Tim DeBoom

0 Timothy DeBoom
Personal information
Date of birth	4th November 1970 (age 49)
place of birth	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
societies
successes
1999	3rd place Ironman World Championship
2000	2nd place Ironman World Championship
2001, 2002	2 × Ironman World Championship winner
status
Resigned in 2011

Timothy "Tim" DeBoom (born November 4, 1970 in Cedar Rapids , Iowa ) is a former American triathlete and two-time winner of the Ironman World Championship (2001, 2002). He is included in the best list of American triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Tim DeBoom started triathlon in 1992 and has been a professional since 1995. In 1998 he finished fourth at the World Triathlon Championship on the long distance - held by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in Japan .

With the Ironman New Zealand he won his first Ironman race in March 1999. In July 2000, at 8:08:55 h at Ironman Austria, he set his personal best on the Ironman distance and finished second behind the German Jürgen Zäck .

Winner Ironman World Championship 2001

Tim DeBoom achieved a top ten placement seven times at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. He was a two-time Ironman Hawaii winner (2001 and 2002) and he is so far the last American to achieve a gold medal for the United States in Hawaii. ^{(As of May 2017)}

In 2011, at the age of 41, he ended his time as a professional triathlete. Tim DeBoom is married to the former triathlete Nicole DeBoom (* 1972). His older brother Tony DeBoom (* 1968) was also an active triathlete.

Awards

• In August 2019 it was announced that Tim DeBoom would be awarded with the admission into the "Ironman Hall of Fame" .

Sporting successes

Web links

• Website of Tim DeBoom (English)
• Tim DeBoom's blog . Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
• Tim DeBoom in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Profile for Tim DeBoom at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 14, 2014
• Tim DeBoom's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on March 10, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ McCormack and Hellriegel lead - DeBoom wins. In: tri-mag.de, spomedis GmbH. September 29, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2019 : "Natascha Badmann celebrates her fourth victory" 
2. ↑ Why Are So Many Professional Triathletes Racing Into Their 40s? (May 1, 2014)
3. ↑ [Tim DeBoom, Michellie Jones, Kenneth Gasque and Jan War inducted into IRONMAN Hall of Fame Class of 2019] (August 13, 2019)
4. ↑ Heather Fuhr Race Report - ½ Ironman California ( Memento from March 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon
6. ^ Norseman to DeBoom, Buckenlei