Joe Skipper

0 Joe Skipper
Personal information
Date of birth	25th March 1988 (age 32)
place of birth	Lowestoft, United Kingdom
size	181 cm
Weight	78 kg
societies
2010-2011	Manchester Tri Club
Since 2012	Tri-Anglia Triathlon Club Norwich
successes
2011	British triathlon champion middle distance
2015	Third ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance
2014, 2017	2 × Winner Challenge long distance
2017	ETU European Champion Long Distance Triathlon
2018-2020	3 × Ironman winner
status
active

Joe Skipper (born March 25, 1988 in Lowestoft ) is a British duathlete and triathlete . In 2011 he became British triathlon champion in the middle distance, at the ITU World Championship long distance triathlon he won the bronze medal in 2015 and in 2017 he became ETU European champion in the long distance triathlon. He ranks second in the list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

At the end of 2010, the then 22-year-old completed his first triathlon as a challenge. He enjoyed it and joined the Manchester Tri Club for socializing while training .

After winning the British championship in the middle distance, Lucy Gossage convinced him to get a professional license. At Ironman Texas 2015, Skipper set the third fastest cycling time of all time in a triathlon over the Ironman distance.

With a time of 7:56:23 h in his second place at the Challenge Roth 2016, Skipper was the fastest British triathlete to date over the Ironman distance.

European champion long distance triathlon 2017

Joe Skipper won the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam in September 2017 and became ETU European champion in the long distance triathlon. In 2017 he won the Challenge Family's “European Bonus Ranking” .

In July 2018, the then 30-year-old won the Ironman UK and improved his personal best Ironman time to 7:55:34 h.

At the Ironman Hawaii 2019, he finished sixth as the best Briton in October. In November he won the Ironman Florida and set a personal best and a new course record with his winning time of 7:46:28 h.

In March 2020 he won the Ironman New Zealand with a new course record.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Joe Skipper's website
• Profile for Joe Skipper at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 13, 2014
• Profile and results of Joe Skipper in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on March 7, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cowman: British Triathlon Middle Distance Championships report In: tri247.com July 6, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b} 2015 Motala ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
3. ^ John Levison: Analysis: Joe Skipper's Ironman Texas In: tri247.com May 18, 2015
4. ↑ IRONMAN FLORIDA: JOE SKIPPER TRIUMPHES WITH A COURSE RECORD (November 2, 2019)
5. ↑ New winners and new records at Ironman New Zealand (March 7, 2020)
6. ↑ Blue- green algae: No swimming in the Alster at the Ironman (July 27, 2018)
7. ↑ Joe Skipper, Eleanor Haresign win inaugural Challenge Weymouth ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (September 15, 2015)