Richard Ussher
  Richard Ussher
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 Richard Ussher at Ironman New Zealand , 2009
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 19th June 1976 (age 44) |
| place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| 2005–2012 | 5 × winner of the “Coast to Coast” World Multisport Championships |
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Richard Arland Ussher (born June 19, 1976 in Wellington ) is a former triathlete and multi-athlete from New Zealand . He is an Olympian (1998) and is included in the best list of New Zealand triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
1998 Winter Olympics
In 1998 he competed in the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in freestyle skiing and reached the 25th place.
In 2007 he reached fourth place at the OTU Winter Triathlon Oceania Championships in Queenstown .
In 2008 he announced his move from multisport to long-distance triathlon. In July 2009 he finished third at the Challenge Roth - with the fastest time for a New Zealander on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
In September 2009 he finished eighth in the world championship on the long distance duathlon in Switzerland.
In January 2011 he announced that he would no longer start in triathlon competitions and wanted to concentrate on multisport again.
In 2011 he won the “Coast to Coast” World Multisport Championships for the fourth time and in 2012 he was able to repeat this success again. The race includes running, cycling and kayaking stages over a total of 243 kilometers.
Race director "Coast to Coast" since 2015
In 2015 he became Chief Race Director of the New Zealand Coast to Coast series.
In November 2016, the 40-year-old finished second in the Queenstown Marathon . Ussher now lives with his Finnish-born wife in Nelson , New Zealand.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 2012 | 1 | Coast to Coast World individual multisport championships |
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11:33:24 | |
| 2011 | 1 | Coast to Coast World individual multisport championships |
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10:41:12 | |
| 2008 | 1 | Coast to Coast World individual multisport championships |
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11:03:52 | |
| 2006 | 1 | Coast to Coast World individual multisport championships |
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11:05:06 | |
| 2005 | 1 | Coast to Coast World individual multisport championships |
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11:44:07 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| July 18, 2010 | 8th | Challenge Roth |
 Roth
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08:24:56 | |
| Jan. 16, 2010 | 1 | Challenge Wanaka |
Lake Wanaka
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08:34:41 | Victory with a new course record |
| July 12, 2009 | 3 | Challenge Roth |
Roth |
08:02:15 | |
| 7th Mar 2009 | 5 | Ironman New Zealand |
Taupo
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08:35:55 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Apr 12, 2011 | 1 | Xterra New Zealand Championships |
Rotorua
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| Apr 18, 2009 | 1 | Xterra New Zealand Championships |
Rotorua |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Aug 11, 2007 | 4th | OTU Winter Triathlon Championships |
Queenstown
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01:16:06 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Sep 2009 | 8th | Powerman Zofingen |
 Zofingen
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06:44:36 | Powerman World Championship (10 km run, 150 km bike ride and 30 km run) |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Nov 27, 2016 | 2 | Queenstown Marathon |
Queenstown
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02:45:43 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Richard Ussher's website
- Richard Ussher's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 16, 2018.
- Richard Ussher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Ussher - Nelson, New Zealand - 2009 XTERRA New Zealand Champion ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kiwi Pro triathlete Richard Ussher puts Tri career on hold and returns to adventure racing (January 28, 2011)
- ^ Judkins was happy to sell Coast-to-Coast (May 10, 2013)
- ↑ Richard Ussher new Coast to Coast director (February 17, 2014)
- ↑ Henning and Kienle write history (July 18, 2010)
- ↑ Challenge Wanaka: Richard Ussher wins with a course record ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (January 16, 2010)
- ↑ Sutz fights for silver
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ussher, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ussher, Richard Arland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington |