Adam Bowden
Adam Bowden | |
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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 |
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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
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 12, 2019 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France | Aix-en-Provence | 03:53:28 | |
Apr 6, 2019 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 03:53:53 | |
Feb. 1, 2019 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Dubai | Dubai | 03:40:11 | |
5th Aug 2018 | 1 | London triathlon | London | 01:31:55 | |
June 24, 2018 | 1 | GBR Sprint Triathlon National Championships | 00:55:28 | at the Cardiff Triathlon | |
17th June 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 European Championships | Elsinore | 03:40:52 | Ironman 70.3 European Championships at Ironman 70.3 Elsinore |
3rd June 2018 | 8th | Challenge - The Championship | Šamorín | 03:51:28 | Challenge World Championships; behind Lionel Sanders |
April 15, 2018 | 1 | Challenge Roma | Rome | 03:22:03 | "Middle distance" (unclear route information) |
4th Mar 2017 | 20th | ITU World Championship Series 2017 | Abu Dhabi | 01:57:15 | first race of the season |
14 Aug 2016 | 1 | GBR Sprint Triathlon National Championships | Liverpool | 00:54:58 | |
23 Sep 2012 | 1 | London triathlon | London | 01:48:08 | Winner in London - alongside Daniela Ryf in the women |
Apr 21, 2012 | 14th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Eilat | 01:57:47 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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6th July 2018 | DSQ | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Fyn | - | Duathlon World Championship |
25th Mar 2018 | 1 | GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships | Bedford | 00:59:01 | National duathlon champion |
Apr 9, 2017 | 1 | GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships | Bedford | 00:58:24 | National duathlon champion |
29 Mar 2015 | 2 | GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships | Corby | 00:31:14 | Vice-Champion Duathlon |
2013 | 2 | GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championships | 00:54:18 | Vice-Champion Duathlon | |
5th Sep 2010 | 7th | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Edinburgh | 01:53:37 | Duathlon World Championship |
28 Sep 2009 | 15th | ITU Duathlon World Championships | 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
- ↑ Adam Bowden's triathlon journey and 2012 ambitions (April 16, 2012)
- ^ Triathlon - Adam Bowden
- ↑ Bowden wins London Triathlon ahead of fellow Brits Bishop and Harris (23 September 2012)
- ↑ Pallant and Bowden dominate British Elite Duathlon Championships (April 10, 2017)
- ↑ Title defense just missed - Anne Haug second at the Ironman in Dubai (February 1, 2019)
- ↑ Adam Bowden and Sophie Alden are crowned 2018 British Elite Triathlon Champions (June 25, 2018)
- ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
- ^ Morrison, Aernouts Take Duathlon World Titles
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bowden, Adam |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete and duathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Watford |