Julie Dibens

0 Julie Dibens
Julie Dibens as the winner of the Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	3rd April 1975 (age 45)
place of birth	Salisbury, UK
societies
successes
2007-2009	3 × world champion Xterra
2008-2011	5 × winner Ironman 70.3
2009	World Champion Ironman 70.3
2010	Vice World Champion Xterra
2011	Ironman winner
status
resigned

Julie Dibens (* 3. April 1975 in Salisbury as Julie Claire Ricketts ) is a former British triathlete and Olympian (2004). She is a three-time world champion in Xterra-Cross-Triathlon (2007, 2008, 2009), world champion in the half-distance triathlon (2009) and Ironman winner (2011).

Career

Since 1991, Julie Ricketts competed in swimming competitions for Great Britain and in 1997 she started triathlon.

In 2000 she married Michael Dibens and has since started as Julie Dibens.

2004 Summer Olympics

At the European Championships in 2000 she was third in the short distance triathlon and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she finished 30th in August.

Winner Ironman 70.3 World Championships 2009

In 2009 Julie Dibens won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship . She was the first woman to achieve a time under four hours over this distance.

In cross-triathlon, Dibens achieved her third world title in a row in 2009 ( Xterra World Championship ) and in 2010 she was runner-up again. In October 2010 he was third at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championship).

Ironman 2011 winner

In June 2011 she was able to win the Ironman Coeur d'Alene with a new course record on the long distance triathlon (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) .

After a two and a half year break from racing, she successfully started again in triathlon in the middle distance in 2014. Julie Dibens has finished her active time as a triathlon professional, she lives with her husband in Boulder and is active as a trainer.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Official website of Julie Dibens
• Profile for Julie Dibens at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 13, 2014
• Julie Dibens' profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 7, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Caroline Steffen just next to the World Cup podium
3. ^ Cartmell and Comerford rule 70.3 UK
4. ↑ Schildknecht and Dibens claim Ironman 70.3 Switzerland title
5. ^ Bennett and Snowsill win the 2007 LA Triathlon
6. ↑ Alexander wins Ironman Coeur d'Alene in record time
7. ↑ Frederik van Lierde steals the show from the top guys
8. ^ Former Swimmer Dibens Third in Ironman Event
9. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon: rendezvous of the Ironman stars in the land of the sheikhs . In: 3athlon.de . March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010.