2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

The 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 14, 2009. The race was sponsored by Foster Grant and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. The championship race is the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of races that take place during the 12 months prior leading up to the event. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earn a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.[1]

Medallists

Men

Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)
NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
3:34:04Michael Raelert Germany21:581:551:59:351:321:09:06
3:36:34Daniel Fontana Italy21:551:531:59:301:271:12:00
3:37:50Matthew Reed United States21:592:081:59:091:251:13:11
43:38:02Sylvain Sudrie France21:571:531:59:411:451:12:46
53:38:19Joe Gambles Australia22:192:051:58:571:351:13:23
63:40:16Kevin Collington United States22:102:042:00:321:581:13:32
73:40:16Luke Bell Australia22:011:581:59:231:401:15:14
83:40:19Alberto Casadei Italy22:052:151:59:121:441:15:03
93:40:31Leon Griffin Australia22:221:541:59:084:421:12:25
103:41:37Brian Fleischmann United States21:381:532:01:051:421:15:19
Source:[2]

Women

Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)
NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
3:59:33Julie Dibens Great Britain23:482:112:07:151:441:24:37
4:03:49Mary Beth Ellis United States24:052:102:10:581:561:24:42
4:05:27Magali Tisseyre Canada25:342:212:15:171:451:20:32
44:05:33Caroline Steffen  Switzerland25:183:132:08:291:451:26:48
54:07:39Laura Bennett United States24:032:132:17:061:351:22:42
64:08:17Michellie Jones Australia25:352:062:15:221:581:23:16
74:09:34Sarah Groff United States23:412:102:16:071:401:25:56
84:13:16Amanda Stevens United States23:452:142:13:301:441:32:03
94:15:04Karin Thürig  Switzerland30:510:452:10:384:421:28:08
104:17:57Vanessa Gianinni Brazil25:402:412:24:261:421:23:28
Source:[2]

Qualification

The 2009 Ironman 70.3 Series features 34 events that enable qualification to the 2009 World Championship event. Some 70.3 events also act as qualifiers for the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.

Qualifying Ironman 70.3s

DateEventLocation
Oct 5, 2008Ironman 70.3 AustinUnited States Austin, TX, United States
Nov 8, 2008Ironman 70.3 World ChampionshipUnited States Clearwater, FL, United States
Jan 18, 2009Ironman 70.3 South AfricaSouth Africa Buffalo City, South Africa
Jan 18, 2009Ironman 70.3 PucónChile Pucón, Chile
Feb 8, 2009Ironman 70.3 GeelongAustralia Geelong, Australia
Mar 22, 2009Ironman 70.3 SingaporeSingapore Singapore
Apr 4, 2009Ironman 70.3 CaliforniaUnited States Oceanside, CA, United States
Apr 5, 2009Ironman 70.3 New OrleansUnited States New Orleans, LA, United States
Apr 19, 2009Ironman 70.3 ChinaChina Haikou, Hainan, China
May 3, 2009Ironman 70.3 St. CroixUnited States Virgin Islands St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
May 17, 2009Ironman 70.3 FloridaUnited States Orlando, FL, United States
May 24, 2009Ironman 70.3 AustriaAustria St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria
May 30, 2009Ironman 70.3 HawaiiUnited States Kohala, HI, United States
Jun 7, 2009Ironman 70.3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona, Lake Zurich, Switzerland
Jun 13, 2009Ironman 70.3 BoiseUnited States Boise, ID, United States
Jun 14, 2009Ironman 70.3 KansasUnited States Lawrence, KS, United States
Jun 14, 2009Ironman 70.3 U.K.United Kingdom Wimbleball, Exmoor, UK
Jun 14, 2009Ironman 70.3 EaglemanUnited States Cambridge, MD, United States
Jun 28, 2009Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs LakeUnited States Lubbock, TX, United States
Jul 12, 2009Ironman 70.3 Rhode IslandUnited States Providence, RI, United States
Jul 19, 2009Ironman 70.3 VinemanUnited States Sonoma County, CA, United States
Aug 1, 2009Ironman 70.3 SteelheadUnited States Benton Harbor, MI, United States
Aug 2, 2009Ironman 70.3 AntwerpBelgium Antwerp, Belgium
Aug 2, 2009Ironman 70.3 CalgaryCanada Calgary, AB, Canada
Aug 16, 2009Ironman 70.3 GermanyGermany Wiesbaden/Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany
Aug 16, 2009Ironman 70.3 Lake StevensUnited States Lake Stevens, WA, United States
Aug 23, 2009Ironman 70.3 TimbermanUnited States Gilford, NH, United States
Aug 23, 2009Ironman 70.3 PhilippinesPhilippines Camarines Sur, Philippines
Aug 29, 2009Ironman 70.3 BrazilBrazil Penha, Brazil
Sep 6, 2009Ironman 70.3 MonacoMonaco Monaco
Sep 13, 2009Ironman 70.3 MuskokaCanada Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
Sep 20, 2009Ironman 70.3 CancúnMexico Cancún, Quintana Roo, MEX
Sep 27, 2009Ironman 70.3 AugustaUnited States Augusta, Georgia, United States
Oct 4, 2009Ironman 70.3 PutrajayaMalaysia Putrajaya, Malaysia

Men

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Longhorn  Richie Cunningham (AUS)3:49:44  Joe Gambles (AUS)3:50:40  Alberto Casadei (ITA)3:51:49 [3]
Clearwater  Terenzo Bozzone (NZL)3:40:10  Andreas Raelert (GER)3:40:42  Richie Cunningham (AUS)3:41:47 [4]
South Africa  Raynard Tissink (RSA)4:02:04  Fraser Cartmell (GBR)4:04:07  Konstantin Bachor (GER)4:04:50 [5]
Pucón  Oscar Galíndez (ARG)3:57:26  Reinaldo Colucci (BRA)3:59:21  Daniel Fontana (ITA)4:01:53 [6]
Geelong  Craig Alexander (AUS)3:50:51  David Dellow (AUS)3:53:02  Luke Bell (AUS)3:53:52 [7]
Singapore  Craig Alexander (AUS)3:47:23  Chris McCormack (AUS)3:50:41  Simon Thompson (AUS)3:54:27 [8]
California  Matthew Reed (USA)3:51:50  Andy Potts (USA)3:53:36  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI)3:54:14 [9]
New Orleans  Brent McMahon (CAN)3:52:08  Chris McCormack (AUS)3:54:33  Tim O'Donnell (USA)3:55:08 [10]
China  Chris McCormack (AUS)4:04:44  Luke McKenzie (AUS)4:23:34  Mark Jansen (SIN)4:38:11 [11]
St. Croix  Tim O'Donnell (USA)4:02:36  Igor Amorelli (BRA)4:03:38  Richie Cunningham (AUS)4:05:45 [12]
Florida  Dirk Bockel (LUX)3:54:25  Luke Bell (AUS)3:54:28  Santiago Ascenco (BRA)3:56:10 [13]
Austria  Chris McCormack (AUS)3:54:15  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)3:54:18  Massimo Cigana (ITA)3:56:22 [14]
Hawaii  Craig Alexander (AUS)4:02:52  Chris Lieto (USA)4:05:34  Luke McKenzie (AUS)4:11:58 [15]
Switzerland  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI)3:54:30  Mike Aigroz (SUI)3:56:10  Alessandro Degasperi (ITA)3:57:47 [16]
Boise  Craig Alexander (AUS)3:51:46  Chris Lieto (USA)3:51:48  Joe Gambles (AUS)3:56:24 [17]
Kansas  Luke Bell (AUS)3:49:35  Tim O'Donnell (USA)3:50:44  Paul Matthews (AUS)3:53:20 [18]
UK  Philip Graves (GBR)4:15:58  Stephen Bayliss (GBR)4:19:41  Fraser Cartmell (GBR)4:20:37 [19]
Eagleman  Terenzo Bozzone (NZL)3:51:11  Richie Cunningham (USA)3:51:27  Michael Lovato (USA)3:56:51 [20]
Buffalo Springs  Paul Matthews (AUS)4:01:26  Leon Griffin (AUS)4:03:02  Simon Thompson (AUS)4:05:54 [21]
Rhode Island  Michael Lovato (USA)3:54:39  Richie Cunningham (USA)3:54:50  Cameron Brown (NZL)3:54:53 [22]
Vineman  Joe Gambles (AUS)3:49:18  Simon Thompson (AUS)3:53:38  Leon Griffin (AUS)3:57:01 [23]
Steelhead  Andy Potts (USA)3:54:38  Andrew Starykowicz (USA)3:56:44  Kieran Doe (NZL)3:59:31 [24]
Antwerp  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)3:41:46  Paul Matthews (AUS)3:45:22  Bert Jammer (BEL)3:46:35 [25]
Calgary  Tim O'Donnell (USA)3:55:28  Ben Hoffman (USA)4:02:51  Jamie Whyte (NZL)4:03:58 [26]
Germany  Sebastian Kienle (GER)4:04:34  Michael Raelert (GER)4:05:25  Mathias Hecht (SUI)4:05:52 [27]
Lake Stevens  Joe Gambles (AUS)3:56:36  Jeff Symonds (CAN)4:03:46  Justin Park (USA)4:07:26 [28]
Timberman  Andy Potts (USA)3:51:19  Alberto Casadei (ITA)3:58:52  Massimo Cigana (ITA)3:59:32 [29]
Philippines  Terenzo Bozzone (NZL)3:51:25  Chris McCormack (AUS)3:52:18  Cameron Brown (NZL)3:52:31 [30]
Brazil  Santiago Ascenço (BRA)3:47:09  Igor Amorelli (BRA)3:52:21  Fabio Carvalho (BRA)3:54:00 [31]
Monaco  Axel Zeebroek (BEL)4:15:16  Michael Weiss (AUT)4:19:37  Tyler Butterfield (BER)4:20:10 [32]
Muskoka  Craig Alexander (AUS)3:58:04  Richie Cunningham (USA)4:02:02  Paul Matthews (AUS)4:03:52 [33]
Cancún  Oscar Galindez (ARG)4:10:22  Paul Ambrose (GBR)4:15:22  Igor Amorelli (BRA)4:18:43 [34]
Augusta  Greg Bennett (AUS)3:47:07  Chris Legh (AUS)3:49:27  Brian Fleischmann (USA)3:50:44 [35]
Putrajaya  Jan Řehula (CZE)4:01:19  Domenico Passuello (ITA)4:01:53  Cameron Watt (AUS)4:03:52 [36]

