Liz Blatchford

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Triathlon
AustraliaAustralia 0 Liz Blatchford
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
at the Commonwealth Games in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth 5th February 1980 (age 40)
place of birth United KingdomUnited KingdomWilmslow, Cheshire , United Kingdom
Nickname Lettuce leaf, pookie
size 171 cm
Weight 56 kg
societies
Until 2018 BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team
successes
2013, 2015 3rd place Ironman Hawaii
2012-2018 4 × winner Ironman 70.3
2013-2018 4 × Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2018

Liz (Elizabeth) Blatchford (born February 5, 1980 in Wilmslow, United Kingdom) is a former triathlete starting for Australia and multiple Ironman winner (2013, 2014, 2015).

Career

Liz Blatchford was born in north-west England and grew up in Australia until she was twenty. As a child, she was active in the swimming club and started her first triathlon at the age of 14. She is married to Glen Murray , a former triathlete from Australia.

In 2000 she was eighth in the Junior World Triathlon Championship. At the age of 21, Liz Blatchford decided to start as a professional while studying in Queensland. In Japan, she was also eighth in the World Championships in 2005 among the professionals in the "Elite" class.

3rd place Ironman Hawaii 2013

In 2012 she was not nominated by the British Triathlon Federation for the Olympic Summer Games and she decided to switch to the long distance. In June 2013 she started on the Ironman distance for the first time and she was able to win her first race with the Ironman Cairns (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and thus qualify for the Ironman World Championships. In October she finished third at the Ironman Hawaii .

In 2014 she was able to qualify for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii in October, where she finished tenth as the second fastest Australian behind Mirinda Carfrae . In France she started in the Grand Prix de Triathlon for the TC Chateauroux 36 team .

3rd place Ironman Hawaii 2015

In October 2015 she was again third after 2013 at the Ironman Hawaii. After starting at Ironman 70.3 Vietnam, she announced her pregnancy in May 2016 and her daughter was born in 2017.

In May 2018 she won the Ironman 70.3 Busselton , which had to be held as a duathlon at short notice due to the bad weather. She was trained by Brett Sutton , Mat Steinmetz (long distance) and Ben Bright and started for the BMC Vifit Pro Triathlon Team until 2018 . After the Ironman Hawaii 2018, she declared her active career over.

Blatchford lives in Loughborough .

Sporting successes

Triathlon sprint and short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
31 Aug 2014 11 Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 United StatesUnited States Des Moines 02:01:12 US Championships
0Nov 4, 2012 3 Noosa triathlon AustraliaAustralia Noosa 02:00:41
June 10, 2012 2 5150 Klagenfurt AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 02:00:58
May 26, 2012 10 ITU World Championship Series 2012 SpainSpain Madrid 02:07:43
Feb 12, 2012 3 ITU Premium Oceania Cup Sprint AustraliaAustralia Geelong 00:56:06 0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running
Sep 10 2011 8th ITU World Championship Series 2011 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 02:00:11
July 30, 2011 2 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:58:13
June 19, 2011 27 ITU World Championship Series 2011 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel 02:08:27 in the third race of the season
0May 1, 2011 2 5150 St. Anthony's Triathlon United StatesUnited States St. Petersburg
0Apr 9, 2011 8th ITU World Championship Series 2011 AustraliaAustralia Sydney 02:02:32 Opening event of the new season
Sep 12 2010 19th ITU World Championship Series 2010 HungaryHungary Budapest 01:53:03 in the seventh and final race of the season
0Aug 7, 2010 3 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 02:01:01
Sep 11 2009 10 ITU World Championship Series 2009 AustraliaAustralia Gold coast 02:00:29 in Australia at the "Grand Final" of the Triathlon World Championship over the short distance
22 Aug 2009 4th ITU World Championship Series 2009 JapanJapan Yokohama 01:56:22
Aug 15, 2009 22nd ITU World Championship Series 2009 United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:56:33
0Aug 2, 2009 2 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London 01:56:46
June 21, 2008 5 Hy-Vee Triathlon United StatesUnited States Des Moines 02:05:41
0Dec 2, 2007 1 Laguna Phuket Triathlon ThailandThailand Phuket 02:42:24
0Sep 2 2006 13 ITU Triathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 02:06:49
18 Mar 2006 6th Commonwealth Games AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 01:59:30 Triathlon over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
  2006 3 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Sep 11 2005 8th ITU Triathlon World Championships JapanJapan Gamagōri 02:01:15
  2005 3 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
  2005 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup United KingdomUnited Kingdom Salford 02:03:39 at the Salford Triathlon
  2004 2 London triathlon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
0Dec 6, 2003 17th ITU Triathlon World Championships New ZealandNew Zealand Queenstown 02:10:41
June 15, 2003 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup JapanJapan Gamagori 01:58:28
0Nov 9, 2002 14th ITU Triathlon World Championships MexicoMexico Cancun 02:04:20 World Championship
July 22, 2001 40 ITU Triathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Edmonton 02:09:28 at the ITU Short Distance World Championship
Apr 30, 2000 8th ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women AustraliaAustralia Perth 02:15:26 Triathlon World Championship for Juniors
Triathlon middle distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0May 6, 2018 1 Ironman 70.3 Busselton AustraliaAustralia Busselton Event on a shortened course
0May 8, 2016 3 Ironman 70.3 Vietnam VietnamVietnam Đà Nẵng 04:19:46
0Apr 3, 2016 2 Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya MalaysiaMalaysia Putrajaya 04:26:05
May 10, 2015 2 Ironman 70.3 Vietnam VietnamVietnam Đà Nẵng 04:23:48 at the first edition
29 Mar 2015 2 Challenge Batemans Bay AustraliaAustralia Batemans Bay 04:25:51 Second after the sprint to the finish with Yvonne van Vlerken from the Netherlands
0Feb 8, 2015 1 Ironman 70.3 Geelong AustraliaAustralia Geelong 04:19:34
0Nov 9, 2014 1 Challenge Forster AustraliaAustralia Ranger 04:15:02
Aug 10, 2014 5 Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 04:41:07 Fifth at the European Championships over half the Ironman distance
May 10, 2014 3 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:29:32
May 11th, 2013 2 Ironman 70.3 Busselton AustraliaAustralia Busselton 04:19:07
Oct 20, 2012 2 Ironman 70.3 Mandurah AustraliaAustralia Mandurah
23 Sep 2012 1 Ironman 70.3 Cozumel MexicoMexico Cozumel 04:14:31 Winner at the first edition
0Aug 5, 2012 1 Ironman 70.3 boulder United StatesUnited States Boulder 04:07:48
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 13, 2018 12 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:06:20
19th Aug 2018 1 Ironman Mont-Tremblant CanadaCanada Quebec 09:16:45
Oct 10, 2015 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:14:52
16 Aug 2015 2 Ironman Mont-Tremblant CanadaCanada Quebec 09:09:55
June 14, 2015 1 Ironman Cairns AustraliaAustralia Cairns 09:11:49 third Ironman victory - with a new course record
Oct 11, 2014 10 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:23:34
0June 8, 2014 1 Ironman Cairns AustraliaAustralia Cairns 09:16:58 second Ironman victory
Oct 12, 2013 3 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:03:35
0June 9, 2013 1 Ironman Cairns AustraliaAustralia Cairns 09:19:50
Apr 21, 2013 2 Samui triathlon ThailandThailand Ko Samui 06:20:36 Second on the long distance (4 km swimming, 122.65 km cycling and 30 km running)

Web links

Commons : Liz Blatchford  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Possibilities Are Endless ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2017 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. (October 28, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.innervoice.life
  2. ↑ Liz Blatchford Shares Her Shortcuts to Long Course Success (November 14, 2013)
  3. ^ The Liz Blatchford Story
  4. ↑ Liz is Keeping Mum on Noosa Return (October 30, 2017)
  5. ↑ TRIATHLON SPLITTER: SÄMMLER BECOMES BLEYMEHL, BMC TEAM 2019 WITHOUT CLAVEL (December 19, 2018)
  6. ↑ Geelong Triathlon: Haug and McCormack strong (February 13, 2012)
  7. ↑ Surprise Surprise: Findlay Wins Again ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / triathlon.competitor.com
  8. ↑ Findlay claims 2011 World Championship Series opener in Sydney
  9. ^ Cigana and Blatchford win in Phuket
  10. ^ ITU World Cup: Belaubre and Blatchford win in Salford
  11. ↑ Van Vlerken wins the final sprint, Bittner third (March 30, 2015)
  12. ↑ 10/13/2018 Results: IRONMAN World Championship
  13. ↑ Ironman Hawaii: Daniela Ryf is the new world champion
  14. ↑ Kienle, Carfrae take Kona (October 11, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Blatchford, Liz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blatchford, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmslow , Cheshire , England , UK