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| 2000 Summer Olympics |
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Games of the XXVII Olympias |
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 16 September and 1 October 2000 in...
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Games of the XXVIII Olympiad |
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some...
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Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic...
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| Ironman Triathlon |
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An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4 miles (3.86 km) swim, a 112 miles (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run,...
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| Relay race |
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During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or skating (usually with a baton in the first) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of...
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| Simon Whitfield |
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Simon St. Quentin Whitfield |
Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born May 16, 1975) is an Olympic triathlon champion from Canada. He has dual Canadian and Australian citizenship.
Whitfield was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathlon,...
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| Mark Allen |
Mark Allen (born January 12, 1958 in Glendale, California) is the six-time Ironman Triathon World Champion. He is a graduate from UC San Diego.
After competing and losing in the Ironman Triathlon Championships six times, Mark Allen emerged...
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| Paula Newby-Fraser |
Paula Newby-Fraser (born June 2, 1962) is an Ironman triathlete. She was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and raised in South Africa, where she was a nationally-ranked swimmer as a child.
She won the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii 8 times in...
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| Iron distance triathlon |
A Full Distance Triathlon, also referred to as an iron distance triathlon is a triathlon performed over the following distances (see below for reference to "Ironman"):
The event originates from the original Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. The term ...
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| XTERRA Triathlon |
XTERRA is a series of off-road triathlon races, (three-sport races which include swimming, mountain biking, and trail running). The XTERRA Global Tour is owned and produced by TEAM Unlimited. The XTERRA race series is the best-known series of off...
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| Wildflower Triathlon |
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The Wildflower Triathlon is a triathlon (swim-bike-run race) held at Lake San Antonio in Central California since 1983, the first winner being legendary Dean "The Machine" Harper. It is held the first weekend in May each year.
The original course...
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| Sally Edwards |
Sally Edwards (born September 10, 1947) is an author and one of the pioneers in the Olympic sport of triathlon. She resides in Sacramento, California. Edwards has helped to organize both the national and international governing body for the sport....
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| Joanna Zeiger |
Joanna Sue Zeiger (born May 4, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American triathlete who is the current Ironman 70.3 world champion.
Zeiger's first sport was swimming. She attended Brown University and still (as of as of 2005) holds the school...
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| Sheila Taormina |
Sheila Taormina (born March 18, 1969 in Livonia, Michigan) is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics (1996-2008) in 3 different sports (swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon). At the 1996 Olympics, she earned a...
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| Jennifer Gutierrez |
Jennifer Gutierrez (born April 27, 1967) is a triathlete from the United States.
Gutierrez competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics and she was the first American to qualify as a triathlete for the 2000 Olympics. She took...
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| Anja Dittmer |
Anja Dittmer (born 22 September 1975 in Neubrandenburg) is an athlete from Germany, who competes in triathlon.
The winner of the 1999 European Championships, Dittmer competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took...
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| Hunter Kemper |
Hunter Craig Kemper (born May 4, 1976 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a triathlete from the United States. He won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, behind Venezuela's Gilberto González, followed by the gold four years later in Santo...
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| Nick Radkewich |
Nicholas ("Nick") Edward Radkewich (born January 10, 1971 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an athlete from the United States, who competes in triathlon.
Radkewich competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fortieth place...
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| Susan Williams |
Susan Rene Bartholomew-Williams (born June 17, 1969 in Long Beach, California) is a triathlete from the United States.
She competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed third with a total time of 2:05:08.92. Her...
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| Barbara Lindquist |
Barbara ("Barb") Metz Lindquist (born July 1, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a triathlete from the United States.
Lindquist competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took ninth place with a total time of 2:06:25.49.
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| Andy Potts |
Andy Potts (born December 28, 1976 in Hershey, Pennsylvania) is a triathlete from the United States, who won the bronze medal as a swimmer in the men's 400m individual medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade.
Nicknamed "Bootsie", Potts competed at the...
