Lisa Nordén is a professional Swedish triathlete, 2008 Olympian, Swedish Champion of the year 2008, the U23 World Champion of the year 2007, the Sprint World Champion of the year 2010, vice World Champion (World Championship Series) of the year 2009, bronze medalist of the World Championship Series of the years 2008 and 2010, and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010.

Lisa Nordén also takes part in non ITU events, e.g. in the German First Bundesliga. In 2010, she won three gold medals at Gladbeck, Witten and Schliersee (German open Championships). She has represented Stadtwerke Team Witten.

In Sweden, Nordén lives in Höör

Höör

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, and represents KRISTIANSTADS TRIATHLONKLUBB, the club of her birthplace where Lisa Nordén's father and her half-sister still live. Her training basis, however, is in Canberra

Canberra

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, Australia. Her coach is Darren Smith.

ITU Competitions

In the eight years from 2003 to 2010, Nordén took part in 49 ITU competitions and achieved 28 top ten positions.
Nordén's most successful year was 2009 with five World Championship Series medals.
In 2010, Nordén had two World Championship Series podiums, in 2011 she is number 18 in the World Championship Ranking (August 2011).

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date	Competition	Place	Rank
2003-06-21	European Championships (Junior)	Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)	14
2003-12-06	World Championships (Junior)	Queenstown	10
2004-05-09	World Championships (U23)	Madeira	14
2005-05-01	World Cup	Mooloolaba	12
2005-07-17	European Championships (U23)	Sofia	9
2005-08-20	European Championships	Lausanne	17
2005-09-10	World Championships (U23)	Gamagori	10
2006-02-19	Oceania Cup	Hobart	6
2006-03-26	World Cup	Mooloolaba	22
2006-06-04	BG World Cup	Madrid	27
2006-07-08	European Championships (U23)	Rijeka	6
2006-07-30	BG World Cup	Salford	20
2006-09-02	World Championships (U23)	Lausanne	5
2006-09-09	BG World Cup	Hamburg	19
2006-09-24	BG World Cup	Beijing	35
2007-03-03	African Cup	Langebaan	2
2007-05-13	BG World Cup	Richards Bay	18
2007-06-10	BG World Cup	Vancouver	11
2007-06-24	BG World Cup	Edmonton	12
2007-06-29	European Championships	Copenhagen	16
2007-07-29	BG World Cup	Salford	26
2007-08-30	BG World Championships (U23)	Hamburg	1
2007-08-30	BG World Championships (Elite)	Hamburg	DNS
2007-09-15	BG World Cup	Beijing	36
2007-10-07	BG World Cup	Rhodes	7
2008-03-30	BG World Cup	Mooloolaba	3
2008-04-06	BG World Cup	New Plymouth	2
2008-05-10	European Championships	Lisbon	3
2008-05-25	BG World Cup	Madrid	5
2008-06-05	BG World Championships	Vancouver	20
2008-08-18	Olympic Games	Beijing	18
2008-09-27	BG World Cup	Lorient	1
2008-10-05	US Open Triathlon	Dallas	1
2008-10-26	BG World Cup	Huatulco	5
2009-05-31	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Madrid	2
2009-06-21	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Washington DC	13
2009-06-27	Hy-Vee Elite Cup	Des Moines	7
2009-07-02	European Championships	Holten	4
2009-07-25	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Hamburg	2
2009-08-15	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	London	2
2009-08-22	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Yokohama	1
2009-09-09	Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final	Gold Coast	2
2009-10-11	US Open Triathlon	Dallas	1
2009-11-21	African Cup	Mombasa	DNF
2010-04-11	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Sydney	5
2010-05-08	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Seoul	13
2010-07-03	European Championships	Athlone	3
2010-07-17	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Hamburg	1
2010-07-24	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	London	26
2010-08-14	Dextro Energy World Championship Series	Kitzbuhel	2
2010-08-21	Sprint World Championships	Lausanne	1
2010-09-08	Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final	Budapest	4
2010-10-10	US Open Triathlon	Rockwall	1
2011-03-26	World Cup	Mooloolaba	DNF
2011-04-09	World Championship Series 2011 ITU Triathlon World Championships The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2011 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Beijing, China in September 2011...	Sydney	9
2011-06-04	World Championship Series	Madrid	12
2011-08-06	World Championship Series	London	30
2011-08-20	Sprint World Championships 2011 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships The 2011 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon race organised by the International Triathlon Union held in Lausanne, Switzerland on August 20...	Lausanne	8
2011-09-04	Hy-Vee Triathlon Hy-Vee Triathlon The Hy-Vee Triathlon is an Olympic-distance triathlon race held in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. It has been a participant in the ITU Triathlon World Cup series three times from 2008 to 2010, and serves as the World Triathlon Corporation's 5150 Series 2011 U.S. Championships...	Des Moines	1
2011-09-11	World Championship Series 2011 ITU Triathlon World Championships The Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2011 was a series of six World Championship Triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Beijing, China in September 2011...	Beijing	4
2011-09-25	LA Triathlon	Los Angeles	1
2011-10-02	US Open Triathlon	Dallas	1

External links

• Norden's Official Website
• Swedish Triathlon Federation in Swedish
• Nordén's Triathlon Club Kristianstad in Swedish