donner • Earned top-20 finishes at ITU World Triathlon Series events in Auckland (16th) and Gold Coast (20th) • Opened her season with a win at the Habana (Cuba) CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup, her first career ITU win

2014: Made her elite triathlon debut on July 27 at the Banyoles ETU Triathlon European Cup, finishing 13th • Made her ITU World Triathlon Series debut in Stockholm on Aug. 23, finishing 29th

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2021 – 86th (Individual Ranking - Women)
• Years of participation: Individual Ranking - Women 2021; Team Relay - Mixed 2015
• Top finish: 7th – 2015 (Team Relay - Mixed)