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| Victor Plata |
Victor Andres Plata (born April 10, 1973) is a triathlete from the United States. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his hometown is Santa Cruz, California.
Plata competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed...
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| Alexandra Paul |
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Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the television series Baywatch from 1992–97. She has starred in over 60 movies and television programs.
Paul was...
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| Ben Collins |
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Ben Collins (born 13 February 1975) is a former racing car driver from Bristol, England. He started his motorsport career in 1994, competing in Formula First and Formula Vauxhall Junior on his way to International Formula 3. He found success in...
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| Scott Tinley |
Scott Tinley (born October 25, 1956) is a former professional triathlete and two-time winner of the Hawaii Ironman endurance race. In the eightees Tinley dominated the sport ot triathlon together with Mark Allen, Dave Scott and Scott Molina. Tinley...
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| Ray Browning |
Ray Browning is a fitness expert and former professional triathlete. He focuses on motivating and educating people to live healthly and active lifestyles.
During his career as a professional triathlete, he captured seven Ironman titles and won the...
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| Jim Dreyer |
Jim Dreyer (b. August 16, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan), also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete, because his swimming accomplishments are often tied to extensive running and cycling feats.
He has swum across various lakes, among...
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| Ironman Canada |
Ironman Canada is a full ironman distance triathlon (3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42km run) currently being held in Penticton, British Columbia at the end of August.
The race annually attracts over 2000 participants from a large number of countries.
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| Earl Owens |
Earl Owens 1967-1971 is an athlete from University of North Carolina Cross-Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Coached by Joe Hilton, Head Coach, and Boyd Newnam, Running Coach.
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| Sarah Reinertsen |
Sarah Reinertsen (born 1975) is an American athlete. She was the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. She first attempted to finish the race in 2004, but was disqualified when she failed to...
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| Johnny Blais |
Jon Blais (August 30, 1971 – May 27, 2007), also known as Blazeman, was an American triathlete.
Born and raised in Seekonk, Massachusetts, he moved to San Diego, California, because of its reputation as a mecca for triathlon. He worked as a special...
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| Hannah Cornett |
Hannah Cornett (born August 29, 1982 in Hamilton, Ohio) is an American actor, athlete, and model.
Cornett moved from Hawaii to California, taking her first job as an Internet technology coordinator for an NFL team. She became a pro-triathlete and...
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| Escape from Alcatraz |
Escape from Alcatraz is the name for two different triathlons held in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The Escape from Alcatraz originated in 1981 as a private club event, beginning in San Francisco and ending in Marin County. The race...
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| Joe Friel |
Joe Friel is an expert endurance sports coach. He is best known as an elite triathlon and cycling coach and author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, The Cyclist's Training Bible, The Mountain Biker's Training Bible, Going Long: Training for...
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| Julie Moss |
Julie Moss is an American triathlete. Her claim to fame came during the 1982 Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, in which she competed as part of her research for her exercise physiology thesis. At approximately two miles before the finish line, she became...
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| Madonna Buder |
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Sister Madonna Buder (born July 24, 1930) is a Roman Catholic nun from Spokane, Washington. As a nun with the Sisters for Christian Community, Sister Madonna has the freedom to choose her own ministry and lifestyle.
She is well known in the...
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| Tim DeBoom |
Tim DeBoom (born November 4, 1970) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a professional triathlete from Boulder, Colorado.
As of 2005, Tim is a two time winner (2001 & 2002) of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii.
Tim graduated with Bachelor of...
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| Lokelani McMichael |
Lokelani McMichael is an American triathlete, surfer and model. In October 1995, she became the youngest female to finish the Hawaii Ironman. McMichael has been featured in GQ, Shape, Triathlete, Runner's World and several other magazines.
Her...
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| Scott Eder |
Scott Eder (born October 7, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a sports executive, marathoner, triathlete, personal trainer and gym designer.
He is the only child of Howard A. (1932-2002) and Diane G. Eder (b. 1934). Now a longtime resident of Dallas,...
