Tara Norton

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Personal information
Date of birth 25th October 1971 (age 48)
place of birth Canada
societies
successes
2007 Second Ironman Lanzarote
2019 Ultraman Hawaii winner
status
active

Tara Norton (born October 25, 1971 ) is a Canadian triathlete and winner of Ultraman Hawaii (2019).

Career

Tara Norton started triathlon in 2000 and started as a professional triathlete in 2004. The first Ironman start as a professional in June 2004 at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene brought her qualification for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships), where she finished 25th in October. She has been trained by former triathlon champion Scott Molina (* 1960) since 2005 .

She declared her career ended in 2011 and announced in January 2012 that she was seven months pregnant. Their daughter was born in February. Tara Norton lives in Toronto .

Tara Norton later got back into the triathlon and in December 2019 the 48-year-old won the Ultraman Hawaii (10 km swimming, 421 km cycling and 84 km running; in three daily stages).

Sporting successes

Triathlon short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0May 9, 2004 15th ITU Triathlon World Championship 30–34 PortugalPortugal Madeira 02:29:06 Triathlon World Championship over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running); in the age group 30–34
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Dec. 1, 2019 1 Ultraman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 28:22:09
March 12 2011 15th Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 08:10:21
29 Aug 2010 15th Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton 10:20:44
July 25, 2010 7th Ironman USA United StatesUnited States Lake Placid 10:11:08
May 22, 2010 5 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 10:17:36
13 Mar 2010 14th Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 07:39:35 3 km swimming, 200 km cycling and 20 km running
Aug 30, 2009 5 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton 09:59:42
July 26, 2009 7th Ironman USA United StatesUnited States Lake Placid 10:13:26
May 23, 2009 DNF Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen -
July 13, 2008 4th Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 09:43:46 Norton took fourth place behind the Swiss winner Sibylle Matter (9:30:12 h).
  2008 6th Ironman Arizona United StatesUnited States Tempe 09:35:45
May 24, 2008 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen
  2007 12 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
0July 8, 2007 5 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:32:53 personal best time on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running)
 Oct 2007 12 Ironman Arizona United StatesUnited States Tempe 09:41:03
May 19, 2007 2 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen 10:12:06 behind the Finn Tiina Boman
 Oct 2006 10 Ironman Arizona United StatesUnited States Tempe
  2006 4th Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen
  2004 25th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
June 27, 2004 9 Ironman Coeur d'Alene United StatesUnited States Idaho The first Ironman start as a professional brought the qualification for the World Cup in Hawaii.
  2003 41 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
  2003 14th Ironman USA United StatesUnited States Lake Placid

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ULTRAMAN HAWAII: CANADIAN DOUBLE VICTORY IN THE 35TH EDITION, CONNY DAUBEN SECOND (December 2, 2019)
  2. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon: rendezvous of the Ironman stars in the land of the sheikhs . In: 3athlon.de . March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ Norton fourth in Switzerland (English; PDF; 2.3 MB)
  4. ↑ IN Lanzarote: Comerford and Jammaer win
  5. ↑ Third for Norton at Lanzarote (English; PDF; 2.3 MB)
  6. ↑ Ironman Lanzarote 2007: Eneko Llanos succeeds in the masterpiece
personal data
SURNAME Norton, Tara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1971