David McNamee

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David McNamee in the Triathlon in Tranent (2010)
David McNamee in the Triathlon in Tranent (2010)
Personal information
Date of birth 20th April 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Irvine, UK
size 180 cm
Weight 71 kg
societies
2015 EJOT Team TV Buschhütten
successes
2011 Vice-World Champion Triathlon U23
2015 Ironman winner
2017, 2018 2 × Third Ironman World Championships
status
active

David McNamee (born April 20, 1988 in Irvine (Scotland) ) is a British triathlete and Ironman winner (2015). He is on the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

In 2011 the Scotsman David McNamee was runner-up in the U23 triathlon short distance world championship.
In 2013 he was third in the duathlon at the national championships.

In 2014, he finished seventh at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, behind winner Alistair Brownlee .

Iron mand distance since 2015

In March 2015, he started the Ironman distance in South Africa for the first time (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and finished in seventh place.

Four months later he was able to win the Ironman UK and thus qualify for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championship), where he finished twelfth.

3rd place Ironman Hawaii 2017 and 2018

In October 2017, the then 29-year-old finished third at the Ironman Hawaii and was also the first athlete from the United Kingdom to achieve a medal with the fastest time of a British athlete. At his fourth start at the Ironman Hawai, David McNamee finished third in October 2018 after 8:01:09 h with a personal best, as in the previous year.

In May 2019, as in the previous year, he finished second in the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
19th May 2019 2 Ironman 70.3 Barcelona SpainSpain Barcelona 04:06:36
20th May 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 Barcelona SpainSpain Barcelona 04:04:46
May 28, 2017 1 Challenge Salou SpainSpain Salou 03:26:04
May 13, 2017 1 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 03:56:49
04th Sep 2016 4th ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships AustriaAustria Walchsee 03:53:44 European championship on the half distance as part of the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl
July 24, 2016 1 Challenge Poznań PolandPoland Poznań
June 26, 2016 1 Challenge Galway IrelandIreland Galway 03:51:47
0June 7, 2015 3 Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau GermanyGermany Kraichgau Third in the first edition
July 24, 2014 7th Commonwealth Games ScotlandScotland Glasgow 01:50:59
13 Sep 2011 2 ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01:52:17 Vice world champion triathlon in the U23 class
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
07th July 2019 5 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:05:50
Oct 13, 2018 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:01:09 personal best and fastest time of a British athlete
Oct 14, 2017 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:07:11 first medal in Hawaii for a British athlete
0Apr 2, 2017 3 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:07:31
0Oct 8, 2016 13 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:28:05
May 21, 2016 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 08:46:36
Oct 10, 2015 11 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:32:27
19th July 2015 1 Ironman UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bolton 08:46:37
29 Mar 2015 7th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2013 3 GBR Duathlon National Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom 00:54:28

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bike details of the Top 15 Kona male Pros (November 5, 2017)
  2. ^ David McNamee - An Insight
  3. ↑ Kona 2015 Profile: David McNamee (GBR)
  4. ↑ World Ironman Championships: 'In Hawaii it's full-on for the longest time,' says McNamee as Kona beckons (October 14, 2017)
  5. ↑ Lange wins world title in record time (October 15, 2017)
  6. ↑ The Day of Records - Lange and Ryf Triumph Again in Kona (October 14, 2018)
  7. ↑ McNamee, Loher win Challenge Salou (May 28, 2017)
  8. ↑ Laura Philipp defends victory on Mallorca
  9. ↑ David McNamee wins Challenge Galway (June 27, 2016)
  10. ↑ McNamee and Gossage lead the Brits home in Kona (October 11, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME McNamee, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Irvine (Scotland)