Delphine Py-Bilot


Delphine Py-Bilot is a French professional triathlete.

Career

Delphine Py-Bilot made her international breakthrough in 1999 when she won the bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Madeira and placed fifth at the Junior World Championships in Montreal. By then she was a well known triathlete in France, having won the French Championships in all age categories: in 1994 in the class «minime», in 1996 as «cadette», and in 1998 and 1999 as a «junior».
Since 2008 she has not taken part in ITU races but she was still present at international events.
At the Mazda London Triathlon, for instance, she placed 7th and outdid younger top elite triathletes like Jodie Stimpson, Sophie Coleman, and Maxine Seear. The race was won by Helen Jenkins Tucker and, though not being an ITU triathlon, always attracks top elite athletes.
Since 2003 Delphine Py represented the club Beauvais Triathlon in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and, apart from Charlotte Morel and Delphine Pelletier she was the only French triathlete in the female team of this club, which almost exclusively relied on its international guest stars like Andrea Hewitt and in 2009 won both the Club Championship Series and the national Club Championship at Gruissan. In 2010, Beauvais Triathlon again won the Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux and placed 2nd at the National Club Championship in Parthenay .
In 2011, however, the club decided to boycott this famous circuit and in 2011 Delphine Py will represent Charleville Triathlon Ardennes, taking part in the Championship for her last time.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, all events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
1997-07-05 European Championships Vuokatti18
1998-07-04 European Championships Velden7
1998-08-30 World Championships Lausanne18
1999-07-03 European Championships Funchal3
2000-07-08 European ChampionshipsStein11
2000-08-06 World CupTiszaújváros20
2001-05-13 World CupRennes22
2001-11-04 World CupCancun15
2002-04-27 World CupSaint Petersburg36
2002-06-02 European CupZundert14
2002-07-06 European ChampionshipsGyör33
2002-07-28 World CupTiszaújváros35
2002-09-21 World CupNice35
2003-06-01 European CupZundert8
2004-02-21 Oceania ChampionshipsDevonportDNF
2004-04-18 European ChampionshipsValencia36
2005-07-16 Premium World CupHolten15
2005-10-15 European CupPalermoDNF
2006-04-23 European CupEstoril18
2006-08-20 European CupGeneva10
2007-05-20 Premium European CupSanremoDNF

DNF = did not finish

Personal life

In 2006 Delphine Py married Wilfrid Bilot.
She lives in her native town Montpellier and works as a mathematics teacher at the Collège du Pic St. Loup in St. Clément de Rivière close to Montpellier.