Andy Potts
Andrew Robert "Andy" Potts (born December 28, 1976 in Hershey , Pennsylvania ) is an American triathlete , seven-time Ironman winner (2010-2016) and US champion in the short distance (2007) and middle distance (2014). He is included in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
Potts originally began his athletic career as a swimmer . From 1995 to 1997 he was a member of the US national swimming team. His greatest success was in 1995 when he won the bronze medal in the 400 meter medley at the Summer Universiade in Fukuoka . In 1996, he just missed qualifying for the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta in the national elimination matches - the so-called "Trials" - finishing fourth over the same distance . In 1998/99 he was the captain of the University of Michigan swimming team , where he studied English . For reasons of age, he then turned to athletics and finally to triathlon in 2003 with the aim of still being able to compete in the Olympic Games.
In his first season he made it into the top 100 of the ITU's world rankings with good placements at World Cup events .
2004 Summer Olympics
With an eleventh place at the world championships held in Madeira , he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . At the Olympic competition in Vouliagmeni he was in the lead after swimming, but then fell back and finished the race in 22nd place. The post-Olympic year he finished ninth in the World Cup ranking.
In 2006 he became a team world champion as a member of the US national triathlon team.
State champion triathlon short distance 2007
The 2007 season began with winning the US championship for the first time. In July 2007 he won the competition at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and two months later he was the best US American in eleventh place at the World Cup in Hamburg . He ended the season by winning the Ironman 70.3 World Championship .
With his victory at the Pan American Games, Potts was automatically qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , where he did not start.
Ironman winner 2010
In 2010, he scored his first long-distance win at the Ironman in Idaho (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
In May 2014 he became the US national champion in the triathlon middle distance. He finished fourth at the Ironman Hawaii in October. In October 2015 he finished fourth at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, as in the previous year.
Fourth world championship long distance 2017
In August 2017, the then 40-year-old finished fourth in the world championships on the long-distance triathlon (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running). At the Ironman Hawaii in October , he finished seventh behind the winner, the German Patrick Lange , 13:03 minutes . He was named the strongest long distance swimmer in June 2018. At the Ironman Hawaii 2018, he finished eighth.
In May 2019 the 42-year-old won the [Ironman Brazil] in Florianópolis with a new personal best in 8:02:58 h on the long distance .
Potts has been married to former Canadian gymnast Lisa Simes since January 30, 2004 and they both live in Colorado Springs .
Awards
- In 2006 and again in 2007 Andy Potts was voted "Triathlete of the Year" in the USA.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Apr. 14, 2019 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Peru | Lima | 03:45:23 | |
19th Aug 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Dún Laoghaire | Dún Laoghaire | 04:18:11 | at the first edition |
Apr 22, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Peru | Lima | 03:47:49 | |
May 13, 2017 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | 03:55:09 | |
23 Apr 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Peru | Lima | 03:44:53 | |
19 Mar 2017 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico | San Juan | 03:51:22 | |
July 10, 2016 | 1 | Vineman Ironman 70.3 | Sonoma County | 03:48:09 | |
16 Aug 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | New Hampshire | 03:50:24 | |
17th May 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga | Chattanooga | 03:49:43 | |
Apr 26, 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | Galveston Island | 03:47:22 | |
April 19, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans | New Orleans | 03:39:49 | |
28 Mar 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 03:48:43 | |
Feb. 27, 2015 | 12 | Challenge Dubai | Dubai | 03:50:50 | at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series" |
July 27, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary | Calgary | 03:43:43 | Winner with a personal best |
June 1, 2014 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:04:21 | |
May 5, 2014 | 1 | USA Middle Distance Triathlon National Championships | St. George | 03:47:33 | National champion in the middle distance at Ironman 70.3 St. George - alongside Meredith Kessler in the women |
Apr 13, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans | New Orleans | 03:50:36 | |
29 Mar 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | ||
8 Sep 2013 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Las Vegas | 03:57:36 | |
June 9, 2013 | 3 | Eagleman Ironman 70.3 | Cambridge, Maryland | 03:47:46 | |
4th May 2013 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 St. George | St. George | US championships | |
30th Mar 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 03:49:45 | fifth victory in California |
Oct 28, 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Austin | Austin | 03:51:29 | |
23 Sep 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Branson | Branson | 04:04:22 | |
June 10, 2012 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | fifth win for Andy Potts in Alcatraz | |
May 6, 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 St. Croix | Saint Croix | 04:03:31 | |
31 Mar 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 03:54:03 | |
July 17, 2011 | 1 | Vineman Ironman 70.3 | Sonoma County | 03:45:58 | new course record |
June 5, 2011 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:02:02 | |
May 15, 2011 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Florida | Orlando | 03:53:14 | |
Apr 3, 2011 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 03:55:49 | |
22 Aug 2010 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | New Hampshire | 03:50:51 | |
Aug 8, 2010 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 boulder | Boulder | 03:46:50 | |
June 6, 2010 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Kansas | Lawrence | 03:44:31 | only 24 seconds behind the winner Chris Lieto |
May 2, 2010 | 3 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:02:02 | |
Apr 18, 2010 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans | New Orleans | 03:43:44 | Victory ahead of Terenzo Bozzone |
2009-08-23 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | New Hampshire | 03:51:19 | |
2009-08-01 | 1 | Steelhead Ironman 70.3 | Benton Harbor | 03:54:38 | in Michigan |
June 14, 2009 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:07:25 | |
May 2, 2009 | 1 | Wildflower triathlon | 03:59:41 | Victory at Lake San Antonio , California (1.2 mile swim, 90 km bike and 13.1 km run) | |
Apr 26, 2009 | 1 | St. Anthony's Triathlon | Saint Petersburg | 02:04:00 | in Florida (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run) |
Apr 4, 2009 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | ||
Aug 17, 2008 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | New Hampshire | ||
June 1, 2008 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:01:57 | |
30th Mar 2008 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | ||
Nov 10, 2007 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Clearwater | ||
Aug 30, 2007 | 11 | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships | Hamburg | Triathlon World Championship (short distance) | |
June 3, 2007 | 1 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | ||
2007 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | ||
2007 | 1 | USA Triathlon National Championships | Honolulu | 01:42:27 | Winner ahead of Brian Fleischmann |
July 15, 2007 | 1 | Pan American Games 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 01:52:31 | |
June 4, 2006 | 2 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | ||
2006 | 1 | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championship Team | Cancun | 00:57:11 | in a team with Brian Fleischmann and Matthew Reed (3 × 250 m swimming, 6.67 km cycling and 1.67 km running) |
18 Mar 2006 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:03:16 | |
June 12, 2005 | 3 | Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon | San Francisco | 02:05:08 | |
2004 | 11 | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships | Madeira | Triathlon World Championship over the Olympic distance | |
Aug 26, 2004 | 22nd | 2004 Summer Olympics | Athens |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 26, 2019 | 1 | Ironman Brazil | Florianópolis | 08:02:58 | Winner with a new personal best on the long distance |
Oct 13, 2018 | 8th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:09:34 | |
1st July 2018 | 3 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:14:25 | |
Oct 14, 2017 | 7th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:14:43 | |
27 Aug 2017 | 4th | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Penticton | 05:27:25 | World championship in the long distance triathlon (46 km swimming, 1206 km cycling and 306 km running) |
Oct 8, 2016 | 11 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:25:35 | Ironman World Championship |
July 24, 2016 | 1 | Ironman Canada | Whistler | 08:20:23 | seventh Ironman victory for Andy Potts |
Oct 10, 2015 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:21:25 | |
June 28, 2015 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 08:20:35 | |
Oct 11, 2014 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:21:38 | |
June 29, 2014 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 08:25:44 | second win after 2010 |
July 28, 2013 | 1 | Ironman USA | Lake Placid | 08:43:29 | |
Oct 13, 2012 | 7th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:31:45 | |
July 22, 2012 | 1 | Ironman USA | Lake Placid | 08:25:07 | |
Oct 8, 2011 | 17th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:38:36 | fastest swimmer (49:44 minutes) |
Nov 28, 2010 | 1 | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 08:16:14 | |
June 27, 2010 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 08:24:40 | first Ironman victory |
Oct 10, 2009 | 9 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:30:30 | fastest swim time |
Oct 11, 2008 | 7th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:33:50 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Andy Potts website ( Memento from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile for Andy Potts at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed June 25, 2014
- Andy Potts' profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 24, 2020.
- Andrew Robert Potts in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles and Potts Voted the "Fish" of Long-Course Tri (June 18, 2018)
- ↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
- ↑ McQuaid surprised, start-to-finish victory for Potts (April 2, 2012)
- ^ Potts and Rollison Take Vineman 70.3
- ^ Potts and Carfrae Sprint to Oceanside Titles
- ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon: Leanda Cave and Hunter Kemper top . In: 3athlon.de . May 2, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010.
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 New Orleans: Potts wins superior, Warriner manages to catch up
- ↑ 2006 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships - Cancun (Mexico) ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Potts and Corbin win their first Ironman titles
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Potts, Andy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potts, Andrew Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hershey, Pennsylvania |