Cameron Litter
  Cameron Litter
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 Cameron litter at the Giro d'Italia 2013
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 3rd August 1983 (age 37) |
| place of birth | Hobart, Australia |
| size | 183 cm |
| Weight | 71 kg |
| societies | |
| 2008 | Volksbank team |
| 2017 | Cylance Pro Cycling |
| successes | |
| 2004 | 16th place Olympic Games |
| 2017, 2019 | 3 × Ironman winner |
| 2019 | 5th place Ironman World Championships |
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Cameron Wurf (born August 3, 1983 in Hobart ) is an Australian triathlete and cyclist . As a triathlete, he was the Ironman winner. He is on the best list of Australian triathletes on the Ironman distance . He used to be an active rower .
Career
Rowing until 2007
Cameron Wurf took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a rower . Together with George Jelbart , he finished 16th in the lightweight double scull .
Cycling
The Tasmanian started his career in international cycling in 2007 with the US Continental Team Priority Health-Bissell . In this he won the time trial at the Oceania Championships. He was also successful in the French individual time trial Chrono Champenois . Shortly afterwards he started at the road world championships in Stuttgart in the time trial competition where he finished 31st.
In 2008 Wurf went to Europe and hired the Italian professional Continental Team Cinelli-OPD . The move to the Austrian Volksbank team took place in May .
Triathlon since 2015
Since 2015 he has been competing in the Ironman long distance triathlon (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running). In April 2017 he started at Ironman South Africa , where he finished eleventh. In September 2017, the then 34-year-old won the Ironman Wales and thus achieved his first Ironman victory. In May 2019 he won the Ironman Australia . At the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) in October 2019, he finished fifth as the best Australian.
Return to cycling
For the 2020 season, Wurf received a contract with the UCI WorldTeam Ineos .
Sporting successes
Triathlon
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Nov 10, 2019 | 47 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
 Santo Domingo
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01:50:14 | Short distance |
| Apr 21, 2019 | 1 | Cannes International Triathlon |
 Cannes
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Middle distance | |
| May 27, 2018 | 1 | Half Challenge Salou |
 Cataluña
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03:45:37 | Middle distance winner |
| 28 Mar 2015 | 19th | Ironman 70.3 Oceanside |
 Oceanside (California)
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04:10:57 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Oct 12, 2019 | 5 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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08:06:41 | as the fastest Australian |
| 21 Sep 2019 | 1 | Ironman Italy |
 Cervia
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07:46:54 | personal best time on the long distance and new course record |
| 7th July 2019 | 3 | Challenge Roth |
 Roth
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08:04:08 | |
| 5th May 2019 | 1 | Ironman Australia |
Port Macquarie
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08:06:18 | |
| Dec 2, 2018 | 2 | Ironman Western Australia |
Busselton
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07:57:41 | |
| Oct 13, 2018 | 9 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
08:10:32 | Track record on the bike in 4:09:06 h |
| 8 Sep 2018 | 2 | Challenge Almere-Amsterdam |
 Almere
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08:00:55 | |
| 1st July 2018 | 5 | Challenge Roth |
Roth
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07:58:17 | |
| June 24, 2018 | 3 | Ironman France |
Nice
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08:39:14 | |
| April 15, 2018 | 4th | Ironman South Africa |
 Port Elizabeth
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08:20:07 | |
| Oct 14, 2017 | 17th | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
08:30:29 | first start in Hawaii as a professional; new course record on the bike (4:12:54 h) |
| Sep 10 2017 | 1 | Ironman Wales |
 Pembrokeshire
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09:07:03 | first victory on the Ironman distance |
| Apr 2, 2017 | 11 | Ironman South Africa |
Port Elizabeth |
08:25:31 | |
| June 12, 2016 | 19th | Ironman Cairns |
Cairns
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09:24:12 | |
| Oct 10, 2015 | 817 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
10:46:32 | first start in Hawaii as an age grouper |
| July 26, 2015 | 9 | Ironman Canada |
 Whistler
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09:26:27 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
To go biking
- 2007
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Oceania Champion - Individual Time Trial - Chrono Champenois
- 2015
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Oceania Championship - Individual Time Trial
Cycling teams
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Web links
- Cameron Wurf in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Cameron Litter in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Cameron Litter in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Profile and results of Cameron Wurf in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 19, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cameron Wurf strengthens the Volksbank team (May 7, 2008)
- ↑ Litter and Corachan win Challenge Salou
- ↑ DAY OF RECORDS AT CHALLENGE ALMERE (September 8, 2018)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Litter, Cameron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd August 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hobart |