Heather Wurtele
Heather Wurtele | |
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at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene , 2012
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 12th July 1979 (age 41) |
place of birth | Victoria, British Columbia , Canada |
size | 186 cm |
Weight | 69 kg |
societies | |
since 2004 | First Endurance Team |
successes | |
2008-2019 | 7 × Ironman winner |
2011, 2013–2015 | 4 × Canadian long-distance triathlon champion |
2012-2019 | 14 × Winner Ironman 70.3 |
2015 | Second Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
2017 | Third ITU World Triathlon Long Distance Championship |
status | |
active |
Heather Wurtele (* 12. July 1979 in Victoria , British Columbia as Heather Danforth ) is a Canadian triathlete . She is two-time national champion in the middle distance (2015, 2016) and seven-time Ironman winner (2008-2019).
Career
Heather Wurtele played volleyball in her youth, where she was able to benefit from her height at 1.86 meters.
Triathlon since 2004
She started triathlon in 2004 and has been a professional since 2007. Her husband Trevor Wurtele is also a professional triathlete. She has been part of the First Endurance Team since 2004 .
In 2008 she won the long distance triathlon, the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling, 42.195 km running), in the Ironman Coeur d'Alene and in May 2010 she was able to host the first Ironman St. George win.
At the Ironman Hawaii in 2011, she achieved her best placement with eighth place.
In June 2014 she was able to win the Ironman Coeur d'Alene for the third time - and with it her sixth Ironman race.
Second Ironman 70.3 World Championships 2015
In August 2015 she came second in the middle distance of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in the Austrian state of Salzburg as part of the Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun .
In May 2016, Wurtele won the title for the second time after 2015 at the North American Championships at Ironman 70.3 St. George in Utah. In September she finished third at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Australia.
In August 2017, she finished third at the ITU World Championships in the long-distance triathlon in Penticton (3 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running). In March 2019, the 39-year-old won the Ironman 70.3 Campeche in Mexico for the third time in a row .
Heather Wurtele lives in Kelowna .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2nd June 2019 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Victoria | Victoria (British Columbia) | 04:26:43 | |
17th Mar 2019 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Campeche | Campeche | 04:15:23 | third win in a row |
Nov 18, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Xiamen | Xiamen | 04:17:07 | behind the Swiss Imogen Simmonds |
June 10, 2018 | 1 | Challenge Geraardsbergen | Geraardsbergen | 04:20:39 | |
3rd June 2018 | 6th | Challenge - The Championship | Šamorín | 04:15:13 | Challenge World Championships; behind Lucy Charles |
8 Apr 2018 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | Galveston Island | 04:09:59 | |
18 Mar 2018 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Campeche | Campeche | 04:17:23 | |
Oct 29, 2017 | 1 | Challenge Forte Village Sardinia | Sardinia | ||
Oct 14, 2017 | 1 | Challenge Peguera Mallorca | Peguera | 04:24:42 | |
Sep 9 2017 | 7th | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Chattanooga | 04:25:39 | |
23rd July 2017 | 2 | Challenge Iceland | Kjós | 04:18:22 | Her husband Trevor Wurtele also took second place in the men's category |
3rd June 2017 | 3 | Challenge - The Championship | Šamorín | 04: 15: 36.5 | Challenge World Championship |
April 1, 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:25:22 | |
19 Mar 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Campeche | Campeche | 04:19:53 | Winner at the first edition |
4th Sep 2016 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Mooloolaba | 04:13:36 | |
23rd July 2016 | 1 | Challenge Iceland | Hvalfjörður | 04:24:00 | |
June 26, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant | 04:17:08 | |
June 12, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Victoria | Victoria (British Columbia) | 04:13:06 | |
May 7, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 St. George | St. George | 04:16:48 | North American Championships |
Apr 2, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:16:17 | |
20 Mar 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey | Monterrey | 04:08:19 | |
Aug 30, 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Zell am See | 04:23:07 | Second at the Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun |
19th July 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Racine | Racine, Wisconsin | 04:12:18 | |
May 2, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 St. George | St. George | 04:17:58 | US championships |
28 Mar 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:16:07 | |
Feb. 27, 2015 | 2 | Challenge Dubai | Dubai | 04:09:21 | Second in the first race of the “Challenge Triple Crown Series” - behind the Swiss winner Daniela Ryf |
Sep 7 2014 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Mont-Tremblant | 04:14:55 | |
5th Mar 2014 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 St. George | St. George | 04:14:31 | |
29 Mar 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:13:12 | |
16. Mar. 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey | Monterrey | 04:07:47 | First win in the 2014 season - with a personal best |
8 Sep 2013 | 10 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Las Vegas | 04:33:11 | |
July 28, 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary | Calgary | 04:11:42 | |
30th Mar 2013 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:17:46 | |
Feb 3, 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Panama | Panama City | 04:21:22 | |
Aug 19, 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | New Hampshire | 04:20:48 | |
Apr 22, 2012 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans | New Orleans | 03:45:53 | Due to the weather, the race had to be held on a shortened course - without the swimming distance. |
Oct 17, 2010 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 Austin | Austin | 04:23:25 | |
Aug 2010 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary | Calgary | 04:24:45 | behind the winner Mirinda Carfrae |
Aug 16, 2009 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens | Lake Stevens (Washington) | 04:29:24 | |
May 2, 2009 | 5 | Wildflower triathlon | Lake San Antonio | 04:45:22 | |
May 3, 2008 | 4th | Wildflower triathlon | Lake San Antonio | 04:45:59 | in California on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run) |
2008 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Boise | Boise | ||
Aug 2007 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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28th July 2019 | 1 | Ironman Canada | Whistler | 09:20:41 | |
27 Aug 2017 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Penticton | 05:55:51 | World championship on the long distance triathlon |
July 9, 2017 | Challenge Roth | Roth | |||
Nov 29, 2015 | 4th | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 09:21:52 | |
May 16, 2015 | 7th | Ironman Texas | The Woodlands | 09:15:11 | |
Oct 11, 2014 | 15th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:34:18 | |
June 29, 2014 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 09:34:32 | third win in Idaho |
Oct 12, 2013 | DNF | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | - | |
June 23, 2013 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 09:16:02 | Idaho victory with a new personal best |
Oct 13, 2012 | 14th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:44:04 | |
July 8, 2012 | 8th | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt | 09:42:10 | |
Oct 8, 2011 | 8th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:17:56 | |
July 24, 2011 | 1 | Ironman USA | Lake Placid | 09:19:03 | |
May 7, 2011 | 1 | Ironman St. George | St. George | 09:30:33 | |
Nov 21, 2010 | 5 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 09:19:10 | |
29 Aug 2010 | 2 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | 09: 17; 17 | |
May 1, 2010 | 1 | Ironman St. George | St. George | 09:35:25 | second Ironman victory in the first edition |
June 21, 2009 | 3 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 09:34:24 | |
June 22, 2008 | 1 | Ironman Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | 09:38:58 | |
Aug 24, 2008 | 3 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | 09:39:51 |
( Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Homepage of Heather and Trevor Wurtele
- Team Wurtele
- Profile for Heather Wurtele at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed May 4, 2017
- Heather Wurtele's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 15, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ From Lab Coat to Lycra (Shawn Skene profiles Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene champion Heather Wurtele)
- ↑ First Endurance Names 2018 Triathlon Team (February 5, 2018)
- ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
- ↑ CHALLENGE FORTE VILLAGE SARDINIA: VICTORS TO HERNANDEZ AND WURTELE (October 29, 2017)
- ↑ The Championship: High-speed decision expected at the new Challenge Family Championship (May 31, 2017)
- ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WM: TIM REED WRESTLES SEBASTIAN KIENLE DOWN IN THE FINAL PRINT (September 4, 2016)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3: Spirig ends season with victory in Austin
- ^ Gambles and Lavelle take Lake Stevens 70.3
- ↑ Wildflower Triathlon Festival 2009, Lake San Antonio, USA
- ↑ Triathlon Results for Heather Wurtele ( Memento from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wurtele, Heather |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Victoria (British Columbia) |