Melissa Spooner
  Melissa Spooner
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| Personal information | |
| place of birth | Canada |
| Nickname | Mel |
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| successes | |
| 1998-2000 | 3 × Ironman winner |
| 1998 | 4th place Ironman World Championships |
| 1999 | ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance |
| status | |
| Resigned in 2004 | |
Melissa Spooner is a former Canadian triathlete and three-time Ironman winner (1998, 1999 and 2000).
Career
In 1993 Melissa Spooner started the long distance for the first time (3.86 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and in May 1998 she won the Ironman Lanzarote.
4th Ironman Hawaii 1998
In October 1998, Spooner finished fourth at the Ironman Hawaii. In 1999 she was tenth at the ITU World Championships in Sweden on the long distance. Melissa Spooner was trained by Lance Watson .
In 2004 she ended her active career.
Sporting successes
Triathlon
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Aug 25, 2003 | 116 | Ironman Canada |
Penticton
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11:47:44 | |
| Aug 26, 2001 | DNF | Ironman Canada |
Penticton |
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| Nov 4, 2000 | 104 | Ironman Florida |
 Panama City
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12:04:36 | |
| Oct 14, 2000 | DNF | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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| July 30, 2000 | 1 | Ironman USA |
Lake Placid
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09:45:57 | Victory with a new course record |
| May 20, 2000 | DNF | Ironman California |
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
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| Oct 23, 1999 | 14th | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09:49:45 | Ironman World Championship |
| July 11, 1999 | 10 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
 Later
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06:53:50 | Triathlon World Championship on the long distance |
| 7th Mar 1999 | 1 | Ironman New Zealand |
 Taupo
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09:20:14 | Winner at the first edition in Taupo |
| Oct 3, 1998 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09:42:28 | Ironman World Championship |
| July 12, 1998 | 3 | Ironman Europe |
 Roth
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| May 23, 1998 | 1 | Ironman Lanzarote |
 Playa del Carmen
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09:51:47 | Winner of the Ironman long distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) |
| May 4, 1997 | 16 | St. Croix Triathlon |
Saint Croix
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03:11:00 | |
| Aug 24, 1997 | 2 | Ironman Canada |
Penticton |
09:25:47 | |
| Aug 25, 1995 | Ironman Canada |
Penticton |
new course record in the W20–24 class |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Profile for Melissa Spooner at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 13, 2014
- Profile and results of Melissa Spooner in the ITU database on Triathlon.org , accessed on October 18, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Balancing Act of Melissa Spooner ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Melissa Spooner ( Memento of 22 February 2011 at the Internet Archive ) on Endurancehab.com
- ↑ Melissa Spooner retires from Ironman Racing ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Xtri.com
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| SURNAME | Spooner, Melissa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian triathlete and multiple Ironman winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |