Linda Sweeney
  Linda Sweeney
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 1959 |
| place of birth | San Diego, United States |
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| successes | |
| 1981 | Ironman Hawaii winner |
| status | |
| Resigned in 1982 | |
Linda Sweeney (* 1959 in San Diego ) is a former American triathlete . She is the winner of the Ironman Hawaii in 1981.
Career
In college in her teens, Sweeney took part in running and swimming competitions over the middle distance.
She found out about Ironman Hawaii through friends and was in a relationship with the athlete Tom Hunt (US record holder over 10 km in 1981).
The then 25-year-old was able to achieve the victory in 12:00:32 h in February 1981, at the third women’s competition. At that time there were 20 women at the start.
In 1982 Linda Sweeney had to end her young professional career after a stress fracture.
Today she works in San Diego as the director of development. Sweeney graduated from the University of Arizona .
Sporting successes
Triathlon
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Feb. 14, 1981 | 1 | Ironman Hawaii |
Waikiki
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12:00:32 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ TALENTED SWEENEYS - Linda Sweeney
- ↑ Triathlete Linda Sweeney - Ironman World Champion ( Memento of the original from September 24, 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.
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| SURNAME | Sweeney, Linda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triathlete and cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego |