Triathlon Community Mourns the Loss of Media Legend Lois Schwartz

December 26, 2025

Triathlon lost one of the sport’s most influential media members on Christmas Eve – photographer Lois Schwartz, who co-founded Competitor Magazine with Bob Babbitt in 1987, passed away due to complications from Alzheimers a day before her 83rd birthday.

Schwartz’s epic photos routinely graced the cover of Competitor Magazine, and she was instrumental in helping foster the growth of the sport through its first three decades. Slowswitch