Bella Bayliss
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Bella Bayliss at Ironman New Zealand , 2009
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 1st November 1977 (age 42) |
place of birth | Norwich, UK |
societies | |
Until 2010 | TeamTBB |
successes | |
2002-2009 | 12 × Ironman winner |
2003 | 3rd place World Championship Powerman Duathlon long distance |
2006 | ITU world champion triathlon long distance |
status | |
Resigned in 2013 |
Bella Bayliss (* 1. November 1977 in Norwich as Bella Comerford ) is a former Scottish duathlete and triathlete . She is world champion on the long distance triathlon (2006), multiple Ironman winner and is included in the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
Bella Comerford started as a teenager in the tetrathlon (modern pentathlon: swimming, running, shooting, riding), switched from horse to bike for the first time at the age of 17 and started her first triathlon.
She has been a professional athlete since 2000 and started in 2002 for Scotland in the triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Salford - together with Stephanie Forrester and Catriona Morrison ; she finished 14th.
Triathlon world champion long distance 2006
In November 2006 Comerford became triathlon world champion on the long distance in Australia. Since November 2008 she has been married to the British triathlete Stephen Bayliss (* 1979).
The multiple Ironman winner started as a professional athlete for four years in TeamTBB until 2010, she was trained by Brett Sutton and mainly started in competitions over the long distance.
In January 2011, Belly Bayliss announced that she was expecting her first child in the summer and would take a break from competition. In May 2012 she celebrated her comeback with a second place at the Ironman in Lanzarote and in September 2013 she won the long distance Challenge Henley-on-Thames .
The then 34-year-old declared her professional career over in September 2013 and then started as an amateur in competitions over the short or middle distance.
Bella Bayliss lives with her family in Leysin , Switzerland.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Feb 6, 2016 | 1 | Timanafya Sprint Triathlon | Lanzarote | ||
Nov 3, 2013 | 2 | Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon | Lanzarote | 05:05:59 | Second on the middle distance |
July 7, 2013 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Norway | Haugesund | ||
June 23, 2013 | 4th | Challenge Aarhus | Aarhus | 04:38:54 | on the half-distance |
Apr 13, 2013 | 4th | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | 04:46:51 | on the half-distance |
Nov 10, 2012 | 9 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | 05:01:46 | |
June 10, 2012 | 2 | Challenge Aarhus | Aarhus | 04:38:21 | |
June 20, 2010 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:53:52 | Winner ahead of her teammate Tamsin Lewis |
June 14, 2009 | 3 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:44:02 | |
2009 | 1 | Volcano triathlon | Lanzarote | 02:13:18 | Winner on the short distance |
June 15, 2008 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:49:44 | Victory ahead of Julie Dibens |
Aug 4, 2002 | 14th | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Manchester | 02:14:40 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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8 Sep 2013 | 1 | Challenge Henley-on-Thames | Henley-on-Thames | 09:41:46 | |
4th Aug 2013 | 4th | Ironman UK | Bolton | 10:34:34 | |
16 Sep 2012 | 2 | Challenge Henley-on-Thames | Henley-on-Thames | 09:40:23 | |
July 15, 2012 | 2 | Ironman Switzerland | Zurich | 09:25:54 | |
May 19, 2012 | 2 | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 10:06:13 | |
Oct 31, 2010 | 1 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Series Event | Ibiza | 07:13:31 | Victory over the long distance (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running) - alongside her husband Stephen in the men |
Oct 3, 2010 | 2 | TriStar 222 Sardinia | Sardinia | 08:25:32 | Second behind the German Diana Riesler (2 km swimming, 200 km cycling and 20 km running) |
Aug 1, 2010 | 2 | Ironman UK | Bolton | 10:06:52 | |
May 22, 2010 | 4th | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 10:16:46 | |
Nov 29, 2009 | 2 | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 09:22:34 | on the Mexican island of Cozumel |
Nov 7, 2009 | 3 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:13:52 | |
Aug 15, 2009 | 1 | Embrunman | Embrun | 11:02:48 | |
Aug 2, 2009 | 1 | Ironman UK | Bolton | 09:34:00 | |
July 5, 2009 | 1 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:50:13 | Victory with a personal best and the second fastest time ever achieved by a woman in an Ironman race - behind the winning time of the German Sandra Wallenhorst in 2008 (08:47:25 hours). |
May 23, 2009 | 1 | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 09:54:58 | Bella Bayliss was able to successfully defend her victory from the previous year. |
Apr 5, 2009 | - | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | DNF | Bella Bayliss started as the defending champion in South Africa - but got out on the running track. |
7th Mar 2009 | 5 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 09:41:04 | |
Nov 1, 2008 | 1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:07:48 | On her 31st birthday, Bella Comerford achieved the fourth win of the season in the eighth long distance race of 2008. |
Oct 11, 2008 | 7th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:34:08 | |
Aug 2008 | 1 | Embrunman | Embrun | 11:26:07 | This long-distance triathlon was held in 2008 for the 25th time in the French "Alpes Maritimes". |
2008 | 1 | Ironman UK | Sherborne | 09:49:07 | Comerford 36 minutes ahead of second-placed Heike Funk |
July 13, 2008 | 2 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:51:17 | Bayliss achieved the third fastest time ever achieved by women in a triathlon (behind Yvonne van Vlerken and Paula Newby-Fraser ). |
May 24, 2008 | 1 | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 10:02:28 | |
Apr 13, 2008 | 1 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 09:27:48 | |
1st Mar 2008 | 4th | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 09:25:33 | |
Dec. 1, 2007 | 3 | Ironman Western Australia | Busselton | 09:14:25 | |
Nov 3, 2007 | 4th | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:13:34 | Bella Comerford lands - like her partner Stephen Bayliss for the men - in fourth place. |
June 24, 2007 | 4th | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships | Brasschaat | 04:14:28 | European championship on the long distance |
May 27, 2007 | 3 | Ironman Brazil | Florianópolis | 09:20:09 | |
2007 | 1 | Ironman UK | Sherborne | ||
2007 | 3 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 09:48:40 | |
Nov 19, 2006 | 1 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Canberra | 06:55:32 | |
Nov 4, 2006 | 1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | ||
Aug 26, 2006 | 4th | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships | Almere | 06:30:14 | |
May 28, 2006 | 4th | Ironman Brazil | Florianópolis | 09:39:13 | |
2006 | 2 | Embrunman | Embrun | 12:06:55 | |
Nov 5, 2005 | 1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:33:09 | Victory in front of the Swiss Sibylle Matter |
22 Aug 2005 | 3 | Ironman UK | Sherborne | 10:21:27 | |
Aug 6, 2005 | 11 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Fredericia | 06:44:23 | |
July 1, 2005 | 2 | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships | Later | 06:43:33 | |
Nov 6, 2004 | 2 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | ||
Aug 28, 2004 | 2 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | ||
July 3, 2004 | 4th | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Later | 06:44:16 | |
2004 | 6th | Ironman Australia | Port Macquarie | ||
Nov 8, 2003 | 1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:26:17 | |
May 17, 2003 | 3 | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 10:53:16 | |
Nov 9, 2002 | 1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:36:33 | |
Aug 16, 2002 | 1 | Embrunman | Embrun | 11:41:56 | Victory with the second best time ever achieved by women here |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2003 | 3 | Powerman Zofingen | Zofingen | 07:39:40 | Third in the Powerman World Championship on the long distance duathlon (10 km run, 150 km bike ride and 30 km run) |
16 Sep 2001 | 15th | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Rimini | 02:07:48 | Duathlon World Championship on the short distance |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Stephen and Bella Bayliss website
- Profile for Bella Bayliss at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 13, 2014 (data set still empty)
- Bella Comerford's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 18, 2019.
- Profile and results of Bella Bayliss in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 7, 2020 (English).
- Portrait of Bella Bayliss. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013 ; Retrieved March 22, 2013 . (Team TBB)
Individual evidence
- ^ A fund farewell to Team Bayliss. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012 ; Retrieved December 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Bayliss leave team TBB
- ↑ Stephen and Bella Bayliss are expecting a baby (January 18, 2011)
- ↑ Final Word with Bella Bayliss - A look back at a stellar career (September 14, 2013)
- ↑ Challenge Aarhus: Hug before Vittrup-Pedersen (June 16, 2012)
- ^ Graves and Morrison take Ironman 70.3 UK
- ↑ Luc van Lierde and Bella Bayliss victorious in the Volcano Triathlon
- ^ Cartmell and Comerford rule 70.3 UK
- ↑ Mr. and Mrs. Bayliss take Ibiza
- ↑ Ironman Florida 2009: Outsider on the podium
- ^ Bayliss and Graves take Ironman UK
- ↑ Bert and Bella Blast Lanzarote
- ↑ Vanhoenacker and Zelenkova on top in South Africa (April 5, 2009)
- ^ European Championships Long Distance: presentation and medal winners
- ↑ IN UK: New Zealander Bryan Rhodes and Australian Rebecca Preston win in Great Britain
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bayliss, Bella |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comerford, Bella |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich |