Imogen Simmonds
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 8th March 1993 (age 27) |
place of birth | Hong Kong, UK |
Nickname | Imo |
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Since 2019 | Swiss triathlon |
successes | |
2017-2020 | 4 × winner Ironman 70.3 |
2019 | Winner of the Ironman European Championships |
2019 | 3rd place Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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active |
Imogen Simmonds (born March 8, 1993 in Hong Kong ) is a British - Swiss triathlete and reigning European champion on the Ironman distance (2019).
Career
Imogen Simmonds is a dual British-Swiss citizen. She grew up in Hong Kong for the first nine years and competed in her first triathlon when she was ten.
She started in triathlon for the United Kingdom until 2015 . In 2014, she was third in Canada at the Triathlon World Championship on the sprint distance in the 20-24 age group.
She is trained by Jürgen Zäck . In 2016, Simmonds became World Champion Ironman 70.3 in the age group 18-24 in the triathlon middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) . She has been a professional athlete since 2017 and in November 2018 she won the Ironman 70.3 Xiamen in China
In the 2019 season she was placed in the Swiss Triathlon long distance squad . In June 2019 she was second behind the American Skye Moench at Ironman Germany and thus also winner of the Ironman European Championships . Imogen Simmonds qualified for a place at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships), where she finished twelfth in October. In September she finished third at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Nice . In November she won the Laguna Phuket Triathlon in Thailand on the short distance .
In February 2020, the 26-year-old was able to win the Ironman 70.3 Dubai with a new course record, thus winning an Ironman 70.3 race for the fourth time.
Imo Simmonds lives in Geneva .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 24, 2019 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:33:14 | |
28th July 2018 | 2 | 5150 Zurich | Zurich | 02:02:53 | behind Daniela Ryf |
19 Nov 2017 | 2 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:41:47 | |
Sep 18 2015 | 5 | ITU Triathlon World Championship 20–24 | Chicago | 02:14:03 | Triathlon world championship |
July 11, 2015 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championship 20–24 | Geneva | 01:13:15 | European Triathlon Championship sprint distance |
29 Aug 2014 | 3 | ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championship 20–24 | Edmonton | 01:12:01 | Triathlon world championship |
Aug 10, 2014 | 2 | Nyon triathlon | Nyon | 02:33:06 | Olympic distance |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Feb 7, 2020 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Dubai | Dubai | 03:58:37 | with a new course record and personal best time in the middle distance |
Sep 7 2019 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Nice | 04:28:10 | World Championship |
June 16, 2019 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg | Remich | 04:11:30 | |
Nov 12, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Xiamen | Xiamen | 04:12:41 | |
Oct 21, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Shanghai | Shanghai | at the first edition behind Caroline Steffen | |
Sep 1 2018 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Port Elizabeth | 04:14:39 | |
June 10, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland | Rapperswil-Jona | 04:16:01 | behind Daniela Ryf |
Apr 14, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou | Liuzhou | 04:20:01 | behind Agnieszka Jerzyk |
Nov 25, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Thailand | Ko Phuket | 04:16:49 | |
Nov 12, 2017 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Xiamen | Xiamen | 04:14:34 | behind Eimear Nicholls |
Nov 27, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Thailand | Ko Phuket | 04:22:08 | |
4th Sep 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship F18–24 | Mooloolaba | 04:39:38 | Ironman 70.3 world champion in the age group 18–24 |
May 3, 2015 | 13 | Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France | Aix-en-Provence | 04:59:44 | Winner of the age group 20–24 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 12, 2019 | 12 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:13:20 | |
June 30, 2019 | 2 | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt am Main | 09:26:01 | Second behind the American Skye Moench and winner of the Ironman European Championships |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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29 Mar 2015 | 3 | GBR Sprint Duathlon National Championship 20–24 | Corby | 02:22:10 | Triathlon World Championship age group 20–24 |
Feb. 2015 | 1 | Gravesend Winter Duathlon | Gravesend | ||
Nov. 2014 | 1 | Hillingdon Autumn Duathlon | Hillingdon |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official website of Imogen Simmonds
- Profile and results of Imogen Simmonds in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 11, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Representing Switzerland: Phuket-based Imogen Simmonds leads the female triathlon pack (January 28, 2018)
- ↑ Imogen Simmonds (British Triathlon)
- ↑ A RISING STAR: IMOGEN SIMMONDS (December 6, 2017)
- ↑ Simmonds and Birchmore head the GB Age-Groupers home on the Sunshine Coast (September 5, 2016)
- ↑ Swiss Triathlon - 2019 Elitesport Squad (November 9, 2018)
- ↑ IRONMAN EM: SKYE MOENCH WINS AM RÖMER, DRAMA AROUND SARAH TRUE (June 30, 2019)
- ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET VICTORY TO WILD AND SIMMONDS, MICHAEL RAELERT SECOND (November 24, 2019)
- ↑ IMOGEN SIMMONDES WINNER OF IRONMAN 70.3 DUBAI (February 7, 2020)
- ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON: MICHAEL RAELERT HAS THE THAILAND HAT TRICK (November 19, 2017)
- ↑ IMOGEN SIMMONDES WINNER OF IRONMAN 70.3 DUBAI (February 7, 2020)
- ↑ RYF SECURES HER FIFTH IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CUP TITLE (September 7, 2019)
- ↑ DANIELA RYF DEFENDS HER WORLD CUP TITLE ON IRONMAN 70.3 SOUTH AFRICA, IMOGEN SIMMONDS BECOMES SIXTH (September 1, 2018)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Simmonds, Imogen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Swiss triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |