Sarah True (née Groff, born November 27, 1981[1]) is an American athlete who competes in triathlon.
She represented the United States in triathlon in 2012,[2] finishing in fourth place,[3] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
True was born to parents Gerald and Jeannine Groff in Hanover, New Hampshire at Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center and raised in Cooperstown, New York.
[6] After graduating, True found it difficult to choose between swimming and running for her future athletic pursuits.
At the first 2008 USA Triathlon Olympic Trials in Tuscaloosa, True placed third, and at the end of the year she finished as the top American woman and 4th overall in the ITU World Cup season series.
True's year began with a bike crash that fractured her sacrum which caused her pain throughout the racing season.
[13] True also finished the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series ranked seventh in the final point standings.
[8] True scored her first World Triathlon Series win in 2014 at the penultimate round in Stockholm.