Annah Watkinson

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South AfricaSouth Africa 0 Annah Watkinson
Personal information
Date of birth 27th July 1981 (age 39)
place of birth Johannesburg , South Africa
societies
Current Team Tissink Triathlon
successes
2013 National runner-up in triathlon long distance
2016, 2019 2 × winner Ironman 70.3
2016 National champion triathlon middle distance
status
active

Annah Watkinson (born July 27, 1981 in Johannesburg ) is a South African triathlete and national champion in the triathlon middle distance (2016).

Career

Annah Watkinson started her first triathlon in 2011. She started as a professional athlete in 2016 and is trained by the former South African triathlete and multiple Ironman winner Raynard Tissink .

In February 2013, Annah Watkinson became national runner-up in long-distance triathlon.

In January 2019, with her winning time of 4:21:14 h, she won the Ironman 70.3 South Africa in a new course record and in April she was third at the Ironman South Africa . In August, the 38-year-old finished second behind the Swiss Daniela Ryf in the Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon in the middle distance on Lake Constance .

Watkinson lives in her native Johannesburg.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Jan. 26, 2020 5 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:48:39
25 Aug 2019 2 Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon AustriaAustria Bregenz Second behind Daniela Ryf
Jan. 27, 2019 1 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:21:14 Victory with a new course record
Oct 21, 2018 1 5150 Ekurhuleni South AfricaSouth Africa Ekurhuleni 02:09:04
05th Aug 2017 3 Ironman 70.3 Otepää EstoniaEstonia Otepää behind Helle Frederiksen
Nov 27, 2016 1 Midlands Ultra Triathlon 04:50:36
19th June 2016 1 Ironman 70.3 Durban South AfricaSouth Africa Durban
06th Mar 2016 1 ATU Africa Championships Triathlon Middle Distance South AfricaSouth Africa Midmar Dam 04:47:24 National champion middle distance
Jan. 24, 2016 3 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 12, 2019 18th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:26:03
0April 7, 2019 3 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:43:18 shortened swimming distance
0Oct 2, 2016 3 Ironman Barcelona SpainSpain Calella
July 27, 2016 2 Ironman USA United StatesUnited States Lake Placid 09:45:00 behind the American Heather Jackson
Feb. 17, 2013 2 ATU Africa Championships long distance triathlon South AfricaSouth Africa 04:18:19 Second behind Jeanni Seymour

Web links

  • Profile and results of Annah Watkinson in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 27, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Two Careers in One (April 10, 2018)
  2. ↑ Daniela Ryf continues her winning streak (August 25, 2019)
  3. ↑ Midlands Ultra Triathlon 2016
personal data
SURNAME Watkinson, Annah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg