Ben Allen

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Personal information
Date of birth 19th January 1985 (age 35)
societies
successes
2013, 2014, 2016 3 × Third World Championship Xterra Cross Triathlon
2017 Fourth ITU World Championship Cross Triathlon
status
active

Ben Allen (born January 19, 1985 ) is an Australian duathlete and triathlete who mainly starts in cross triathlon.

Career

After having been active in ITU competitions on the short or middle distance triathlon for a few years , Ben Allen now mainly competes in cross triathlon at the worldwide Xterra races and in the triathlon on the Ironman half distance ( Ironman 70.3 ).
In October 2013 he finished third at the World Cross Triathlon Championship.

At the Xterra Saipan (1.5 km swimming, 30 km mountain bike and 12 km cross-country run) on the archipelago of the Northern Mariana Islands , the Australian broke the previous record of the Swiss Olivier Marceau with his fourth win in a row .

In October 2016, he finished third at the Xterra World Cross Triathlon Championship in Hawaii. He finished fourth at the World Cross Triathlon Championship in August 2017. Two days later he started at the Aquathlon World Championship and finished 19th in Canada.

Ben Allen has been married to the British triathlete Jacqui Slack since March 2017 .

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Apr 21, 2013 2 Samui triathlon ThailandThailand Ko Samui Second on the long distance (4 km swimming, 122.65 km cycling and 30 km running)
June 10, 2012 5 Ironman 70.3 Italy ItalyItaly Pescara
May 12, 2012 3 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Sep 30 2018 2 Xterra Taiwan CanadaCanada Penticton 02:44:05 Second in the first edition
July 10, 2018 8th ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fyn 02:11:37 World championship cross triathlon
23 Aug 2017 4th ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Penticton 02:10:42
0Apr 2, 2017 2 Xterra Phuket ThailandThailand Ko Phuket 02:31:14 at the first edition
Nov 19, 2016 5 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Snowy Mountains 02:40:49 World championship cross triathlon
Oct 23, 2016 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:53:50 Xterra World Championship
0May 9, 2016 1 Xterra Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Kuantan 02:55:42
Apr 11, 2015 1 Xterra Guam United StatesUnited States Guam
28 Mar 2015 1 Xterra Saipan United StatesUnited States Northern Mariana Islands 02:40:25
Feb 28, 2015 2 OTU Cross Triathlon Oceania Championships AustraliaAustralia Lake Crackenback 02:13:57 Second behind Courtney Atkinson
0Feb 8, 2015 3 Xterra Philippines PhilippinesPhilippines Albay 02:28:00
Oct 26, 2014 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui World championship cross triathlon
16 Aug 2014 DNF ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships GermanyGermany Olbersdorf - ITU World Championship Cross Triathlon
0Aug 9, 2014 3 Xterra Czech Czech RepublicCzech Republic Okres Prachatice 02:47:25
0Apr 5, 2014 1 Xterra Saipan United StatesUnited States Northern Mariana Islands
15th Mar 2014 3 Xterra Philippines PhilippinesPhilippines Albay
Oct 27, 2013 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:36:24 World championship cross triathlon
08 Sep 2013 1 Xterra England United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cranleigh Ben Allen took the victory - alongside his partner Jacqui Slack in the women
  2013 1 Xterra Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Kuantan
23 Mar 2013 1 Xterra Guam United StatesUnited States Guam
09 Mar 2013 1 Xterra Saipan United StatesUnited States Northern Mariana Islands
08 Sep 2012 3 Xterra Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Prangins
May 27, 2012 2 Xterra Italy ItalyItaly Sardinia
24 Mar 2012 1 Xterra Saipan United StatesUnited States Northern Mariana Islands
10 Mar 2012 1 Xterra Guam United StatesUnited States Guam
May 29, 2011 3 Xterra Italy ItalyItaly Sardinia
Apr 30, 2011 11 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships SpainSpain Extremadura 01:35:30 ITU World Championship Cross Triathlon (1 km swimming, 20 km mountain biking and 6 km cross-country run)
Aquathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
25 Aug 2017 19th ITU Aquathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Penticton 00:32:57 Aquathlon World Championship

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Introducing XTERRA's Ben Allen (March 26, 2012)
  2. ↑ Allen, Slack win XTERRA Saipan (March 28, 2015)
  3. ↑ Profiles: Jacqui Slack & Ben Allen (October 24, 2013)
  4. ↑ Ryan, Walters win XTERRA Taiwan (September 30, 2018)
  5. ↑ Xterra Phuket: 34th victory in Renata Bucher's career (April 2, 2017)
  6. ↑ Mendez, Duffy win XTERRA Worlds (October 23, 2016)
  7. ↑ Jacqui Slack wins XTERRA Malaysia ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / beyondgoinglong.co.uk
  8. ↑ Xterra Maui: Nicky Samuels and Ruben Ruzafa win the world title (October 28, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian duathlete and triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1985