Tim Don
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![]() Tim Don at the Strathclye Park Triathlon , 2011
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 14th January 1978 (age 42) |
place of birth | Hounslow , London |
Nickname | The Don |
size | 173 cm |
Weight | 63.5 kg |
societies | |
since 2017 | First Endurance Team |
successes | |
1998 | World Champion Junior Triathlon |
2002 | World champion duathlon |
2006 | World champion triathlon |
2014 | 3rd place Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
2014, 2017 | 2 × Ironman winner |
2017 | World best time Ironman race |
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Timothy (Tim) Don (born January 14, 1978 in Hounslow , London) is a British triathlete and duathlete . He is a three-time Olympic athlete (2000, 2004, 2008), junior world champion triathlon (1998), duathlon world champion (2002), world champion on the short distance triathlon (2006), Ironman winner (2014, 2017) and with 7:40 : 23 h holder of the world's fastest time in an Ironman race . (As of December 2018)
Career
In 1994 Tim Don started his first triathlon. In August 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland, he became triathlon junior world champion. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he finished tenth in Australia.
World champion duathlon 2002
In 2002 he became the short-distance duathlon world champion in the United States. In August 2004 he started for the second time at the Summer Olympics and he finished 18th in Athens.
World champion triathlon and doping ban 2006
In 2006 he became world champion in the triathlon in Lausanne on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in the elite class (professional athletes).
After achieving the world title, Tim Don was banned from the British Triathlon Federation for 3 months at the end of 2006 for missing three doping tests within 18 months. According to the rules of the Olympic Association of Great Britain (BOA), Tim Don would have been excluded from participation in the Olympic Games - but after his appointment he was after 2000 (10th place) and 2004 (18th place) after all nominated for the third time to participate in the Olympic Games . He couldn't finish the race in Beijing in August. He was trained by Brett Sutton .
First Ironman start in 2014
In September 2014, he finished third at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Canada . At his first start on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) he won the race on Mallorca at the end of September.
At the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) in October 2015, he finished 15th. In May 2016 he finished second at the Ironman Brasil .
World best time in an Ironman race in 2017
He has been part of the First Endurance Team since 2017 . In April 2017 he won the first edition of the Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou . At the Ironman Brasil in May, Tim Don set a new world record in an Ironman race with his winning time of 7:40:23 h. In this race he was able to beat the world record by four minutes and his personal best by as much as 24 minutes.
During his bike training in Kona in October 2017, the 39-year-old was hit by a car and seriously injured just three days before the Ironman Hawaii , other sources speak of a truck. As a result of the accident, Don broke his second cervical vertebra and was treated with a halo fixator .
In July 2018, the 40-year-old started the long distance again after his accident and finished ninth in the Ironman Hamburg . Tim Don is trained by Julie Dibens (running) and Matt Bottrill (cycling).
Tim Don lives in Boulder with his wife and two children .
Awards
- In 2016 he was named "Long-Distance Athlete of the Year" by the British Triathlon Federation .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Apr 21, 2019 | 2 | Cannes International Triathlon |
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Middle distance | |
2nd July 2017 | 1 | Challenge San Gil |
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03:54:10 | |
May 6, 2017 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 St. George |
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03:48:26 | US championships |
April 1, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou |
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03:37:44 | |
19 Mar 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Campeche |
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03:52:27 | Winner at the first edition |
Nov 13, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Xiamen |
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03:58:21 | |
Apr 5, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Palmas |
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03:53:10 | |
20 Mar 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey |
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03:42:53 | |
Aug 30, 2015 | DNF | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
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May 2, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 St. George |
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03:51:56 | |
Apr 5, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil |
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03:41:47 | |
15th Mar 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey |
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03:42:49 | |
Dec 6, 2014 | 4th | Challenge Bahrain |
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03:41:06 | at the first edition |
Sep 7 2014 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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03:44:38 | |
July 13, 2014 | 2 | Vineman Ironman 70.3 |
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03:50:55 | |
15th June 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 boulder |
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03:44:05 | |
May 3, 2014 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 St. George |
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03:45:50 | US championships |
Apr 6, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil |
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16. Mar. 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey |
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03:46:59 | |
29 Sep 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Augusta |
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03:44:50 | |
22 Sep 2013 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Cozumel |
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03:54:01 | |
July 28, 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary |
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03:42:21 | |
June 16, 2013 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 UK |
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04:20:07 | |
June 9, 2013 | 1 | Eagleman Ironman 70.3 |
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03:47:46 | |
Jan. 20, 2013 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 South Africa |
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04:10:40 | |
19 Sep 2011 | 8th | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
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01:50:25 | The result of the race should already be taken into account for the evaluation of the 2012 season. |
July 28, 2011 | 1 | Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez |
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01:49:41 | Victory ahead of the French Julien Loy |
July 16, 2011 | 7th | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
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01:44:33 | |
April 9, 2011 | 6th | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
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01:50:58 | Opening event of the new season |
March 20, 2011 | 1 | ITU Triathlon African Cup |
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01:54:51 | |
Aug 21, 2010 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships |
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01:51:32 | Vice World Champion behind Jonathan Brownlee (750 m swim, 20 km bike and 5 km run) |
Aug 8, 2010 | 2 | London triathlon |
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01:49:08 | |
July 17, 2010 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
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01:43:57 | 4th race of the series |
June 13, 2010 | 1 | Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup |
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01:50:20 | 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running |
Jan. 18, 2009 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 South Africa |
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04:12:50 | fourth place with the fastest time of 1:14:48 hours behind the winner Raynard Tissink |
Aug 18, 2008 | DNF | 2008 Summer Olympics |
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2007 | 1 | London triathlon |
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01:42:01 | |
3rd Sep 2006 | 1 | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships |
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01:51:32 | |
2006 | 2 | London triathlon |
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2005 | 3 | London triathlon |
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01:45:55 | |
April 3, 2005 | 1 | ATU Triathlon African Championships |
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01:51:40 | |
Aug 25, 2004 | 18th | 2004 Summer Olympics |
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01:54:42 | |
June 23, 2001 | 8th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships |
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02:05:35 | |
16 Sep 2000 | 10 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
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01:49:28 | |
July 8, 2000 | 6th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships |
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01:54:55 | |
Sep 12 1999 | 21st | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships |
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01:47:00 | |
July 3, 1999 | 8th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championship Junior Men |
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01:49:40 | |
Aug 30, 1998 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men |
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01:59:09 | Junior world champion |
Aug 1, 1998 | 3 | Alpine triathlon |
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02:04:36 | |
4th July 1998 | 2 | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championship Junior Men |
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01:56:44 | behind the Spaniard Clemente Alonso |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 13, 2018 | 49 | Ironman Hawaii |
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08:45:17 | Rank 36 among the professionals |
29th July 2018 | 9 | Ironman Hamburg |
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07:40:59 | Run without the swimming distance as a duathlon |
May 28, 2017 | 1 | Ironman Brazil |
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07:40:23 | World best time in an Ironman race - and fourth fastest time ever achieved on the swimming distance with 44:16 min, 4:06:56 h on the bike and 2:44:46 h for the marathon |
May 29, 2016 | 2 | Ironman Brazil |
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08:04:15 | 2:50 h for the marathon |
Oct 10, 2015 | 15th | Ironman Hawaii |
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08:39:05 | Ironman World Championships |
27 Sep 2014 | 1 | Ironman Mallorca |
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08:34:02 | Victory at the first start on the Ironman distance for the 36-year-old - at the first edition on Mallorca; 2:52 h for the marathon |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2003 | DNF | ITU Short Distance Duathlon World Championships |
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2002 | 1 | ITU Short Distance Duathlon World Championships |
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Winner and Duathlon World Champion - one second ahead of Australian Greg Bennett |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Tim Don's website
- Profile for Tim Don at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 13, 2014
- Tim Don's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 22, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ British federation bans triathlete Tim Don (October 13, 2006)
- ↑ Don receives three-month ban (October 13, 2006)
- ↑ Tim Don hopes for gentleness (November 27, 2006)
- ↑ First Endurance Names 2018 Triathlon Team (February 5, 2018)
- ↑ Don and Seymour light up Liuzhou (April 2, 2017)
- ^ The Don Smashes the Ironman World Record: Tim Don Wins the IRONMAN South American Championship with a Record Breaking Performance. (May 31, 2017)
- ↑ Tim Don - Ironman record smasher (May 31, 2017)
- ↑ a b Melanie Haack: He broke his neck - and is now starting the Ironman. In: The world . July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Accident out: Ironman Hawaii co-favorite Tim Don collides with a car (October 12, 2017)
- ↑ Halo free, but a long way to go (January 8, 2018)
- ↑ Del Corral And Morrison Win Alpe d'Huez Triathlon ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Don Wins With Impressive 10 km Run At Hy-Vee Triathlon
- ↑ IM 70.3 South Africa: Konstantin Bachor third
- ↑ My results . Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Triathlon European Championship 2001: Filip Ospaly and Michelle Dillon become European champions in triathlon in Karlsbad / Czech Republic
- ↑ Blue- green algae: No swimming in the Alster at the Ironman (July 27, 2018)
- ↑ Ironman Mallorca: Tim Don wins his premiere Ironman (September 27, 2014)
- ↑ Tim Don and Corine Raux win the Duathlon World Championship in 2002
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Don, Tim |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Don, Timothy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hounslow , London |