Adam Bowden

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Triathlon
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 0 Adam Bowden
Personal information
Date of birth 5th August 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Watford, UK
societies
Current Harrow athletic club
successes
2001 European cross-country champion
2016, 2018 2 × National Triathlon Champion
2017, 2018 2 × National Duathlon Champion
2018 2nd place Ironman 70.3 European Championships
2019 Winner Ironman 70.3
status
active

Adam Bowden (born August 5, 1982 in Watford ) is a former British long-distance runner who is now active as a triathlete . He is national champion triathlon (2016, 2018) and duathlon (2017, 2018).

Career

Adam Bowden was successful as a long-distance runner and swimmer in his youth.

European Cross Country Championships 2001

At the 2001 European Cross Country Championships in Thun (Switzerland), he won the gold medal for the United Kingdom among the juniors in the team ranking (in a team with Mo Farah ) and was sixth in the individual ranking.

He has been a professional triathlon since 2008. At the Duathlon World Championship he finished seventh in 2010 in Edinburgh.

In 2012, the 30-year-old Bowden won the London Triathlon .

National champion triathlon 2016

In August 2016 he became triathlon national champion and in the annual ranking of the ITU World Championship Series 2016 Adam Bowden finished ninth after the last and decisive race in September as the second-best Brit behind vice-world champion Jonathan Brownlee .

National champion duathlon 2017

In April 2017, he won the duathlon title after being runner-up here twice in recent years.

He secured the title of national duathlon champion for the second time in March 2018, in June he became national triathlon champion again after 2016 and in August he won the London Triathlon for the second time after 2012 .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
May 12, 2019 2 Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence 03:53:28
0Apr 6, 2019 3 Ironman 70.3 California United StatesUnited States Oceanside 03:53:53
0Feb. 1, 2019 1 Ironman 70.3 Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai 03:40:11
05th Aug 2018 1 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:31:55
June 24, 2018 1 GBR Sprint Triathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom 00:55:28 at the Cardiff Triathlon
17th June 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 European Championships DenmarkDenmark Elsinore 03:40:52 Ironman 70.3 European Championships at Ironman 70.3 Elsinore
03rd June 2018 8th Challenge - The Championship SlovakiaSlovakia Šamorín 03:51:28 Challenge World Championships; behind Lionel Sanders
April 15, 2018 1 Challenge Roma ItalyItaly Rome 03:22:03 "Middle distance" (unclear route information)
04th Mar 2017 20th ITU World Championship Series 2017 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 01:57:15 first race of the season
14 Aug 2016 1 GBR Sprint Triathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liverpool 00:54:58
23 Sep 2012 1 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:48:08 Winner in London - alongside Daniela Ryf in the women
Apr 21, 2012 14th ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships IsraelIsrael Eilat 01:57:47 European championship on the Olympic short distance
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
06th July 2018 DSQ ITU Duathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fyn - Duathlon World Championship
25th Mar 2018 1 GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bedford 00:59:01 National duathlon champion
0Apr 9, 2017 1 GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bedford 00:58:24 National duathlon champion
29 Mar 2015 2 GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Corby 00:31:14 Vice-Champion Duathlon
  2013 2 GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom 00:54:18 Vice-Champion Duathlon
05th Sep 2010 7th ITU Duathlon World Championships ScotlandScotland Edinburgh 01:53:37 Duathlon World Championship
28 Sep 2009 15th ITU Duathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Concord 01:50:39 Duathlon World Championship

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DSQ - Disqualified)

Web links

  • Adam Bowden's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 6, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adam Bowden's triathlon journey and 2012 ambitions (April 16, 2012)
  2. ^ Triathlon - Adam Bowden
  3. ↑ Bowden wins London Triathlon ahead of fellow Brits Bishop and Harris (23 September 2012)
  4. ↑ Pallant and Bowden dominate British Elite Duathlon Championships (April 10, 2017)
  5. ↑ Title defense just missed - Anne Haug second at the Ironman in Dubai (February 1, 2019)
  6. ↑ Adam Bowden and Sophie Alden are crowned 2018 British Elite Triathlon Champions (June 25, 2018)
  7. ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
  8. ^ Morrison, Aernouts Take Duathlon World Titles
personal data
SURNAME Bowden, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British triathlete and duathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Watford