Kelly Williamson

0 Kelly Williamson
at Ironman 70.3 Austin (2009)
Personal information
Date of birth	5th December 1977 (age 42)
societies
successes
2012	Vice World Champion Ironman 70.3
2014	Ironman winner
2016	6th place in the World Triathlon Long Distance Championship
status
active

Kelly Williamson (* December 5, 1977 as Kelly Handel ) is an American triathlete , Ironman 70.3 vice world champion (2012) and Ironman winner (2014).

Career

Kelly Handel started her first triathlon in 2000.

Triathlon professional since 2002

She has been a professional triathlete for the US team since 2002.
At the World Long Distance Championships in 2010, she finished 15th in Hawaii and in 2011 was the fourth fastest swimmer to improve to 13th place.

Ironman 70.3 Vice World Champion 2012

In September 2012 she finished second in the middle distance at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running).

In May 2014 she won the Ironman Texas with a new personal best in the long distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

At the world championship on the long distance triathlon she finished sixth in September 2016 (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running).

In September 2017, the 39-year-old finished fourth at the Ironman Chattanooga.

She now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Derick .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Official website of Kelly Williamson
• Profile for Kelly Williamson (2010–2012) at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 28, 2014
• Profile for Kelly Handel (2002-2003) at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 28, 2014
• Kelly Williamson's profile and results (2003-2016) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 19, 2017 (English).
• Kelly Handel's profile and results (2002–2003) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 17, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tissink and Williamson take Buffalo Springs Lake
2. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Title defense in San Juan (March 18, 2012)
3. ^ Tissink and Williamson take Buffalo Springs Lake
4. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Timothy O'Donnell wins in San Juan
5. ^ Cotter and Williamson win Whirlpool Ironman 70.3 Steelhead
6. ^ Bozzone and McGlone win Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas
7. ↑ Caroline Steffen just next to the World Cup podium
8. ↑ Nicole Hofer placed third at the Longhorn Ironman 70.3 in Austin, Texas ( Memento from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
9. ^ Team Bennett takes Augusta
10. ^ Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake A Wrap — Marsh and Matthews Winners. Accessed December 30, 2019 . 
11. ^ Potts and Corbin win their first Ironman titles
12. ^ Ironman Coeur d´Alene 2010: Andy Potts and Lindsey Corbin with their first Ironman victory