Ashleigh Gentle (born 25 February 1991 in South Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete who was selected as part of the team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

[2] Gentle was born in South Brisbane, Queensland, on 25 February 1991, but now lives on the Gold Coast.

[4] In 2009, she entered Griffith University, where as of 2016[update], she is studying for a Bachelor of Public Health degree in nutrition.

[1] At school, Gentle participated in many different sports, including touch football, netball, athletics and cross country running.

[18] The next year, at the final race of the 2018 season in Gold Coast, Gentle managed to distance her rivals Vicky Holland and Katie Zaferes on the run to finish first, with Holland winning the subsequent sprint with Zaferes for second place to take the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Finale race.