Greg Welch

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Personal information
Date of birth 1st January 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Campsie, Australia
societies
successes
1989, 1996 3rd place Ironman World Championship
1990 World champion triathlon short distance
1991 2nd place Ironman World Championship
1993 World champion duathlon short distance
1994 Winner Ironman World Championship
1996 World champion triathlon long distance
status
Resigned in 1999

Greg Welch (born January 1, 1966 in Campsie / Sydney as Gregory John Welch ) is a former Australian duathlete and triathlete . He is multiple world champion (1990, 1993 and 1996) and winner of the Ironman World Championships (1994).

Career

He was one of the best triathletes of the 1990s and also won the “Grand Slam” consisting of the Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships (1990), Duathlon World Championships (1993), Ironman World Championship (1994) and the Long Course Triathlon World Championships (1996).

World champion triathlon short distance 1990

In September 1990 Greg Welch became the ITU triathlon world champion on the short distance in Orlando (Florida) (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).

In 1993 he was the first Australian to claim this title at the fourth duathlon world championship in Dallas.

Winner Ironman Hawaii 1994

The Australian Greg Welch was the first non-US-American to win the 18th edition of the Ironman Hawaii after 8:20:27 h on October 15, 1994. He was trained by Brett Sutton .

In September 1996 he became ITU world champion on the long distance triathlon. In the spring of 1997, as part of a routine examination, the blood disease hemochromatosis was diagnosed, which forced him to take a break. In November he finished third at the ITU Triathlon World Championship on the short distance in Perth (Australia).

In May 1999 he finished third in the Oceanic Triathlon Championship. At the end of the year he had to end his professional career after a cardiac arrhythmia ( ventricular tachycardia ) was diagnosed.

Grew Welch is married to former professional triathlete Sian Welch and lives with her and their two daughters in San Diego . He trained various athletes, such as the former Australian triathlete Kate Major .

Awards

  • In 2004 he was inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame by the organizer of Ironman Hawaii as its first non-American winner .
  • Greg Welch was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in 2014 in recognition of his athletic achievements .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 26, 1999 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup United StatesUnited States Hawaii (island) 02:03:15
0May 9, 1999 3 OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships AustraliaAustralia Mooloolaba 01:55:10 Third in the Oceanic Triathlon Championship
Nov 16, 1997 6th ITU Triathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Perth 01:49:55 ITU Triathlon World Championship on the short distance, behind Chris McCormack
  1997 1 Laguna Phuket Triathlon ThailandThailand Phuket 02:28:15
  1995 1 St. Croix Triathlon United StatesUnited States Saint Croix
  1992 1 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon United StatesUnited States San Francisco
0July 7, 1991 1 Chicago triathlon United StatesUnited States Chicago 01:42:19
Sep 15 1990 1 ITU Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Orlando 01:51:36 ITU triathlon world champion on the short distance
0Aug 6, 1989 38 ITU Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Avignon 02:07:30 ITU Triathlon World Championship on the short distance
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 23, 1999 11 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:40:50
Oct 26, 1996 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:18:57
0Sep 7 1996 1 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Muncie 03:47:05 Long distance triathlon world champion
0Oct 7, 1995 4th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:29:14
Oct 15, 1994 1 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:20:27 Welch was the first “non-American” to win the Ironman World Championship.
  1992 6th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:26:53
 Oct 1991 2 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:24:34
0Oct. 4, 1990 5 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:46:07
Oct 14, 1989 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 8:32:16
28 Mar 1987 3 Ironman Australia AustraliaAustralia Port Macquarie 10:06:33
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  1993 1 ITU Duathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Dallas Duathlon world champion

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Greg Welch - Munzinger Biographie
  2. ^ Greg Welch Retires from Competitive Triathlon ( Memento of March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (January 12, 2000)
  3. ↑ Triathlon: Top triathlete carries all family hopes on circuit (February 8, 2000)
  4. ↑ Greg Welch: Admission to the Triathlete Hall of Fame
  5. ↑ ITU Hall of Fame Inductees 2014
  6. ↑ Welch captures Chicago Triathlon (July 7, 1991)
personal data
SURNAME Which, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian triathlete and Ironman Hawaii winner
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Campsie, Sydney