Lucy Charles-Barclay

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Lucy Charles-Barclay in Ironman Germany 2017
Lucy Charles-Barclay in Ironman Germany 2017
Personal information
Date of birth 15th September 1993 (age 26)
place of birth United Kingdom
size 170 cm
Weight 58 kg
societies
Current Hoddesdon Tri Club
successes
2015 Winner Ironman 70.3 World Championship F18–24
2015 Winner Ironman World Championship F18–24
2017-2019 3 × Ironman winner
2017 Winner Challenge World Championship
2017 Winner of the Ironman European Championships
2017-2019 3 × 2nd place Ironman World Championships
2017, 2018 2 × winner of the Challenge World Championships
2018 2nd place Ironman 70.3 World Championships
2019 Winner Challenge Roth
status
active

Lucy Charles-Barclay (born September 15, 1993 as Lucy Anne Charles ) is a British triathlete . She is a two-time winner of the "Challenge The Championship" (World Championship; 2017, 2018), three-time Ironman winner (2017, 2018, 2019), winner of the Ironman European Championships (2017) and second at the Ironman Hawaii (2017, 2018, 2019) ). She has been on the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance since 2018 .

Career

Lucy Charles started swimming at the age of eight and was a national champion at the age of 16. As a 19-year-old, she started her first triathlon. In 2015 she became U23 World Champion Ironman 70.3 in Zell am See and in October in Kona she also became Ironman World Champion for amateurs in the age group F18-24. She has started as a triathlon professional since 2016.

Lucy Charles is married and lives in Hatfield, Hertfordshire . She is trained by her husband.

Winner of the Challenge World Championships 2017

In May 2017 she won the oldest European Ironman on Lanzarote and in June she won the first “Challenge The Championship” (World Championship) in the middle distance.

Second Ironman Hawaii and Ironman Germany 2017

In July 2017 she was second behind the Australian Sarah Crowley at Ironman Germany and was able to win the Ironman European Championships . She finished the swim in Frankfurt as the fastest athlete after 48:29 minutes and reached the finish line in second, just under four minutes behind Sarah Crowley. In October she finished second at the Ironman Hawaii after being the fastest swimmer only to be overtaken by the Swiss and later winner Daniela Ryf at the end of the bike course .

In April 2018, the then 24-year-old won her second Ironman race with the Ironman South Africa . In June she was named as one of the strongest swimmers on the long distance.

Winner of the Challenge World Championships 2018

In June 2018, after 2017, she again won the Challenge The Championship in the middle distance in Slovakia . In September she finished second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in South Africa. At Ironman Hawaii in October, she finished second and set a new course record in the swimming distance in 48:13 minutes.

Winner Challenge Roth 2019

At Challenge Roth , with her winning time of 8:31:09 hours, she took first place with a new personal best in the long distance after finishing second in the previous year in July 2019. In October, the 26-year-old finished second in the Ironman Hawaii for the third time in a row. After she had finished swimming as the fastest and had been in the lead for a long time, she was overtaken by the German Anne Haug on the final run .

With $ 170,472 in prize money, Lucy Charles-Barclay was the second-highest- earning female triathlete of the 2019 season (behind the American Katie Zaferes , $ 347,500 in prize money).

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Sep 7 2019 5 Ironman 70.3 World Championships FranceFrance Nice 04:31:50 World Championship
0June 9, 2019 1 Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire United KingdomUnited Kingdom Staffordshire
02nd June 2019 1 Challenge - The Championship SlovakiaSlovakia Šamorín 4:00:25 successful title defense at the "Challenge World Championships"
0Sep 1 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 World Championships South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 04:04:59
03rd June 2018 1 Challenge - The Championship SlovakiaSlovakia Šamorín 04:06:10 Challenge World Championships
0Sep 2 2017 2 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote SpainSpain Lanzarote 04:20:32
29th July 2017 1 Challenge Prague Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague 04:11:21 Victory in the first edition
03rd June 2017 1 Challenge - The Championship SlovakiaSlovakia Šamorín 04:13:59 Challenge World Championship (1.9 km swim, 90 km bike and 21 km run)
0May 7, 2017 1 Challenge Lisboa PortugalPortugal Lisbon 04:07:24
Aug 30, 2015 1 Ironman 70.3 World Championship F18–24 AustriaAustria Zell am See 04:46:00 Winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship F18–24
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 12, 2019 2 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:46:44 fastest professional swimmer in 49:02 min
07th July 2019 1 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:31:09 personal best time on the long distance
0April 7, 2019 1 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:35:31 shortened swimming distance
Oct 13, 2018 2 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:36:34 new course record on the swimming distance in 48:13 min
May 27, 2018 2 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:43:51
April 15, 2018 1 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:56:06
Oct 14, 2017 2 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:58:38 fastest swimmer 48:48 min - the second fastest time in Hawaii
0July 9, 2017 2 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt am Main 08:51:50 fastest swimmer at the Ironman European Championships
20th May 2017 1 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 09:35:40
May 21, 2016 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 10:10:13
Oct 10, 2015 1 Ironman World Championship F18–24 United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:20:52 Winner of the F18–24 class at the Ironman Hawaii

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Q&A interview with Lucy Charles
  2. ↑ The Vice World Champion (September 2, 2015)
  3. ↑ Lucy Charles - racing Pro in 2016 (February 3, 2016)
  4. ↑ Ironman Age Group World Champion - The Lucy Charles Story (February 10, 2016)
  5. ↑ AERNOUTS AND CHARLES WIN IRONMAN LANZAROTE ( Memento of the original from June 23, 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. (May 22, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tri-mag.de
  6. ↑ Lionel Sanders and Lucy Charles win THECHAMPIONSHIP
  7. ↑ The Championship: GB's Lucy Charles wins women's race as Alistair Brownlee retires (June 3, 2017)
  8. ^ Charles and Potts Voted the "Fish" of Long-Course Tri ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2018 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. (June 18, 2018) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eu.ironman.com
  9. ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
  10. ↑ Frodeno and Haug win Ironman World Championship (October 13, 2019)
  11. ↑ The Prize Money Ranking 2019 (December 16, 2019)
  12. ↑ RYF SECURES YOUR FIFTH IRONMAN 70.3 WM TITLE  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (September 7, 2019)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / tri-mag.de  
  13. ↑ CHALLENGE SAMORIN: SEBASTIAN KIENLE NEW CHAMPION (June 2, 2019)
  14. ↑ Lucy Charles Crushes Challenge Lisboa (May 7, 2017)
  15. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP 2015 - ZELL AM SEE, KAPRUN - AGEGROUP
personal data
SURNAME Charles-Barclay, Lucy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charles, Lucy Anne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1993