Richard Murray

0 Richard Murray
Personal information
Date of birth	4th January 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	South Africa
size	180 cm
Weight	70 kg
societies
Current	EC Sartrouville , Mulhouse Olympique Tri and EJOT Team TV Buschhütten
successes
2007, 2008	2 × World Champion Duathlon Juniors
2011, 2012	2 × state champion triathlon
2013, 2016	2 × 5th place world championship triathlon short distance
2015	4th place world championship triathlon short distance
2016	World champion duathlon
2016	4th place Olympic Games
status
active

Richard Murray (born January 4, 1989 ) is a South African duathlete and triathlete . He is a two-time junior duathlon world champion (2007, 2008), multiple African triathlon champion (2011, 2012), two-time Olympian (2012, 2016) and world champion in the short distance duathlon (2016).

Career

In 2007 Richard Murray became the junior duathlon world champion in Hungary at the age of 18 and in 2008 he was able to successfully defend this title.

In 2011 he won the African Championships and was able to repeat this success in March 2012.

In addition to Kate Roberts and Gillian Sanders , he qualified for a starting place at the Olympic Games in London in 2012, where he finished 17th.

As part of the ITU World Championship Series 2013 he finished fifth and in October he will start for the first time at the Cross Triathlon World Championship on Maui, where he finished twelfth.

In March 2015 he was third in the opening race in Abu Dhabi and he finished fourth in the 2015 World Championship series with a third place in the final race.

In June 2016 he became world champion in the short distance duathlon. Richard Murray competed for South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, where he finished 4th.
As part of the 2016 World Championship racing series, he finished fourth in the ninth and final race (Grand Final) in Mexico in September, placing him fifth in the annual ranking.

In March 2017, he won the three-day opening event of the new Super League Triathlon racing series initiated by Chris McCormack in Hamilton Island, Australia .

In the 2018 World Championship racing series, he finished third in Australia - in the last race of the season, the Grand Final - as the best South African in fourth place.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DSQ - Disqualified)

Web links

• Richard Murray website
• Profile for Richard Murray at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed May 20, 2014
• Richard Murray's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 14, 2020 (English).
• Richard Murray in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Columbia Threadneedle ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2016 | Elite Men (Accessed September 20, 2016)
2. ↑ Spivey, Luis win Super League Mallorca (November 4, 2018)
3. ↑ Super League Jersey // Blummenfelt rises as new Super League Triathlon champion (September 25, 2017)
4. ↑ Richard Murray secures jackpot (March 19, 2017)
5. ↑ Island House Triathlon: Overall victory for Richard Murray and Gwen Jorgensen. In: tri2b.com. October 31, 2016, accessed March 21, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Triathlon also inspires in sprint format (July 23, 2012)
7. ↑ Xterra Maui: Nicky Samuels and Ruben Ruzafa win the world title (October 2013)