Scott Molina

0 Scott Molina
Personal information
Date of birth	29th February 1960 (age 60)
place of birth	Pittsburg, California , USA
Nickname	The Terminator
societies
1983	JDavid / Hoover Racing
successes
1983-1994	6 × American champion triathlon short distance
1988	Ironman Hawaii winner
1991	ITU world champion duathlon long distance
status
resigned

Scott Molina (born February 29, 1960 in Pittsburg , California ) is a former American triathlete , six-time national triathlon champion, winner of the Ironman Hawaii (1988) and ITU world champion in the long-distance duathlon (1991). He is included in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Scott Molina grew up in Pittsburg as the middle of six siblings (four brothers and two sisters) and spent ten years in his youth with competitive swimming and later cross-running. From 1982 to 1995 Molina was active as a triathlon professional and was able to achieve the medal ranks three times at the Triathlon Longue Distance de Nice , at that time next to the Ironman Hawaii the triathlon with the greatest media attention, and in 1988 the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona in Hawaii for decide.

Together with Mark Allen (USA; won Hawaii 6 times: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995), Dave Scott (USA; also won Hawaii six times: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987) and Scott Tinley (USA), “The Terminator” Scott Molina was one of the “Big Four” who at that time made up almost every triathlon among themselves.

In 1983 Molina belonged to the JDavid / Hoover Racing team, together with Scott Tinley and his brother Jeff, Mark Allen , John Howard , Kathleen McCartney and Julie Leach, as the first professional team in triathlon. a. reduced the length of the run at the Triathlon de Nice .

Doping ban 1988

In 1988 Scott Molina tested positive for nandrolone after the Longue Distance de Nice triathlon - the later counter-analysis was also positive. Molina then lost Nike as his main sponsor and went to court to prove his innocence, a lawsuit costing him around $ 60,000. The French association FFTRI (Fédération Française de Triathlon) banned Molina for one year, but the American federation USAT refrained from a ban due to the course of the tests, so that Molina was able to compete in the Ironman Hawaii four weeks later and win this competition.

Scott Molina achieved 104 victories in triathlon competitions over the course of his career, whereby he only competed in triathlons in which prize money was awarded to the winners. The only exception was - because of its media attention and the like. a. through TV reports on ABC - the Ironman Hawaii, where prize money was only paid from 1986. He achieved fifty victories in US Triathlon Series competitions, and in total he was called on the podium more than 200 times in the course of his career. Between 1983 and 1994 he was six times US triathlon champion at the Olympic distance, four times in a row from 1983 to 1986.

Scott Molina ended his professional career and was then active as a coach. For example, he trained the Canadian triathlete Tara Norton (* 1971) and the Australian Chris McDonald (* 1978).

Personal

Molina has lived in Christchurch in New Zealand since 1994 with his wife Erin Baker (formerly also a professional triathlete and a.o. two-time winner of the Ironman Hawaii and the Triathlon Longue Distance de Nice) . The two triathletes, who had come together in July 1988 at the Heritage International Triathlon in Provo, endowed with US $ 81,600 , married in 1990, their first son was born in 1993 and a daughter in 1996. Scott Molina has another daughter from a previous relationship, who was born in 1981.

Awards

• In October 2018 it was announced that Scott Molina would be awarded the “Ironman Hall of Fame” .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Homepage Scott Molina
• Profile for Scott Molina at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed June 24, 2014
• Scott Molina's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 2, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Armen Keteyian: Triathlons secret sugar daddy ( English ) In: Sports Illustrated . October 10, 1983.
2. ↑ endurance News (page 3; PDF; 427 kB)
3. ↑ Sharon Robb: Sport's Best Athletes Converge On Miami ( English ) In: Sun-Sentinel . November 17, 1989.
4. ↑ The 25 greatest mal triathletes of all time ( English ) In: triathlete.competitor.com .
5. ↑ Erin Baker ( Memento from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Lee Benson: The way to the heart for Scott, Erin was training ( English ) In: The Deseret News . July 1, 1989.
7. ↑ Herbert Krabel: Scott Molina, The Terminator . In: slowtwitch.com . December 24, 2007.
8. ↑ Former IRONMAN World Champions and leaders honored for their dedication, passion and contributions to the sport. (October 1, 2018)
9. ↑ USA Triathlon Elite National Championships (PDF; 26 kB)
10. ↑ Mike Plant: True Grit ( English ) In: Running & Triathlon News . October 1984.
11. ^ Molina Captures Triathlon Event . In: New York Times . May 3, 1983.