Craig Walton

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Triathlon
AustraliaAustralia 0 Craig Walton
Personal information
Date of birth 10th October 1975 (age 44)
place of birth Ulverstone, Australia
Nickname Waldo
size 187 cm
Weight 78 kg
societies
successes
1995 Vice World Champion Triathlon Juniors
2000 3rd place world championship triathlon
status
Resigned in 2008

Craig Walton (born October 10, 1975 in Ulverstone ) is a former Australian triathlete . He is junior runner-up world triathlon champion (1995) and an Olympian (2000).

Career

Born in Tasmania, Craig Walton has been active in triathlon since 1990.

In 1995 he became junior runner-up in the world triathlon. At the World Cup in Perth in 2000, he won bronze. His nickname is "Waldo" .

2000 Summer Olympics

The six-time World Cup winner also took part in the Olympic premiere in 2000 and finished 27th in Sydney. He was also successful in the traditional Noosa Triathlon six times between 1997 and 2007 . At his first start on the long distance, he finished third in May 2001 at the Ironman California (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running). He was trained by Brett Sutton .

In 2008, after 17 active years, he retired from active triathlon events.

After his active time he was still active as a trainer and trained e.g. B. also the triathletes Emma Moffatt , the Swiss Daniela Ryf and Emma Snowsill , with whom he was in a private relationship at the time.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2007 2 Ironman 70.3 Baja MexicoMexico Ensenada Second behind Chris McCormack
0Nov 3, 2007 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:48:46 sixth victory in the Noosa Triathlon - alongside Emma Snowsill in the women
Oct 29, 2006 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:47:46
  2005 40 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
0Nov 7, 2004 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:47:05 Winner alongside Emma Snowsill
22 Aug 2004 2 Half Ironman UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sherborne
  2003 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:44:50 Winner alongside Emma Snowsill
  2003 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup AustraliaAustralia Geelong
  2002 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:46:38
  2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup HungaryHungary Tiszaújváros
0Sep 2 2001 3 Goodwill Games AustraliaAustralia Brisbane
0May 1, 2001 2 Wildflower triathlon United StatesUnited States Lake San Antonio
16 Sep 2000 27 2000 Summer Olympics AustraliaAustralia Sydney 01: 50: 57.66
Apr 30, 2000 3 ITU Triathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Perth 01:51:58 Third in the World Championships on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
July 30, 2000 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup CanadaCanada Corner Brook 01:55:52
  2000 1 Laguna Phuket Triathlon ThailandThailand Phuket
  2000 1 Canberra Half Ironman Triathlon AustraliaAustralia Canberra 03:54:18
Aug 15, 1999 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup CanadaCanada Corner Brook 01:54:12
0Aug 2, 1998 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup CanadaCanada Corner Brook 01:58:45
  1997 1 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 01:44:13 track record
Aug 10, 1997 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup HungaryHungary Tiszaújváros 01:46:19
Nov 12, 1995 2 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men MexicoMexico Cancun 01:57:10 Junior Vice World Champion
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
May 19, 2001 3 Ironman California United StatesUnited States 08:39:44 first start on the long distance

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Farewell: Aussie Craig Walton stops
  2. ↑ Craig Walton retires from triathlons (March 25, 2008)
  3. ↑ Snowsill wins Noosa triathlon
  4. ↑ London Triathlon: 2005 results. Retrieved April 15, 2011 .
  5. ↑ DTU press service triathlon at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon ( Memento from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Olympian Walton to Make Ironman Debut at Isuzu Ironman California ( Memento from May 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Walton, Craig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulverstone