Joseph Gambles

0 Joseph Gambles
at Ironman Melbourne , 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	16th January 1982 (age 38)
place of birth	United Kingdom
Nickname	Smokin Joe
societies
successes
2008	European champion long distance triathlon
2017	Third ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance
status
active

Joseph (Joe) Gambles (born January 16, 1982 in Great Britain ) is a triathlete who competes for Australia today . He is European triathlon champion on the long distance (2008), Ironman winner (2010) and is included in the best list of Australian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Joe moved to Launceston , Australia with his parents at the age of three and competed in his first triathlon when he was 13. He started for the UK for a few years and since then has worked for Australia.

European long distance triathlon champion 2008

In 2008, he became the European long-distance triathlon champion in France. In September 2010, he won his first Ironman victory in Wisconsin. On the long-distance triathlon in November 2011 in Nevada, he won the runner-up world title behind the American Jordan Rappden .

In September 2013, he finished third at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Nevada . Since the beginning of 2015 he starts for the then newly founded Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team , which is led by Chris McCormack .

In June 2016 he was able to win the Ironman 70.3 Boulder for the fifth time in the middle distance after 3:41:37 hours with a new course record. He is trained by former triathlete Torbjørn Sindballe . His nickname is Smokin Joe .

Third ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance 2017

In August 2017, the then 35-year-old finished third at the world championship on the long distance.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

• Homepage of Joe Gambles
• Profile and results of Joseph Gambles in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 7, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joe Gambles - coming to the USA
2. ^ Bahrain Elite Endurance Triathlon Team
3. ↑ 10 Things To Know About The All-Star Bahrain Endurance 13 Team ( Memento of the original from May 9, 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. (May 6, 2015) 
4. ↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
5. ^ Potts and Rollison Take Vineman 70.3
6. ↑ Gambles, McQuaid Win Washington State's Half Ironman ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2010 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. 
7. ↑ Michael Raelert, Julie Dibens Win 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 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. 
8. ^ Gambles and Lavelle take Lake Stevens 70.3
9. ^ Pip Taylor, Joe Gambles win Vineman 70.3
10. ^ Gambles and Crawford set records at Wisconsin
11. ^ ETU Gérardmer Long Distance European Championship