Heather Wurtele

0 Heather Wurtele
at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene , 2012
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

( 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

1. ↑ From Lab Coat to Lycra (Shawn Skene profiles Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene champion Heather Wurtele)
2. ↑ First Endurance Names 2018 Triathlon Team (February 5, 2018)
3. ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
4. ↑ CHALLENGE FORTE VILLAGE SARDINIA: VICTORS TO HERNANDEZ AND WURTELE (October 29, 2017)
5. ↑ The Championship: High-speed decision expected at the new Challenge Family Championship (May 31, 2017)
6. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WM: TIM REED WRESTLES SEBASTIAN KIENLE DOWN IN THE FINAL PRINT (September 4, 2016)
7. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Spirig ends season with victory in Austin
8. ^ Gambles and Lavelle take Lake Stevens 70.3
9. ↑ Wildflower Triathlon Festival 2009, Lake San Antonio, USA
10. ↑ Triathlon Results for Heather Wurtele ( Memento from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )