Lucy Gossage
  Lucy Gossage
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 25th December 1979 (age 40) |
| place of birth | Nottingham, UK |
| size | 165 cm |
| Weight | 56 kg |
| societies | |
| Current | TFN Tri Club |
| successes | |
| 2011-2018 | 5 × winner Ironman 70.3 |
| 2012 | National Duathlon Champion |
| 2012, 2013 | 2 × European Duathlon Champion |
| 2013-2018 | 11 × Ironman winner |
| status | |
| active | |
Lucy Gossage (born December 25, 1979 in Nottingham ) is a British duathlete and triathlete . She is two-time duathlon European champion (2012, 2013), challenge winner (2012) and multiple Ironman winner (2013-2018). She is included in the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance
Career
Lucy Gossage studied medicine at Cambridge University and worked in cancer research.
In 2005 she started her first triathlon and since 2010 she has been active as a professional athlete.
European Duathlon Champion 2012 and 2013
In April 2012 she became European Duathlon Champion in the Netherlands and fifth at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Wiesbaden in August. At the Duathlon European Championships, she was able to defend her title in April 2013.
Ironman winner 2013
In August she won the Ironman UK and was able to repeat this success in 2015. In July 2016 she won the Ironman UK for the third time. In October she finished ninth at the Ironman Hawaii and thus got the best place at her fourth start.
In May 2017 she was third at the Ironman Lanzarote . In September, Gossage won the Ironman Wales for the second time since 2013 and thus achieved her seventh Ironman victory. In July 2018, the 38-year-old won the Ironman UK for the fifth time. In September she won the Ironman Wales for the third time.
Lucy Gossage lives in Cambridge and starts for the TFN Tri Club . Since the beginning of 2017 she has been working as a medical doctor again.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Oct 20, 2018 | 1 | Challenge Peguera-Mallorca |
 Peguera
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04:26:57 | |
| Oct 6, 2018 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote |
Lanzarote
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04:28:02 | |
| May 13, 2018 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France |
 Aix-en-Provence
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04:31:44 | |
| April 15, 2018 | 7th | Challenge Roma |
 Rome
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03:58:13 | "Middle distance" (unclear route information) |
| 2nd July 2017 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Edinburgh |
 Edinburgh
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| 18th June 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire |
Staffordshire
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04:28:09 | third win in a row |
| Apr 22, 2017 | 4th | Challenge Gran Canaria |
Mogan
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04:47:54 | |
| June 26, 2016 | 2 | Challenge Galway |
 Galway
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04:22:09 | Second behind the Swiss Emma Bilham on the half distance |
| June 12, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire |
Staffordshire |
04:33:21 | successful title defense |
| 23 Aug 2015 | 2 | Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl |
 Walchsee
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04:25:19 | |
| June 14, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire |
Staffordshire |
04:31:09 | Winner at the first edition |
| Sep 20 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote |
Lanzarote |
04:50:04 | |
| May 26, 2013 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
St. Polten
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03:57:40 | Due to the weather, the race had to be held on a shortened course without the swimming distance. |
| Aug 12, 2012 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
 Wiesbaden
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04:44:09 | Ironman 70.3 European Championship |
| May 27, 2012 | 2 | Half-Challenge Barcelona |
Barcelona
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second place behind Camilla Pedersen | |
| Apr 14, 2012 | 2 | Challenge Fuerteventura |
Fuerteventura
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04:35:25 | Second behind British Emma-Kate Lidbury |
| 4th Sep 2011 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Ireland |
Galway
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04:21:09 | |
| June 19, 2011 | 3 | UK Ironman 70.3 |
Somerset
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05:03:43 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Sep 9 2018 | 1 | Ironman Wales |
Tenby
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09:52:37 | |
| 15th July 2018 | 1 | Ironman UK |
Bolton
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08:51:18 | Shortened bike distance |
| May 26, 2018 | 1 | Ironman Lanzarote |
Puerto del Carmen
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09:49:27 | |
| 23 Sep 2017 | 1 | Ironman Italy |
Cervia
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09:06:39 | Winner at the first edition |
| Sep 10 2017 | 1 | Ironman Wales |
Tenby |
10:11:20 | |
| July 16, 2017 | 1 | Ironman UK |
Bolton |
09:39:48 | successful title defense and fourth time winner in Bolton |
| 20th May 2017 | 3 | Ironman Lanzarote |
Puerto del Carmen |
09:50:22 | |
| Oct 8, 2016 | 9 | Ironman Hawaii |
 Hawaii
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09:25:57 | |
| July 27, 2016 | 2 | Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez |
Alpe d'Huez |
06:37:31 | Second in the long distance behind Jeanne Collonge from France |
| 17th July 2016 | 1 | Ironman UK |
Bolton |
09:26:05 | |
| Apr 10, 2016 | 3 | Ironman South Africa |
 Port Elizabeth
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09:11:43 | |
| 5th Mar 2016 | 2 | Ironman New Zealand |
 Taupo
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09:05:08 | |
| Oct 10, 2015 | 10 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09:28:36 | |
| 19th July 2015 | 1 | Ironman UK |
Bolton |
09:31:58 | |
| 29 Mar 2015 | 2 | Ironman South Africa |
Port Elizabeth |
09:31:20 | |
| 17th May 2014 | 1 | Ironman Lanzarote |
Puerto del Carmen |
09:41:40 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 | 2 | Ironman South Africa |
Port Elizabeth |
09:33:07 | |
| 8 Sep 2013 | 1 | Ironman Wales |
Tenby |
09:51:21 | |
| 4th Aug 2013 | 1 | Ironman UK |
Bolton |
09:29:12 | |
| Sep 30 2012 | 1 | Challenge Barcelona-Maresme |
Barcelona
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08:58:43 | |
| Oct 2, 2011 | 3 | Challenge Barcelona-Maresme |
Barcelona |
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| Oct 9, 2010 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
10:01:04 | Fourth in AG F30–34 | |
| 4th July 2010 | 12 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main
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09: 53: 28.0 | behind Silvia Balbach third in the AG F30–34 |
| July 12, 2009 | Ironman Switzerland |
 Zurich
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10:05 | Third in AG F30–34 | |
| Oct 11, 2008 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
14th place in AG F30–34 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Apr 21, 2013 | 1 | Powerman European Duathlon Championships |
 Horst aan de Maas
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02:58:55 | European duathlon champion |
| Apr 29, 2012 | 1 | Powerman European Duathlon Championships |
Horst aan de Maas |
03:04:50 | European Duathlon Champion at Powerman Holland |
| 2012 | 1 | GBR Duathlon National Championships |
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01:00:43 | National Duathlon Champion |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | distance | time | comment |
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| 11th Mar 2012 | 3 | Cambridge Half Marathon |
Cambridge
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half marathon | 1:18:42 | |
| Apr 25, 2010 | 37 | London marathon |
London
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marathon | 2:58:01 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Lucy Gossage website
- Lucy Gossage's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 25, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview: Lucy Gossage “I want to win Ironman” ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 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. (March 28, 2012)
- ↑ Lucy Gossage - Triathlon ( Memento from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Why I went from NHS doctor to professional triathlete and back again (June 12, 2017)
- ↑ Course Record Day in Lanzarote (September 20, 2014)
- ^ German victories in Wiesbaden, Wutti in tenth place. August 12, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Galway ( Memento from May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (with film)
- ↑ From 112 miles to 95: wildfires impact IRONMAN UK 2018 (July 11, 2018)
- ↑ Triathlon splitter: Böcherer third in Alpe d'Huez
- ↑ Lucy Gossage: ETU Powerman European Champion (April 29, 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gossage, Lucy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |