Matthew Brick
Matt Brick | |
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place of birth | New Zealand |
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1991, 1992 | 2 × World Champion Duathlon short distance |
1989 | 2nd place Ironman |
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Resigned in 1993 |
Matthew (Matt) Brick is a New Zealand orthopedic surgeon and former duathlete and triathlete . Matt Brick was the ITU short-distance duathlon world champion in 1991 and 1992 .
Career
Matt Brick began his triathlon career after completing his medical degree at the age of 24. Just two years after his first triathlon training, he finished second at Ironman New Zealand in 1989 . Due to his weakness in swimming, he increasingly focused on the duathlon. In 1991 and 1992 he became ITU duathlon world champion. An Achilles tendon injury forced him to prematurely end his active sporting career in 1993.
In the following years he remained loyal to the duathlon and triathlon sport as a book author, orthopedist, sports doctor and supervisor of competitive athletes. After his return to active sport, he celebrated a respectable success at Ironman New Zealand in 2003 when he was the second over 40-year-old to complete an Ironman in less than 9 hours.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 1, 2003 | 13 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 08:59:52 | Winner of the AK 40–44 |
1993 | 8th | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 09:05:24 | |
1989 | 2 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 08:51:39 | |
1988 | 8th | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 09:33:05 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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1992 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Frankfurt am Main | Duathlon world champion | |
1991 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Palm Springs | Duathlon world champion |
(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DSQ - Disqualified)
Trivia
Matt Brick is often mentioned as the namesake for the English name for the alternate training used in triathlon, the so-called brick training .
Publications
- Matthew Brick: Precision multisport . Polar CIC, 1994, ISBN 951-96925-7-6 .
Web links
- Matthew Brick's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 21, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthew Brick: multisport Precision . Polar CIC, 1994, ISBN 951-96925-7-6 .
- ^ 2003 Race Report - Brown creates history with hat-trick at Ironman New Zealand
- ^ Ironman New Zealand - Mat Brick, 1989 Results
- ↑ Cherie Grünfeld: Ironman: The way to the goal. Ironman Edition . Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2009, ISBN 3-89899-457-0 , change training, p. 58 .
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SURNAME | Brick, Matthew |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brick, Matt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand duathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |