| Paula Newby-Fraser [13.May.2008] |
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| Paula Newby-Fraser is the only triathlete to transcend the sport. Certainly, she is the greatest triathlete of all time: Her 24 Ironman Championships are more than twice that won by triathlon legends Mark Allen & Erin Baker (8 each) and Dave Scott (7). Her 1988 Ironman finish (11th overall) has been called the "greatest performance in endurance sports his-tory".... read more |
| TJ Tollakson, USA [19.Mar.2008] |
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| TJ participated in many sports growing up, and in High School won 11 Varsity Athletic Letters. He was a four time Iowa High School State Cross Country Qualifier with a 16:16 PR for 5k. He was an all-state butterflier in swimming, only swimming his freshman and sophomore years..... read more |
| Gina Ferguson, New Zealand [21.Jan.2008] |
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| Gina came from a swimming background, competing competitively to NZ national level until she was 17. After a 7 year break from all sports Gina took up triathlon as a way to get fit at the beginning of 2005. She took to the sport immediately and after winning a few events decided to take the sport more seriously...... read more |
| Faris Al-Sultan, Germany [28.Dec.2007] |
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| For his age Faris Al-Sultan has gathered a lot of experience at all distances. At the Young age of 19 (1997) he finished his first Ironman on Lanazarote (10:33 hours) at 16 he ran his first marathon (3:10) in his native city Munich..... read more |
| Linda Gallo, USA [11.Dec.2007] |
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| I was always an athletic, competitive person growing up, but didn't realize my full potential in swimming and later in triathlons until college and beyond. I started swimming for a summer league when I was about 5 year’s old..... read more |
| Rutger Beke, Belgium [ 6.Dec.2007] |
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| Rutger became a professional triathlete in January 2003. He is fully employed by BLOSO, the Flemish governmental sports organization. Before becoming a PRO, Rutger worked as a lifeguard in the swimming pool...... read more |
| Sarah Haskins, USA [ 5.Dec.2007] |
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| I have always had a love for athletics as well as competition. I began swimming competitively at age five and swimming year-round by the age of nine years old. I swam for ten years on the Parkway Swim Club and achieved Junior National time standards...... read more |
| Craig Alexander, AUS [29.Nov.2007] |
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| Craig Alexander is a world class professional triathlete with nearly a decade of racing experience. Craig, known as Crowie, is based in Boulder Colorado in the USA for the spring and summer, then heads home to Cronulla for the Australian summer...... read more |
| Chrissie Wellington, UK (Kona Awards Speech) [26.Oct.2007] |
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I couldn’t really believe that I was leading the IM World Championships! And it was incredibly embarrassing because I didn’t even have a cool looking aero helmet on!!..... read more |
| Carter tells tale of triathlon highs and lows [31.Aug.2007] |
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| During a 14-year international triathlon career Hamish Carter experienced both agonising lows and golden highs. The gold medalist from Athens 2004 was in Blenheim for a signing of his biography, Get Carter: The Hamish Carter Story....... read more |
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