Sian Welch

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Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Sian Welch
Personal information
Date of birth 14th June 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Encinitas, United States
societies
successes
1996 3rd place in the Xterra Cross Triathlon World Championship
1997 National champion triathlon short distance
1997 5th place Ironman World Championship
1998 Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2000

Sian Welch (* 14 June 1966 in Encinitas as Sian Williams ) is a former American triathlete , National Triathlon Champion (1997) and Ironman -Siegerin (1998).

Career

She has been married to former Australian professional triathlete Greg Welch (* 1966) since 1993 . She was trained by Brett Sutton .

In 1994 she won the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco . In November 1996, she was third in Hawaii at the Cross Triathlon World Championship. In 1997 she became the national short distance triathlon champion.

Ironman Hawaii 1997

In October 1997, she fought a thrilling duel with her compatriot Wendy Ingraham for fourth place on the home stretch of Ironman Hawaii , when the two of them were dehydrated and exhausted and were only able to crawl to the finish on all fours. Sian Welch finished fifth in this competition.

Ironman winner 1998

In April 1998, the then 31-year-old won the Ironman Australia . In 2000 Sian Welch ended her professional career - three months after her husband Greg announced his resignation.

Ironman Hawaii 2017

In February 2017 she announced that 20 years after her spectacular finish ("The Crawl") she wanted to start again in Kona this year. The then 50-year-old Sian started after more than ten years of racing in April at the Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou in China and was able to qualify again as the winner of her age group for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii in October.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0April 1, 2017 19th Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liuzhou 04:54:24 Winner of the age group W50–54
May 24, 2006 7th Ironman 70.3 Baja MexicoMexico Ensenada 04:50:47 at the first edition in Mexico behind the Australian winner Mirinda Carfrae
  1998 2 Mrs. T's triathlon United StatesUnited States Chicago Second behind Michellie Jones
0Aug 3, 1997 2 Mrs. T's triathlon United StatesUnited States Chicago 02:02:14 Second behind Michellie Jones on the Olympic distance
June 29, 1997 2 Women's triathlon Zurich SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich
0May 4, 1997 4th St. Croix Triathlon United StatesUnited States Saint Croix 02:57:23
  1997 1 USA Triathlon National Championships United StatesUnited States St. Joseph's 02:04:22 at the Schu's Triathlon
  1996 3 USA Triathlon National Championships United StatesUnited States St. Joseph's 02:04:00 behind the winner Susan Latshaw
  1994 1 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon United StatesUnited States San Francisco
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 14, 2017 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 11:49:31 ! 4. Rank age group F50–54
0Apr 9, 2000 2 Ironman Australia AustraliaAustralia Ranger 09:26:03
Oct 23, 1999 10 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
0Oct 3, 1998 8th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
0Apr 5, 1998 1 Ironman Australia AustraliaAustralia Ranger 09:15:09
Oct 18, 1997 5 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:51:41 Finish on all fours - just behind Wendy Ingraham
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Nov 3, 1996 3 Xterra Triathlon World Championship United StatesUnited States Maui 03:20:55 World championship in cross triathlon (1,500 m swimming, 32 km mountain bike and 12 km cross-country run)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The smallest Ironman with the biggest heart (September 29, 2012)
  2. ^ The Long Road, And A Short Crawl, To Ironman History (June 17, 2003)
  3. ↑ Sian Welch & Wendy Ingram - The Crawl (1997) (film, YouTube)
  4. ↑ Triathlon: Top triathlete carries all family hopes on circuit (February 8, 2000)
  5. ↑ Freedom to live (February 9, 2017)
  6. ^ Don and Seymour light up Liuzhou , April 2, 2017
  7. ↑ Sian Welch: Back in Kona, for a Cause (October 12, 2017)
  8. ↑ All-Aussie Fiesta at Ironman 70.3 Baja ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Recalled: A Dramatic Duel (July 22, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME What a pleasure, Sian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Encinitas