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| Robin Beck |
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Robin Beck (born November 7, 1954, Brooklyn, New York) is an American female singer. She topped the singles chart in the UK in 1988, and Germany in 1989 with her single, "First Time", which had come to the public's attention via its use in a Coca...
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| Paul tichelaar |
Paul ("Tish") Tichelaar (born November 13, 1982 in Edmonton, Alberta) was a member of the 2006 Canadian National Triathlon team for Olympic distance triathlon. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has competed in events such as the 2006...
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| Dave Scott |
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Dave Scott (born January 4, 1954) is a successful U.S. triathlete. He won the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii six times in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987. Only his rival, Mark Allen, managed to match these six titles eight years later. Scott is...
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| Megan McClung |
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Megan M. McClung |
Megan Malia Leilani McClung (April 14, 1972–December 6, 2006) was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. Major McClung was serving as a public affairs officer in Al Anbar Province, Iraq when she was...
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| Scott Molina |
Scott Molina (born February 29, 1960) is a now retired triathlete. His most memorable performances took place at the Ironman World Championships in Kona Hawaii. The peak of his career coincided with the going out of Dave Scott and coming in of Mark...
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| Karen Smyers |
Karen Smyers (born September 1, 1961 in Corry, Pennsylvania) is a triathlete from the United States, who won the inaugural women's triathlon at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata (1995). She grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in an...
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| Kathleen McCartney |
Kathleen McCartney is the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. McCartney, the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, was named dean in May 2006. She had been serving as acting dean since July 2005.
McCartney is a...
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| Yasmine White |
Yasmine White (born July 15, 1989 in Arcata, CA) is an American triathlete who competes at the Junior Elite level.
White participated in club swimming from age 12 and was a standout runner at Arcata High School (Arcata, CA class of 2006).
White has...
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| Courtney Crutcher |
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Courtney L. Crutcher (born August 3, 1985) is a national champion triathlete most noted for her swimming abilities. Crutcher began her triathlon career in 2006. Crutcher has earned National Age Group titles in both swimming and triathlon.
Crutcher...
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| Jarrod Shoemaker |
Jarrod Shoemaker (born July 17, 1982) is a professional triathlete based in Maynard, Massachusetts. Raised in nearby Sudbury, MA, Shoemaker began his running career while attending the Fenn School in Concord, MA, where he graduated from 8th grade....
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| Matthew Reed |
Matthew Reed is a former professional gridiron football player, starring at quarterback in the World Football League (WFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
A graduate of Grambling State University, Reed was a 10th round selection (240th...
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| Ruben Figueres Alario |
Ruben Figueres Alario was born in Gandia, Spain on February 14th 1974. In 1992 he moved to Barcelona and finished his bachelor degree and MBA from ESADE.
In 1998 he moved to Chicago where he started a career in Advertising. In 2002 he created Alario...
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| Desiree Ficker |
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Desirée Ficker is a professional American triathlete.
Ficker was born in Potomac, Maryland to Annette and Robin Ficker. She has two younger brothers, Robby and Flynn. She currently resides in Austin, Texas with her puppy, Pandora. Outside of...
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| Gordon Haller |
Gordon Haller (born 1950) is the winner of the first Ironman Triathlon.
Haller grew up in Forest Grove, Oregon and earned a degree in physics at Pacific University.
On Oahu, Hawaii in 1978, Haller competed in Navy Commander John Collins’ race which...
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| Brad Kearns | Brad kearns |
Brad Kearns (b. Feb 4, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA) is an author and former professional triathlete from 1986 to 1995 and won 31 events on the professional circuit. Victories include the 1991 National Bud Light USTS Series/Coke Grand Prix Championship,...
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| Chris Lieto |
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Chris Lieto born February 7, 1972 in Redbank, New Jersey, is a professional triathlete and the winner of the 2006 Ironman Japan, 2005 Ironman Canada, and 2002 Ironman Wisconsin triathlons.
Chris grew up in Danville, California and later began his...
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