Early life True was born to parents Gerald and Jeannine Groff in
Hanover, New Hampshire at
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center and raised in
Cooperstown, New York. She competed in cross country, track and swimming in high school at Cooperstown High School and
Deerfield Academy. After graduating, True found it difficult to choose between swimming and running for her future athletic pursuits. After having some success in some amateur triathlon competitions she decided to pursue the sport of triathlon further.
International racing (2005–2010) True began her
International Triathlon Union (ITU) racing in 2005, competing in various World Cup and Pan American Cup races. In 2007, True had her first notable finish, winning the 2007 ITU Aquathlon World Championships. In 2009, True had three top 10 finishes in ITU racing, including 9th-place finishes in the newly revamped
World Championship Series (WCS) events in
Madrid and
Washington, D.C. She was the 2nd ranking American woman in the WCS series. During the year she would go on to take 12th at
London, 10th at
Kitzbühel and 8th at
Hamburg in WCS racing events. the best showing by an American triathlete in the three-year history of the series. True competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in triathlon where she finished in fourth place, the highest American in triathlon. She finished with a time of 2:00:00, ten seconds back of the bronze medal. True also finished the
2012 ITU World Triathlon Series ranked seventh in the final point standings. For her accomplishments she was named by USA Triathlon as their Olympic/ITU Athlete of the Year. The next year, she finished 9th in the
2013 ITU World Triathlon Series and took second in the USA Triathlon National Championships finishing behind Jorgensen. The following weekend, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the
2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Finale, she finished in fourth place and secured second place in the overall points standings just behind fellow American Jorgensen. At the
2016 Summer Olympics she represented the United States again in the
triathlon.
Long-distance triathlon After the Olympics True focused most of her racing on non-drafting, long-distance competitions. In 2017, True won races at Ironman 70.3 Augusta and Ironman 70.3 Austin. The following year she took 2nd place at
Ironman European Championship, her first Ironman competition and then another 2nd-place finish at Ironman Mont-Tremblant. At the
Ironman World Championship that October True finished fourth. After giving birth to her son in 2021, True returned to racing in 2022 by grabbing wins at Ironman Eagleman 70.3 and at
Ironman Lake Placid. ==Personal life==