Paul Amey
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 27th July 1973 (age 47) |
place of birth | Dunedin , New Zealand |
Nickname | Amos |
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successes | |
1992 | Team world champion triathlon |
1998 | Vice world champion triathlon short distance |
1999 | Aquathlon Vice World Champion |
2005, 2007 | 2 × duathlon world champions |
2008 | Vice European champion long distance triathlon |
2013 | Ironman winner |
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inactive |
Paul Amey (born July 27, 1973 in Dunedin , New Zealand) is a former British duathlete and triathlete . He is triathlon vice world champion on the short distance (1998), two-time duathlon world champion (2005, 2007) and Ironman winner (2013).
Career
Paul Amey started swimming when he was ten. He achieved his first success in 1992 at the World Triathlon Championships in Canada, where he won the world championship title in the team standings together with Cameron Brown and Bryan Rhodes . He has been a professional athlete since 1996.
Paul Amey was runner-up in triathlon on the short distance in 1998 and runner-up in aquathlon the following year.
Amey started for New Zealand until 2000 and then moved to the British team. He qualified for a start at the Olympic Games in 2004, but was unable to start because of an injury.
In September 2005 and again in 2007 he became duathlon world champion.
In 2008, after a legal decision in Italy, Paul Amey became duathlon vice world champion: he crossed the finish line in second place and after a disqualification of Belgian Rob Woestenborghs he was awarded the world title. This was only revised in 2009 after new negotiations.
In France, he was runner-up in the European long-distance triathlon in 2008 (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running). In November 2011 he finished second on the Ironman distance in Arizona with a personal best and set a new British record with 8:01:29 h.
In May 2013 he won his first Ironman victory in Texas . At the Ironman Hawaii 2013 he finished 17th.
He has not appeared internationally since 2013. His nickname is Amos and Paul Amey lives in Gold Coast, Australia .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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June 10, 2012 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Italy |
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04:18:28 | |
18 Mar 2012 | 7th | Ironman 70.3 San Juan |
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04:03:42 | |
Oct 23, 2011 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Austin |
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03:52:36 | |
June 12, 2011 | 6th | 5150 Klagenfurt |
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01:58:01 | |
May 22, 2011 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
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03:57:41 | |
Apr 17, 2011 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans |
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03:23:08 | Due to the weather, the race had to be held on a shortened course - without the swimming distance. |
19 Mar 2011 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan |
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03:52:37 | |
Oct 30, 2010 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Miami |
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04:02:47 | Second in the first edition |
Apr 18, 2010 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans |
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Sep 12 2009 | 1 | TriStar200 Andalucía |
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06:09:40 | 169 km cycling, 1 km swimming and 30 km running |
June 10, 2008 | 1 | Eagleman Ironman 70.3 |
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May 18, 2008 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Florida |
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Aug 10, 2008 | 16 | London triathlon |
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Sep 2 2007 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Monaco |
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04:16:06 | |
Sep 10 2005 | 37 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
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01:52:58 | |
Aug 25, 2004 | DNS | 2004 Summer Olympics |
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- | not started after injury |
2004 | 71 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
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01:50:51 | over the Olympic distance |
2003 | 6th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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01:57:09 | |
May 4, 2002 | 3 | Wildflower triathlon |
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on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) | |
2002 | 8th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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01:48:51 | |
2001 | 1 | Canberra Half Ironman Triathlon |
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03:48:12 | |
2001 | 1 | Noosa triathlon |
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01: 47: 6 | |
1998 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
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01:55:57 | Vice world champion on the short distance |
Nov 16, 1997 | 7th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
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01:50:00 | |
1992 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Team |
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Team World Champion - together with Cameron Brown and Bryan Rhodes (3 × 250 m swimming, 6.67 km cycling and 1.67 km running) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 12, 2013 | 17th | Ironman Hawaii |
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08:39:20 | |
25 Aug 2013 | 3 | Ironman Canada |
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May 18, 2013 | 1 | Ironman Texas |
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08:25:06 | |
June 24, 2012 | 2 | Ironman France |
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08:42:48 | |
Nov 20, 2011 | 2 | Ironman Arizona |
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08:01:29 | With a personal best, Amey sets a new British record. |
June 26, 2011 | 4th | Ironman France |
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08:47:04 | |
Nov 23, 2008 | 7th | Ironman Arizona |
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08:27:20 | |
Oct 11, 2008 | 17th | Ironman Hawaii |
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08:48:58 | |
6 Sep 2008 | 2 | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships |
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06:22:32 | Vice European champion in the long distance (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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27 Sep 2008 | 2 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
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01:48:00 | Duathlon vice world champion - behind the Belgian Rob Woestenborghs |
May 20, 2007 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
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01:56:28 | |
26 Sep 2005 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
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01:56:28 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Aug 31, 1999 | 2 | ITU Aquathlon World Championships |
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Aquathlon Vice World Champion |
(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DNS - Did Not Start)
Web links
- Paul Amey's website ( Memento from January 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Profile for Paul Amey at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on March 17, 2015
- Paul Amey's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 17, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kiwi Paul Amey set to switch to Britain ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (October 4, 2000)
- ↑ Amey takes Duathlon World Champs (September 28, 2008)
- ↑ British Triathlon ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ironman 70.3: Title defense in San Juan (March 18, 2012)
- ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 St. Pölten: The anniversary edition is in the starting blocks
- ↑ Ironman 70.3: Timothy O'Donnell wins in San Juan
- ↑ Results Ironman World Championship 2013 (October 14, 2013).
- ^ Gold and Silver at European Long Distance Champs
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Amey, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunedin , New Zealand |