Chris Lieto
Chris Lieto | |
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at the Wildflower Triathlon , 2008
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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
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Dec 2, 2012 | 7th | Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific | Phuket | 04:24:09 | |
June 2, 2012 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Hawaii | Hawaii | 04:05:55 | Third behind the winner Lance Armstrong |
Sep 11 2011 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Las Vegas | 03:58:03 | |
Apr 10, 2011 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | Galveston Island | 03:45:37 | |
July 18, 2010 | 1 | Vineman Ironman 70.3 | Sonoma County | 03:54:05 | |
June 27, 2010 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake | Lubbock | 03:55:27 | |
June 6, 2010 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Kansas | Lawrence | 03:44:07 | |
Apr 25, 2010 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | Galveston Island | 03:50:35 | Third behind Terenzo Bozzone from New Zealand and Timothy O'Donnell from America |
Apr 11, 2010 | 2 | Nautica South Beach Triathlon | Miami | 01:30:43 | 0.8 km swim, 30.4 km bike, 6.4 km run |
14 Mar 2010 | 2 | Miami International Triathlon | Miami | 01:48:00 | on the Olympic distance behind his compatriot Matt Chrabot |
June 13, 2009 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Boise | Boise | 03:51:48 | Second place, only 2 seconds behind the Australian Craig Alexander |
May 29, 2009 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Hawaii | Hawaii | 04:05:34 | |
May 2, 2009 | 7th | Wildflower triathlon | Lake San Antonio | 04:07:46 | |
2008 | 1 | Nautica South Beach Triathlon | Miami | Swimming 0.8 km, cycling 30.4 km and running 6.4 km | |
May 3, 2008 | 3 | Wildflower triathlon | Lake San Antonio | 04:03:34 | Third place in California behind Chris McCormack and the Spaniard Eneko Llanos |
Apr 13, 2008 | 1 | Nautica South Beach Triathlon | Miami | 01:16:15 | 0.8 km swim, 30.4 km bike, 6.4 km run |
18 Mar 2007 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup | Bay Islands | 02:02:15 | |
July 17, 2005 | 1 | Tinman Triathlon | Honolulu | 01: 44: 21.6 | In addition to the women's winner Bree Wee , Lieto wins the men's ranking. |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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3rd Mar 2012 | 3 | Abu Dhabi International Triathlon | Abu Dhabi | ||
Oct 8, 2011 | 29 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:10:26 | fastest cyclist (4:18:32 hours) in the Ironman World Championship |
Nov 21, 2010 | 29 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 09:35:00 | |
Oct 9, 2010 | 11 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | with the fastest bike time: 4:23:18 h | |
Oct 10, 2009 | 2 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:22:56 | Second behind Craig Alexander in the Ironman World Championship |
Nov 23, 2008 | 2 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:19:25 | Second behind the German Andreas Raelert |
Oct 13, 2007 | 6th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | ||
May 28, 2006 | 1 | Ironman Japan | Goto Islands | 08:43:20 | |
Oct 21, 2006 | 9 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | as the best American | |
Feb 26, 2006 | 2 | Ironman Malaysia | Langkawi | Chris Lieto set a new record on the bike course. | |
Oct 15, 2005 | 18th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | ||
Aug 28, 2005 | 1 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | new bike record (04:25:26 hours) | |
Oct 2003 | 13 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | ||
2003 | 2 | Ironman USA | Lake Placid | ||
2002 | 1 | Ironman Wisconsin | Madison | 08:46:30 | |
July 1, 2001 | 10 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:41:12 |
(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
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Vineman 2010
- ↑ Texas wins for Lieto, Tisseyre In: Slowtwitch.com. June 27, 2010
- ↑ Chris Lieto to Race at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Kansas
- ^ Bozzone and McGlone win Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas
- ^ McCormack, Wassner Win In South Beach
- ↑ Start of the season: Chrabot and Haskins win in Miami
- ↑ Alexander and Tisseyre win in Boise
- ↑ Feelin 'Hot, Hot, Hot (Dawn Henry recaps the day of racing at Ironman 70.3 Hawaii)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ TINMAN TRIATHLON
- ^ The bikes of the top 15 men in Kona 2010
- ^ Ironman Hawaii 2009
- ^ For Chris Lieto, Ironman is a Way of Life
- ^ Canada Course Records . Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lieto, Chris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 7th February 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Redbank , New Jersey |