Athlete Profile: Summer Rappaport

Summer Rappaport

United States
Born: 1991

Rankings
World Ranking	7
World Triathlon Championship Series Ranking	3
World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	6
Continental Ranking	5

Starts

67

Podiums

25

Wins

12 Biography

Summer was a varsity swimmer and runner at Villanova University and, following graduation, she entered the USAT Collegiate Recruitment program, earning her pro card in March 2014.

After a first World Cup podium in 2015 in Alanya, in 2016, Summer scored three major wins with a debut WTS victory in Edmonton and golds at the Chengdu and Tongyeong World Cups, and was named ITU’s Breakout Female Star of the Year.

2017 brought three more World Cup triumphs in Yucatan, Tongyeong and Miyazaki, and Summer returned to Japan at the end of 2018 to successfully defend that title, her second World Cup win of the season after a superb display in Antwerp in June. The 2019 season was the first that she competed as Summer Rappaport after changing her name from Cook, beginning in style with silver in Cape Town and putting together a brilliant run that included silver at WTS Yokohama, gold in Huatulco, third in Hamburg and another silver in Edmonton.

At the Tokyo Test Event in 2019, Summer became the first US female to qualify for Tokyo 2020, finishing 14th, and then went on to win bronze at WTCS Hamburg the following September.

Highlights:
- Winner 2019 Huatulco World Cup
- Winner 2017 & 2018 Miyazaki World Cup
- Winner 2018 Antwerp World Cup
- Winner 2017 Tongyeong World Cup
- Winner 2016 World Triathlon Edmonton

Latest Athlete Results

5	HAMBURG WASSER 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg 19 Sep, 2021 - Mixed Relay - 00:21:40
3	HAMBURG WASSER 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg 18 Sep, 2021 - Elite Women - 00:58:26
16	2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton 21 Aug, 2021 - Elite Women - 01:59:04
14	Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 27 Jul, 2021 - Elite Women - 02:00:19
9	2021 World Triathlon Cup Lisbon 23 May, 2021 - Elite Women - 02:00:30
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3	HAMBURG WASSER 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg 2021-09-18 - Elite Women - 00:58:26
16	2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton 2021-08-21 - Elite Women - 01:59:04
2	2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama 2021-05-15 - Elite Women - 01:54:57
17	2020 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2020-09-05 - Elite Women - 00:56:01
16	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 2019-08-29 - Elite Women - 02:07:44
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14	Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 2021-07-26 - Elite Women - 02:00:19
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Zaferes, Rappaport, Knibb eye USA's second Olympic Triathlon gold
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
15 Jul, 2021
Women’s Olympic Qualification continues with World Triathlon Cup Lisbon

20 May, 2021
Crucial women’s season opener in Yokohama as Zaferes bids for big return to Japan

11 May, 2021
WTS Yokohama homage sees triathlon stars reliving the action on TriathlonLIVE

20 May, 2020
TriathlonLIVE to deliver Yokohama homage this weekend

14 May, 2020

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Summer
Family Name	Rappaport
Representing	USA
Year of Birth	1991
Residence	Durham, United States
Coach	Paulo Sousa
Sponsors	ROKA, New York Athletic Club, Ventum
Hobbies	Calligraphy, cooking, and baking
Website	http://summerrappaport.com
Twitter	@Summerrappz
Facebook	Athlete Facebook