Chris Lieto

0 Chris Lieto
at the Wildflower Triathlon , 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	7th February 1972 (age 48)
place of birth	Redbank, United States
Nickname	To
societies
successes
2002-2006	3 × Ironman winner
2011	Second Ironman World Championships
2010-2011	4 × winners Ironman 70.3
2011	2nd place Ironman 70.3 World Championships
status
Resigned in 2012

Chris Lieto (born February 7, 1972 in Redbank , New Jersey ) is a retired American triathlete . In 2009 he was runner-up at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) and is included in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

The three-time Ironman winner (2002, 2005 and 2006) is known as a very fast cyclist.

2nd place Ironman Hawaii 2009

In 2009 he achieved his best result so far (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) with the second place at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii ( Ironman Hawaii ). In September 2011, he finished second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas .

In December 2012, Chris Lieto sustained an Achilles tendon injury in a race in Thailand and has not competed in any long distance races since.

He lives in California with his wife and son . His nickname is To .

His younger brother Matt Lieto (* 1978) is also active as a triathlete.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Chris Lieto's website
• Profile for Chris Lieto at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed June 22, 2014
• Chris Lieto's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 12, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Vineman 2010
2. ↑ Texas wins for Lieto, Tisseyre In: Slowtwitch.com. June 27, 2010
3. ↑ Chris Lieto to Race at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Kansas
4. ^ Bozzone and McGlone win Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas
5. ^ McCormack, Wassner Win In South Beach
6. ↑ Start of the season: Chrabot and Haskins win in Miami
7. ↑ Alexander and Tisseyre win in Boise
8. ↑ Feelin 'Hot, Hot, Hot (Dawn Henry recaps the day of racing at Ironman 70.3 Hawaii)
9. ↑ Four Time Ironman Champion Chris Lieto wins the First Annual Nautica South Beach Triathlon . Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. 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. Retrieved January 24, 2016. 
10. ↑ Professional triathlete Chris Lieto wins inaugural Nautica South Beach Triathlon ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ TINMAN TRIATHLON
12. ^ The bikes of the top 15 men in Kona 2010
13. ^ Ironman Hawaii 2009
14. ^ For Chris Lieto, Ironman is a Way of Life
15. ^ Canada Course Records . Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.