James Cunnama

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James Cunnama in the Ironman Mallorca 2015
James Cunnama in the Ironman Mallorca 2015
Personal information
Date of birth 27th April 1983 (age 37)
place of birth Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
size 180 cm
Weight 74 kg
societies
Since 2015 Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team
successes
2010, 2017 3 × Ironman winner
2012 ETU European Champion Long Distance Triathlon
2017 Fifth Ironman Hawaii
status
active

James Cunnama (born April 27, 1983 in Pietermaritzburg ) is a South African triathlete . He is European champion in the long-distance triathlon (2012) and three-time Ironman winner (2010, 2017, 2019).

Career

James Cunnama studied in the Metropolitan Municipality Nelson Mandela Bay at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University . He started his first triathlon in 2005.

In November 2010 he achieved his first triathlon victory on the Ironman distance in Florida (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

European champion triathlon long distance 2012

In July 2012, he won the long-distance European Triathlon Championship and, with his victory at Challenge Roth, he ranked 14th in the list of world best times.

Since the beginning of 2015 he starts for the newly founded Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team , which is led by Chris McCormack .

In February 2016 he started in South Africa as part of the Xterra racing series in the cross triathlon for the first time and took second place. In France he won the Embrunman in the long distance triathlon in August . In 2016 he was able to qualify again for a starting place at Ironman Hawaii , together with seven other athletes from his team: With the two defending champions Daniela Ryf and Jan Frodeno , with his fiancée Jodie Swallow , Terenzo Bozzone , David Pleše , Brent McMahon and Ben Hoffman . He was ranked 26th in October.
James Cunnama has been married to the British triathlete Jodie Cunnama (* 1981) since December 2016 and lives in Port Elizabeth .

In August 2017, the then 34-year-old won his second Ironman victory at the first Ironman Hamburg . At the Ironman Hawaii in October, he finished fifth.

