Kris Gemmell
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Kris Gemmell at the Corner Brook Triathlon (2006)
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 28th April 1977 (age 43) |
place of birth | Napier |
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2002 | World champion aquathlon |
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Resigned in 2012 |
Kris Gemmell (born April 28, 1977 in Napier ) is a former triathlete and two-time Olympic athlete (2008, 2012) from New Zealand .
Career
Kris Gemmell started triathlon in 1995.
In 2002 he became Aquathlon World Champion in Mexico (2.5 km run, 1 km swim and 2.5 km run). At the Commonwealth Games in 2002 , he finished sixth. In March at the 2006 Commonwealth Games , he finished fifth.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished 39th.
In March 2011 he won the Oceanic Triathlon Championships.
2012 Summer Olympics
In 2012 he started for the second time at the Summer Olympics and finished 15th in London. He declared his active time ended in 2012.
Doping ban 2014
In December 2014, he was banned from New Zealand by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for 15 months. Although he never tested positive in his 17-year active career, he violated conditions three times between August 2012 and September 2013 (after his resignation). In January 2015, the ban was reduced to one year.
He lives in northern New Zealand, in Palmerston North .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Aug 7, 2012 | 15th | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 01:48:52 | |
May 22, 2011 | 1 | 5150 New Orleans | New Orleans | 01:46:35 | |
May 15, 2011 | 2 | 5150 New Orleans | New Orleans | 01:40:37 | Due to the weather, the competition in New Orleans was held as a duathlon without the swimming distance. |
March 20, 2011 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Singapore | Singapore | 03:50:56 | |
March 12, 2011 | 1 | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Wellington | 01:51:45 | Oceanic Triathlon Championship |
Aug 14, 2010 | DNF | World Championship Series 2010 | Kitzbühel | - | at the 6th race of the series |
March 13, 2010 | 2 | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Wellington | 01:53:21 | |
23 Aug 2009 | 2 | ITU World Championship Series 2009 | Yokohama | 01:44:49 | Second in the 7th race behind Jan Frodeno |
Aug 16, 2009 | 3 | World Championship Series 2009 | London | ||
Aug 19, 2008 | 39 | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | 01:53:49 | |
June 21, 2008 | 3 | Alpine triathlon | Schliersee | 02:02:40 | |
Feb 3, 2008 | 4th | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Taupo | 00:59:52 | OCA Sprint Distance Triathlon Oceania Championships |
19 Mar 2006 | 5 | Commonwealth Games 2006 | Melbourne | 01:50:10 | |
2003 | 13 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Queenstown | 01:56:36 | |
Apr 15, 2003 | 3 | OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships | Queenstown | 01:52:27 | Third in the Oceanic Triathlon Championship |
Nov 10, 2002 | 8th | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Cancun | 01:52:10 | |
Aug 4, 2002 | 6th | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Manchester | 01:52:53 | |
Sep 2 2001 | 12 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane | 01: 51: 44.74 | |
2001 | 30th | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Edmonton | 01:50:31 | |
1999 | 27 | ITU Triathlon World Championships | Montreal | 01:47:25 | World Championship on the Olympic distance (1,500 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2002 | 1 | ITU Aquathlon World Championship | Cancun | Aquathlon world champion |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Kris Gemmell's website ( Memento from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile for Kris Gemmell at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 2, 2014
- Kris Gemmell's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 20, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell banned for 15 months (December 10, 2014)
- ↑ Banned former New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell has doping ban reduced to a year (January 28, 2015)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3: Gemmell wins in Singapore
- ^ Oceania: Gemmell wins, Hewitt fails ( Memento of March 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Vicky Holland, Kris Gemmell triumphs in Wellington
- ↑ Surprise at the Kitzbühel Triathlon ( Memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dextro Energy Triathlon-ITU World Championship Yokohama: Jan Frodeno takes first victory
- ↑ Anja Dittmer: Victory at the start of the season
- ↑ DTU press service triathlon at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gemmell, Kris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Napier |