Eimear Nicholls
Eimear Nicholls | |
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at Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France , 2015
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 21st May 1982 (age 38) |
place of birth | Portstewart, United Kingdom |
Nickname | Emu or Mully |
size | 167 cm |
Weight | 55 kg |
societies | |
Since 2013 | Team TBB |
Current | Thanyapura Pro Triathlon Team |
successes | |
2010 | Vice European champion W25–29 triathlon short distance |
2012, 2014 | 2 × Ironman winner |
2012-2017 | 6 × winner Ironman 70.3 |
status | |
inactive |
Eimear Nicholls (born Eimear Mullan on May 21, 1982 in Portstewart ) is a duathlete , triathlete and Ironman winner (2012, 2014) from the United Kingdom .
Career
Eimer Mullan competed in tetrathlon (swimming, running, shooting and riding) for Ireland and Great Britain. She has been running triathlons since 2007.
Professional triathlete since 2011
Mullan has been competing for Ireland in the duathlon since 2008, finished eleventh at the 2010 World Cup and has been a professional triathlete since 2011.
In June 2012 she won the half Ironman distance ( Ironman 70.3 ) in Great Britain and in July she won the full Ironman distance in Bolton . Since 2013 she has been trained by Bella Bayliss and Brett Sutton and she starts for the team TBB .
In August 2014 she achieved first place at the Embrunman after the bronze medal in the previous year. With its mountainous route, this race in the French Alps is one of the toughest long-distance races in the world. At the end of September, she won her second Ironman victory on Mallorca.
In October she was the first Irish female athlete in Barcelona to undercut the 9-hour mark on the Ironman distance after 8:56:51 h (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
In 2015 and 2016, she struggled with injuries. Eimer Nicholls has been married to British triathlete Ritchie Nicholls (* 1987) since March 2016 and they both live in Portstewart.
In November 2017, the then 35-year-old took her sixth victory in an Ironman 70.3 race with her win at Ironman 70.3 Xiamen . Eimear Nicholls has not appeared internationally since 2017.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 12, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Xiamen | Xiamen | 04:14:22 | |
5th Sep 2015 | 3 | Triathlon de Gérardmer | Gerardmer | 05:18:52 | |
22 Aug 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Budapest | Budapest | 04:15:46 | |
Apr 25, 2015 | 3 | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | 04:36:03 | Third on the half distance |
Oct 26, 2014 | 1 | Challenge Sardinia | Forte Village | 04: 27: 47.80 | Winner on the half distance |
6 Sep 2014 | 2 | Triathlon de Gérardmer | Gerardmer | Second in the Vosges | |
15th June 2014 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:52:16 | Third win in a row in Somerset |
May 11, 2014 | 1 | Challenge Rimini | Rimini | Winner on the half distance | |
Apr 26, 2014 | 2 | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | 04:36:08 | as in the previous year second on the half distance |
Apr 13, 2014 | 1 | Triathlon de Portocolom | Portocolom | 03:59:27 | |
Oct 27, 2013 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Miami | Miami | 04:12:39 | |
Sep 1 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun | Zell am See | 04:14:16 | |
June 16, 2013 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:56:59 | |
Apr 13, 2013 | 2 | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | ||
Nov 10, 2012 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | 04:54:09 | |
Sep 2 2012 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Ireland | Galway | 04:42:03 | |
17th June 2012 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:53:33 | |
May 20, 2012 | 9 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Polten | ||
Apr 15, 2012 | 1 | TriStar111 Mallorca | Portocolom | 04:12:49 | Mullan was able to successfully defend her victory from the previous year. |
4th Sep 2011 | 2 | TriStar111 Monaco | Monaco | Race of the TriStar racing series | |
July 3, 2011 | 5 | Challenge Aarhus | Aarhus | ||
June 19, 2011 | 2 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | ||
Apr 17, 2011 | 1 | TriStar111 Mallorca | Portocolom | 04:10:27 | 1 km swimming, 100 km cycling, 10 km running |
Nov 13, 2010 | 8th | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Clearwater | 04:18:21 | World Championship in Florida |
July 25, 2010 | 4th | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 | Antwerp | 04:24:36 | behind the winner Sofie Goos |
July 2010 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championship 25-29 | Athlone | 02:08:38 | Second in the age group 25–29 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 4, 2015 | 4th | Ironman Barcelona | Barcelona | 08:56:51 | personal best time on the Ironman distance (3:04:55 hours for the marathon) |
26 Sep 2015 | DNF | Ironman Mallorca | Alcúdia | - | Race stopped on the bike course |
May 23, 2015 | DNF | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | - | |
27 Sep 2014 | 1 | Ironman Mallorca | Alcúdia | 09:24:17 | Winner of the first edition on Mallorca |
Aug 15, 2014 | 1 | Embrunman | Embrun | 11:29:36 | on the long distance |
Nov 17, 2013 | 6th | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 09:13:13 | |
Aug 15, 2013 | 3 | Embrunman | Embrun | 11:27:29 | Third on the long distance |
July 24, 2013 | 2 | Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez | Alpe d'Huez | 06:41:39 | |
30th of June 2013 | 3 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 09:05:46 | |
16 Sep 2012 | 2 | Ironman Wales | Pembrokeshire | 10:01:32 | |
July 22, 2012 | 1 | Ironman UK | Bolton | 10:08:44 | |
Nov 5, 2011 | 8th | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:41:58 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Jan. 19, 2013 | 1 | International Lanzarote Duathlon | Lanzarote | 01:05:17 | |
5th Sep 2010 | 11 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Edinburgh | Duathlon World Championship |
(DNF - Did not finish )
Web links
- Official homepage of Eimear Mullan
- Profile for Eimear Nicholls at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed May 15, 2014
- Profile and results of Eimear Nicholls in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ironwoman Eimear Mullan is going the full distance (February 4, 2016)
- ↑ Meet Thanyapura's Newest Tri Couple: Ritchie Nicholls and Eimear Mullan (January 18, 2017)
- ↑ Rainy ... and fun! Vansteelant and Mullan win TriStar111 Mallorca 2012 ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (April 15, 2012)
- ↑ Olivier Marceau and Eimear Mullan shine the brightest at TriStar111 Mallorca ( Memento from September 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (April 17, 2011)
- ^ Eimear Mullan's report from the Ironman 70.3 World Championships
- ↑ Short-distance European Championships Athlone: Spirig defends title
- ↑ Embrunman 2013: Zamora and Collogne win thanks to strong cycling performances (August 16, 2013)
- ↑ Alpe D'Huez Triathlon: Mountains fed up! (July 25, 2013)
- ^ Morrison, Aernouts Take Duathlon World Titles
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nicholls, Eimear |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mullan, Eimear (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Portstewart, Ireland |