At the Ironman Hawaii 2018, he finished 17th. In June 2019, he won his third Ironman race with Ironman France .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Jan. 27, 2019 3 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 03:56:25
17 Sep 2017 1 Ironman 70.3 Weymouth United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weymouth 04:02:32
0Sep 2 2017 1 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote SpainSpain Lanzarote 03:47:07
June 11, 2017 2 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:51:06
Jan. 29, 2017 2 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:11:27
July 10, 2016 3 Ironman 70.3 Jonkoping SwedenSweden Jonkoping 03:53:01 Third in the first edition
Jan. 24, 2016 3 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:09:11
0Dec 5, 2015 3 Ironman 70.3 Bahrain BahrainBahrain Manama third race of the “Challenge Triple Crown Series” - the race had to be held as a duathlon due to the weather
May 10, 2015 1 Ironman 70.3 Vietnam VietnamVietnam Đà Nẵng 03:51:29 Winner at the first edition
Feb. 27, 2015 17th Challenge Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai 03:52:57 at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series"
0Dec 6, 2014 6th Challenge Bahrain BahrainBahrain Bahrain 03:44:29 at the first edition
0Sep 7 2014 DNF Ironman 70.3 World Championships CanadaCanada Mont-Tremblant - Fall on the bike course at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Jan. 26, 2014 1 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:05:00
22 Sep 2013 1 Ironman 70.3 Cozumel MexicoMexico Cozumel 03:44:06
0Sep 1 2013 1 Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl AustriaAustria Walchsee
Oct 28, 2012 4th Ironman 70.3 Miami United StatesUnited States Miami 03:45:27
0May 6, 2012 3 Wildflower triathlon United StatesUnited States Lake San Antonio
Apr 30, 2011 3 Wildflower triathlon United StatesUnited States Lake San Antonio Swimming 1.9 km, cycling 90 km and running 21.1 km
20 Mar 2011 2 Ironman 70.3 Singapore SingaporeSingapore Singapore 03:51:45
Jan. 23, 2011 2 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London
Oct 17, 2010 1 Ironman 70.3 Austin United StatesUnited States Austin 03:53:57
Aug 15, 2010 2 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun
June 13, 2010 5 Challenge France FranceFrance Niederbronn-les-Bains 04:06:28 Fifth over the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running)
0June 6, 2010 2 Challenge Kraichgau GermanyGermany Kraichgau 03:56:28 on the half-distance behind the German Norman Stadler
21 Mar 2010 2 Ironman 70.3 Singapore SingaporeSingapore Singapore 03:54:23
Jan. 17, 2010 2 Ironman 70.3 South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa East London 04:09:34 new record on the running course with 01:14:29 hours for the half marathon, behind the Briton Fraser Cartmell
Aug 15, 2009 3 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun
June 14, 2009 2 Challenge Kraichgau GermanyGermany Kraichgau 04:02:17
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 30, 2019 1 Ironman France FranceFrance Nice 07:16:16 Because of the high temperatures, cycling shortens to 152 km and running to 30 km
Oct 13, 2018 17th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:18:18
29th July 2018 3 Ironman Hamburg GermanyGermany Hamburg 07:13:54 Run without the swimming distance as a duathlon
Oct 14, 2017 5 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:11:24
13 Aug 2017 1 Ironman Hamburg GermanyGermany Hamburg 08:00:36 Winner at the first edition - with a personal best Ironman time
0Oct 8, 2016 26th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:42:03
15 Aug 2016 1 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun 09:35:45
July 27, 2016 1 Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez FranceFrance Alpe d'Huez 05:58:02 Long distance winner
05th June 2016 2 Ironman France FranceFrance Nice 08:30:35
Apr 10, 2016 DNF Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth -
26 Sep 2015 2 Ironman Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 08:19:36
29 Mar 2015 10 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:47:45
20th July 2014 5 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:11:44
0Apr 6, 2014 18th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 09:37:42
Oct 12, 2013 4th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:21:46
Aug 15, 2013 3 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun 09:50:31 on the long distance
July 14, 2013 2 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:04:13
May 18, 2013 2 Ironman Texas United StatesUnited States The Woodlands 08:27:35
0July 8, 2012 1 ETU Challenge Long Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Roth 07:59:59 European triathlon championship on the long distance as part of the Challenge Roth
July 29, 2012 DNF ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships SpainSpain Vitoria-Gasteiz - World championship on the long distance triathlon
July 27, 2011 6th Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez FranceFrance Alpe d'Huez 06:03:02 on the long distance
Apr 10, 2011 3 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:13:18
0Nov 6, 2010 1 Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City 08:15:59 first Ironman victory with a marathon time of 2:43:08 hours
Aug 15, 2010 2 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun 09:45:47
July 28, 2010 1 Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez FranceFrance Alpe d'Huez Long distance winner
July 18, 2010 6th Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:18:47
Aug 15, 2009 3 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun 09:50:31
0July 5, 2009 2 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:14:18 second place in Austria behind Marino Vanhoenacker
0Apr 5, 2009 6th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:55:24
Apr 13, 2008 10 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:52:17
18 Mar 2007 19th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 09:48:38 first start on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running)
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Feb 20, 2016 2 Xterra South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Waco

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team
  2. ↑ 10 Things To Know About The All-Star Bahrain Endurance 13 Team. Retrieved January 4, 2019 . (May 6, 2015)
  3. ↑ Brave eight chasing Kona dreams (October 5, 2016)
  4. ↑ IRONMAN NEWS: BAKKEGARD WINS IN LAHTI, CUNNAMA IN NICE (June 30, 2019)
  5. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Bahrain: Ryf is now a triathlon millionaire
  6. ↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
  7. ↑ Wildflower Triathlon: Jesse Thomas surprised (May 2, 2011)
  8. ^ The stars light up for the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore
  9. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Spirig ends season with victory in Austin
  10. ↑ Challenge France Triathlon: Keat wins superiorly and Tissink with a strong run
  11. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Singapore: Victories for Steffen and Alexander
  12. ↑ Alexander, Steffen Win In Singapore
  13. ↑ Blue- green algae: No swimming in the Alster at the Ironman (July 27, 2018)
  14. ↑ Triathlon splitter: Böcherer third in Alpe d'Huez
  15. ^ Del Corral And Morrison Win Alpe d'Huez Triathlon. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Alpe d'Huez Short Course results and report 2011
  17. ↑ Ironman Florida 2010: Cunnama and Jacobs win in Panama City
personal data
SURNAME Cunnama, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Pietermaritzburg