Sian Welch

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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

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)