Craig Alexander

0 Craig Alexander
Craig Alexander at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene (2011)
Personal information
Date of birth	22nd June 1973 (age 47)
place of birth	Cronulla Beach , Australia
Nickname	Crowie
size	180 cm
Weight	68 kg
societies
successes
2006	Vice World Champion ITU long distance
2006, 2011	2 × World Champion Ironman 70.3
2008, 2009, 2011	3 × World Champion Ironman
2012	Vice World Champion Ironman 70.3
status
active

Craig Alexander (born June 22, 1973 in Cronulla Beach , New South Wales ) is an Australian triathlete . He is Oceania champion (2007), national runner-up on the long distance (2009) and runner-up world champion on the long distance (2006). He also won the Ironman World Championship three times (2008, 2009, 2011) and the Ironman 70.3 World Championship twice (2006, 2011). He is on the best list of Australian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

In his youth, Craig Alexander played soccer, but was also active in swimming , water polo and cricket . He completed his first triathlon in December 1993 in Kurnell , a southern suburb of Sydney .
Craig Alexander was initially mainly active in the Olympic distance and already finished eighth at the 1995 World Cup in Sydney and further top ten placements in high-level competitions followed. In 1998 he finished third at the Aquathlon World Championship.

Triathlon professional since 2002

In 2002 he started his professional career and was initially still active in short and middle distance competitions. He was nicknamed "Crowie" by friends because of its resemblance to Jonathan Crowe, who was popular in Australia in the 1990s.

In 2005, Craig Alexander was the first man to win the " Battle of the Sexes Triathlon " organized by the Life Time Fitness fitness chain as an invitation race for professional triathletes . With US $ 250,000 in prize money, this was for the winner of the triathlon with the highest endowment worldwide: In this triathlon over the Olympic distance, the women started 9 minutes and 32 seconds ahead of the men and whoever crossed the finish line first received an additional US $ 50,000 Prize money for the male and female winners an additional US $ 200,000 premium.

Ironman 70.3 World Champion 2006

In 2006 Alexander won the final of the Ironman 70.3 series , which was then newly initiated by the WTC , in Canberra he was runner-up in the long distance world championship behind Torbjørn Sindballe and ahead of Marino Vanhoenacker .

In 2007 he became oceanic champion on the long distance in Huskisson at Nowra .

Craig Alexander as the winner of the Ironman Coeur d'Alene (2011)

Ironman world champion 2008

In 2007 he started at the Ironman Hawaii for the first time and was in the lead on the running track for a long time, but then had to admit defeat to Chris McCormack . In the two following years he was able to win here. After a fourth place at Ironman Hawaii 2010, he won the Ironman World Championship for the third time in 2011 at the age of 38, something that only Dave Scott , Mark Allen and Peter Reid achieved before him . At the same time, he was the first triathlete to break the course record set by Luc Van Lierde 15 years earlier in 1996 .

In 2011 he was able to repeat his 2006 victory at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Henderson near Las Vegas .

In October 2013 he announced after the Ironman Hawaii that he wanted to end his career.

In February 2014 he started his training platform Sansego . After he had announced his resignation in the spring of 2014, he announced in March after the Ironman Melbourne that in future he would only start in the short and middle distance. Contrary to this statement, he finished fifth at the World Triathlon Long Distance Championship in China in September. In October he started for the eighth time at the Ironman Hawaii and finished 13th as the second fastest Australian.

In February 2017, the 43-year-old won the Huskisson Long Course Triathlon .

"Crowie" attended Ashfield Boys High School in Ashfield and earned a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy from Sydney University . He has been married since January 1999, a daughter was born in May 2005 and a son was born in April 2009. He lives with his family in Boulder, Colorado and Sydney .

Awards

• In 2006 the American Triathlete Magazine named him “US Triathlete of the Year”.
• In June 2015 he was awarded the " Order of Australia " (OAM) badge by Queen Elizabeth II for his sporting success .
• In March 2018 he was named "Greatest Male Pro Triathlete all time Australia / New Zealand"

Sporting successes

( DSQ - Disqualified)

Publications

• Craig Alexander: As the Crow Flies: My Journey to Ironman World Champion . Velopress, October 2012. ISBN 978-1934030943
• Craig Alexander, Jens Richter (translator): My way to the Ironman title . spomedis, September 2012. ISBN 978-3936376852

Web links

Commons : Craig Alexander  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web site Craig Alexander (English)
• Sansego (training platform by Craig Alexander) (English)
• Profile for Craig Alexander at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 19, 2015
• Craig Alexander's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 21, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gaël Couturier: TW Interviews: Craig Alexander ( English ) In: runnersworld.co.uk . Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 31, 2015. 
2. ↑ Portrait - Craig Alexander
3. ↑ Australian Ironman Champion Jonathan Crowe Ad on YouTube
4. ↑ ^{a b} Battle of the sexes: Alexander wins first men's victory . In: tri2b.com . July 18, 2005.
5. ↑ Carlson Timothy: The Life Time Fitness Series ( English ) In: slowtwitch.com . September 14, 2010.
6. ↑ Craig Alexander: “The Body Is Not What It Used To Be” (October 14, 2013)
7. ↑ Craig Alexander gives up Kona plans (March 24, 2014)
8. ↑ Profile and results of Craig Alexander in the ITU database at Triathlon.org (English)
9. ^ Andrew Carswell: Queen's Birthday honors: Musical director scores a gong for classy career ( English ) In: The Daily Telegraph . June 7, 2015.
10. ↑ Craig Alexander Voted Greatest Male Pro Triathlete from Australia / New Zealand (March 28, 2018)
11. ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ [Alexander, Dennis win Big Husky] (February 19, 2017)
13. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WM: TIM REED WRESTLES SEBASTIAN KIENLE DOWN IN THE FINAL PRINT (September 4, 2016)
14. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Craig Alexander with third win of the season (May 1, 2016)
15. ↑ A Canadian Sweep in Hawaii (May 31, 2014)
16. ↑ Crowie Wins Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens 2013 (July 22, 2013)
17. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Singapore: Victories for Steffen and Alexander
18. ↑ Ironman Triathlon World Champion Alexander wins 70.3 Geelong Australia . In: 3athlon.de . Archived from the original on February 10, 2010.
19. ↑ Alexander and Tisseyre win in Boise
20. ↑ Feelin 'Hot, Hot, Hot (Dawn Henry recaps the day of racing at Ironman 70.3 Hawaii)
21. ^ Warriner wins on debut; Alexander continues top form ironman.com February 7, 2009.
22. ↑ Alexander wins Ironman Coeur d'Alene in record time
23. ↑ Frederik van Lierde steals the show from the top guys
24. ↑ Alexander and Lester in Huskisson
25. ↑ Craig Alexander is the new world champion