Tony DeBoom

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Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Tony DeBoom
Personal information
Date of birth 11th December 1968 (age 51)
place of birth Cedar Rapids, USA
societies
Boulder Triathlon Club
successes
2002 Ironman winner
status
resigned

Tony DeBoom (born December 11, 1968 in Cedar Rapids , Iowa ; as Anthony Richard DeBoom ) is a former American triathlete and Ironman winner (2002).

Career

Tony DeBoom finished fourth at his first start on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in August 1997 at the first Ironman Switzerland event in Zurich.
He has been married to Elize DeBoom since August 2000 .

In June 2002 he won the Ironman Utah , which had to be abandoned on the swimming distance after strong storms and played as a duathlon. He has not appeared internationally since 2002.

His younger brother Tim DeBoom (* 1970) was active as a triathlete until 2011 and won the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) twice .

Tony DeBoom now works as an illustrator.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 10, 1999 24 ITU Triathlon World Cup MexicoMexico Cancun 01:50:25
Nov 12, 1995 32 ITU Triathlon World Championships MexicoMexico Cancun 01:52:56
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 19, 2002 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii - on the way to the top ten - race stopped at 38 km of the running distance
0June 8, 2002 1 Ironman Utah United StatesUnited States Provo 04:05:41 shortened course as a duathlon
Nov 10, 2001 2 Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City behind Spencer Smith
May 19, 2001 2 Ironman California United StatesUnited States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton second behind his brother Tim DeBoom
0Aug 3, 1997 4th Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:42:46 first start on the Ironman distance at the first edition of Ironman Switzerland

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ STORM MAKES IRONMAN UTAH A DISASTER (June 9, 2002)
  2. ^ Catching Up With Endurance Conspiracy's Tony DeBoom
  3. ↑ Spencer Smith, Katja Schumacher win Ironman Florida titles with record-breaking finishes  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.active.com  
  4. ↑ IRONMAN Switzerland 1997 - Overall Ironman Men
personal data
SURNAME DeBoom, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American triathlete and two-time Ironman Hawaii winner
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Cedar Rapids , Iowa