Women

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Longhorn  Lisa Bentley (CAN)4:20:15  Pip Taylor (AUS)4:23:49  Annie Gervais (CAN)4:28:12 [3]
Clearwater  Joanna Zeiger (USA)4:02:49  Mary Beth Ellis (USA)4:04:07  Becky Lavelle (USA)4:07:32 [4]
South Africa  Lucie Zelenková (CZE)4:46:40  Heleen bij de Vaate (NED)4:57:00  Claire Kinsley (RSA)4:59:26 [5]
Pucón  Heather Gollnick (USA)4:28:58  Linsey Corbin (USA)4:29:24  Amanda Stevens (USA)4:40:50 [6]
Geelong  Samantha Warriner (NZL)4:14:33  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED)4:15:25  Rebekah Keat (AUS)4:17:35 [7]
Singapore  Jodie Swallow (GBR)4:19:10  Andrea Hewitt (NZL)4:30:24  Tereza Macel (CAN)4:30:41 [8]
California  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)4:25:02  Sarah Groff (USA)4:25:23  Leanda Cave (GBR)4:25:43 [9]
New Orleans  Natascha Badmann (SUI)4:17:50  Catriona Morrison (GBR)4:18:43  Joanna Zeiger (USA)4:22:25 [10]
China  Amanda Balding (AUS)5:28:55  Gemma Keogh Peters (SIN)5:53:40  Jutta Wessling (GER)5:59:52 [11]
St. Croix  Catriona Morrison (GBR)4:32:38  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)4:35:21  Caitlyn Snow (USA)4:40:44 [12]
Florida  Leanda Cave (GBR)4:15:29  Joanna Lawn (NZL)4:23:42  Magali Tisseyre (CAN)4:24:07 [13]
Austria  Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)4:28:46  Lucie Zelenkova (CZE)4:30:03  Caroline Steffen (SUI)4:31:50 [14]
Hawaii  Belinda Granger (AUS)4:26:08  Samantha McGlone (USA)4:38:02  Rhae Shaw (USA)4:46:08 [15]
Switzerland  Sarah Schütz (SUI)4:28:26  Erika Csomor (HUN)4:29:03  Simone Benz (SUI)4:33:36 [16]
Boise  Magali Tisseyre (CAN)4:12:29  Linsey Corbin (USA)4:20:58  Samantha McGlone (USA)4:25:10 [17]
Kansas  Chrissie Wellington (GBR)4:14:52  Pip Taylor (AUS)4:19:42  Joanna Lawn (NZL)4:20:44 [18]
UK  Catriona Morrison (GBR)4:40:14  Julie Dibens (GBR)4:43:02  Bella Bayliss (GBR)4:44:02 [19]
Eagleman  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)4:13:28  Natascha Badmann (SUI)4:17:01  Desiree Ficker (USA)4:24:50 [20]
Buffalo Springs  Amy Marsh (USA)4:33:36  Kelly Williamson (USA)4:35:04  Joanna Lawn (NZL)4:36:37 [21]
Vineman  Pip Taylor (AUS)4:20:04  Tyler Stewart (USA)4:21:34  Dede Griesbauer (USA)4:23:29 [23]
Steelhead  Samantha Warriner (NZL)4:17:57  Leanda Cave (GBR)4:25:12  Nina Craft (GBR)4:26:22 [24]
Antwerp  Sofie Goos (BEL)4:08:07  Belinda Granger (AUS)4:08:25  Delphine Pelletie (FRA)4:09:47 [25]
Calgary  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)4:11:05  Magali Tisseyre (CAN)4:21:05  Catriona Morrison (GBR)4:21:30 [26]
Germany  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED)4:42:46  Tiina Boman (FIN)4:44:47  Eva Janssen (NED)4:47:40 [27]
Lake Stevens  Becky Lavelle (USA)4:28:16  Heather Wurtele (CAN)4:29:24  Michellie Jones (AUS)4:31:07 [28]
Timberman  Chrissie Wellington (GBR)4:15:11  Catriona Morrison (GBR)4:17:07  Magali Tisseyre (CAN)4:23:54 [29]
Philippines  Lisa Bentley (CAN)4:24:29  Gina Kehr (USA)4:26:11  Charlotte Paul (AUS)4:31:26 [30]
Brazil  Vanessa Gianinni (BRA)4:29:35  Heather Gollnick (USA)4:30:58  Pamela Tastets (CHL)4:36:58 [31]
Monaco  Christel Robin (FRA)4:47:20  Marion Lorblanchet (FRA)4:51:59  Jeanne Collonge (FRA)4:52:27 [32]
Muskoka  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)4:24:48  Rebeccah Wassner (USA)4:29:34  Kelly Couch (USA)4:36:29 [33]
Cancún  Michellie Jones (AUS)4:41:48  Daniela Sämmler (GER)4:53:33  Katherine Baker (AUS)4:55:54 [34]
Augusta  Laura Bennett (USA)4:18:36  Kelly Williamson (USA)4:18:42  Desiree Ficker (USA)4:20:47 [35]
Putrajaya  Rachael Paxton (AUS)4:30:47  Katya Meyer (USA)4:36:17  Erin O'Hara (NZL)4:37:33 [36]

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