Mary Beth Ellis

0 Mary Beth Ellis
Mary Beth Ellis in Ironman Germany , 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	12th July 1977 (age 43)
place of birth	Washington, DC
Nickname	MB
size	163 cm
Weight	53 kg
societies
current	USA Triathlon and Team TBB
successes
2008, 2009	2 × Second Ironman 70.3 World Championship
2009	PACTO Pan American Champion
2011-2016	11 × Ironman winner
2014	Vice State Champion USA Triathlon Middle Distance
2015	World champion triathlon long distance
status
Resigned in 2016

Mary Beth Ellis (born July 12, 1977 in Washington, DC ) is a former American triathlete . She is world champion in the long distance triathlon (2015), multiple Ironman winner (2011-2016) and she is in fourth place in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance . ^{(As of July 2020)}

Career

Mary Beth Ellis was initially active in hockey , swimming , lacrosse and athletics in her youth and set various school records during her time at the boarding school in Lawrenceville . She studied industrial engineering
at Northwestern University and earned a master's degree in marketing. During her studies she took part in numerous marathons and half marathons and achieved numerous podium finishes. In her first marathon in 2001 in Philadelphia , one of the largest American marathons, she finished third in 2:41:41 hours, just 36 seconds behind the winner.

Triathlon professional since 2006

In 2005, Mary Beth Ellis switched to triathlon after being diagnosed with osteoarthritis and has been a professional athlete since 2006. In 2007 she was part of the elite national team of the American umbrella organization USA Triathlon .

In the qualification phase for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Mary Beth Ellis suffered a serious fall at the World Cup in New Plymouth, New Zealand, together with Kate Allen . Ellis, who broke an arm in the fall, had to bury her qualification hopes. Allegations against the Austrian Lisa Hütthaler that she deliberately provoked a collision in order to improve her chances of participating in the Olympics could not be confirmed in investigations by the ÖRTV . Ellis still started at the Olympic Trials of the American Federation in Tuscaloosa , but was only sixth there.

Instead of the Olympic Games, Ellis then started after her recovery at Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens, which she won ahead of Linsey Corbin and Fiona Docherty . In 2008 and again in 2009, Ellis was second in Florida at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. She started for Team TBB and was trained by Brett Sutton .

At her first Ironman start (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Klagenfurt in July 2011, with a new best time for women, she also achieved the fastest debut in the history of Ironman: you With her winning time of 8:43:34 hours, she was the third fastest woman on the Ironman distance behind Chrissie Wellington and Rebekah Keat .
Just four weeks after starting in Klagenfurt, she clinched her second win on the long distance in Regensburg in August. In August, she set a new course record at Ironman Canada with her winning time and won her third gold medal that year. Her best placement in five starts at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii was fifth in 2012.

World champion triathlon long distance 2015

In June 2015 she became triathlon world champion on the long distance in Sweden. At the Ironman Mont-Tremblant , she clinched her ninth win in an Ironman race in August.

In 2016, the then 39-year-old had to cancel her planned start at Challenge Roth in July because she was suffering from a Lyme disease. At the end of July, however, she was able to win the Ironman Maastricht-Limburg and thus her tenth Ironman race with a new course record.

In October 2016, she declared her active time over. Mary Beth Ellis lives in Boulder .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Official website of Mary Beth Ellis
• Profile for Mary Beth Ellis at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 14, 2014
• Profile and results of Mary Beth Ellis in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results Philadelphia Marathon 2001
2. ↑ 2007 Elite National Team. In: USA Triathlon . Archived from the original on May 11, 2008 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Allen's Olympic start in danger. In: The Standard . April 8, 2008, accessed April 9, 2016 . 
4. ^ ÖTRV completes investigation of Kate Allen's accident. Retrieved April 9, 2016 . 
5. ^ Reed, Ertel Earn Beijing Spots with Strong Wins at US Olympic Trials April 19, 2008
6. ↑ Bell, Ellis Win Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens ( Memento of the original from April 10, 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. 
7. ↑ Female Pro Athlete - Mary Beth Ellis ( December 4, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ) on teamtbb.com
8. ↑ Performances of the Year: Mary Beth Ellis' Debut Ironman (December 14, 2011)
9. ↑ IRONMAN MAASTRICHT: AMORELLI BEFORE THE NETHERLANDS, ELLIS WITH TOP COMEBACK (July 31, 2016)
10. ↑ Van Vlerken wins the final sprint, Bittner third (March 30, 2015)
11. ↑ Wildflower Triathlon: Jesse Thomas surprised (May 2, 2011)
12. ↑ 2011 Ironman 70.3 Texas women's results: Morrison gets solid win
13. ^ Gemmell, Ellis Victorious at 2011 Ironman 70.3 Singapore
14. ↑ Caroline Steffen just next to the World Cup podium
15. ↑ Bell, Ellis Win in Washington
16. ↑ 2006 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships - Cancun (Mexico)
17. ↑ Alpe D'Huez Triathlon: Mountains fed up! (July 25, 2013)
18. ↑ The toughest triathlons in Europe: Alpe d 'Huez Triathlon 2012 (July 29, 2012)
19. ↑ Del Corral And Morrison Win Alpe d'Huez Triathlon ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 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.