Rachel McBride

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Triathlon
CanadaCanada 0 Rachel McBride
Personal information
Date of birth 28th March 1978 (age 42)
place of birth Vancouver , Canada
Nickname Purple tiger
size 175 cm
Weight 65 kg
societies
successes
2007 World champion triathlon 25-29
2012-2018 3 × winner Ironman 70.3
2013 National Champion Long Distance Triathlon
2013, 2016 2 × Third ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance
status
active

Rachel McBride (born March 28, 1978 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian triathlete , national long-distance champion (2013) and multiple Ironman 70.3 winner. She is included in the best list of New Zealand triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Rachel McBride only started running at the age of 24 and she started at the Berlin Marathon, which she finished after 3:32 h and where she qualified for the Boston Marathon.

In 2006 she started her first triathlon and only one year later in 2007 she became triathlon world champion on the short distance in the age group of 25 to 29 year olds (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).

Professional athlete since 2011

Rachel McBride has been a professional athlete since 2011. Because of her purple colored hair, her nickname is "Purple Tiger". She is known to be a very fast cyclist. In 2013 she was third at the Triathlon World Championship on the long distance and in September 2016 she was able to repeat this success.

In November 2016 she finished her first Ironman in Mexico (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and in July 2017 the 39-year-old finished third at Ironman Canada.

In March 2020, after 9:10:06 h, she finished fourth in Ironman New Zealand with a personal best .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
03rd June 2018 1 Ironman 70.3 Victoria CanadaCanada Victoria (British Columbia) 04:28:03
July 24, 2016 2 Ironman 70.3 Calgary CanadaCanada Calgary 04:14:53
0May 3, 2015 3 Wildflower triathlon United StatesUnited States Lake San Antonio
0Sep 7 2014 9 Ironman 70.3 World Championships CanadaCanada Mont-Tremblant 04:19:52 behind the Swiss winner Daniela Ryf
July 27, 2014 1 Ironman 70.3 Calgary CanadaCanada Calgary 04:14:53
July 13, 2014 3 Vineman Ironman 70.3 United StatesUnited States Sonoma County 04:17:23
0June 8, 2014 3 Eagleman Ironman 70.3 United StatesUnited States Cambridge, Maryland 04:17:37 with the fastest time on the bike
Oct 27, 2013 2 Ironman 70.3 Austin United StatesUnited States Austin 04:07:19
08 Sep 2013 2 Ironman 70.3 Muskoka United StatesUnited States Huntsville 04:31:30 Second behind Mirinda Carfrae
July 28, 2013 2 Ironman 70.3 Calgary CanadaCanada Calgary 04:13:49
June 16, 2013 3 Ironman 70.3 Berlin GermanyGermany Berlin 04:23:48
Oct 28, 2012 1 Ironman 70.3 Austin United StatesUnited States Austin 04:20:53
June 11, 2011 3 Ironman 70.3 Boise United StatesUnited States Boise 04:22:14
Aug 30, 2007 1 ITU Triathlon World Championship 25–29 GermanyGermany Hamburg 02:15:32 Triathlon world champion in the 25–29 age group
0Sep 2 2006 12 ITU Triathlon World Championship 25–29 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 02:30:16 Triathlon World Championship on the short distance
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
07th Mar 2020 4th Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 09:10:06 personal best time on the Ironman distance
May 25, 2019 7th Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 10:35:01
Oct 13, 2018 31 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:34:08 28th place out of 39 professionals
0July 8, 2018 31 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:42:11 6th place out of 10 professionals (Ironman European Championships)
April 15, 2018 4th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 09:18:34
Nov 26, 2017 7th Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 09:16:27
20th July 2017 3 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Whistler 09:27:15
Nov 27, 2016 5 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 09:29:33 first Ironman start
Sep 24 2016 3 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Oklahoma 06:56:05 World championship in the long distance triathlon (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running)
July 14, 2013 1 CAN Long Distance Triathlon National Championships CanadaCanada 04:11:56 National champion in the long distance
01st June 2013 3 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Belfort 04:52:02

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Partner Athlete Rachel Mcbride
  2. ^ Rachel McBride - The Purple Tiger
  3. ↑ A few words with Rachel McBride (April 13, 2015)
  4. ↑ New winners and new records at Ironman New Zealand (March 7, 2020)
  5. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 VICTORIA 2018 - CANADA
  6. ↑ IRONMAN: POTTS IN LAKE PLACID, DON IN CALGARY (July 29, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME McBride, Rachel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1978