Will Clarke (triathlete)
William Roger Clarke (born January 31, 1985 in Cambridge ) is a British duathlete and triathlete . He is a two-time British Champion (2008, 2009) and is included in the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
Will Clarke started his first triathlon at the age of 16 and has been a professional athlete since 2000. In May 2004 he became the junior duathlon vice world champion. In September 2006 he became triathlon European champion and in September also world champion in the U23 class.
2008 Summer Olympics
In 2008, Clarke finished 14th at the Beijing Olympics . In the same year he became British Champion and was able to successfully defend this title in 2009. In September 2014, he finished tenth at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Canada .
In May 2015, Will Clarke started the Ironman distance on Lanzarote for the first time (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running). He is on the best list of British triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Fastest British athlete on the 2016 Ironman distance
At Ironman Copenhagen in August 2016, he finished second with the fastest time ever achieved by a British athlete. In April 2017, he improved this again with his fourth place in Ironman Texas to 7:59:02 hours. He is trained by Mat Steinmetz and starts for the BMC Vifit Pro Triathlon Team .
Will Clarke lives in Barrow upon Soar with his wife and son .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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April 15, 2018 | 8th | Challenge Roma | Rome | 03:26:21 | "Middle distance" (unclear route information) |
May 13, 2017 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Mallorca | Alcúdia | 04:07:23 | |
23 Apr 2016 | 2 | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | 03:59:35 | Second on the half-distance - 26 seconds behind the German Andreas Böcherer |
Sep 20 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | 04:04:16 | with a new course record |
Sep 7 2014 | 10 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Mont-Tremblant | 03:48:44 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
July 27, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary | Calgary | 03:44:19 | |
15th June 2014 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:18:07 | |
May 18, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Barcelona | Barcelona | 04:06:03 | Second in the first edition |
Apr 13, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan | San Juan | 03:54:28 | |
Jan. 26, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 South Africa | East London | 04:05:23 | with a personal best on half the Ironman distance |
Oct 5, 2013 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | 04:10:53 | |
July 6, 2013 | 15th | ITU World Championship Series 2013 | Kitzbühel | 00:58:53 | |
June 22, 2013 | 2 | Alpine triathlon | Schliersee | ||
June 16, 2013 | 4th | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:25:51 | |
25 Aug 2012 | 40 | ITU Triathlon Sprint World Championships | Stockholm | 00:56:59 | |
July 16, 2011 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 | Hamburg | 01:44:09 | Second behind the Australian Brad Kahlefeldt |
July 2, 2011 | 1 | Alpine triathlon | Schliersee | ||
June 18, 2011 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 | Kitzbühel | 01:53:08 | |
Aug 2, 2009 | 1 | GBR Triathlon National Championships | London | British Champion in the London Triathlon | |
Aug 18, 2008 | 14th | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | 01:50:32 | |
May 10, 2008 | 11 | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Lisbon | 01:55:16 | European Championship |
2008 | 1 | GBR Triathlon National Championships | British short distance champion | ||
June 29, 2007 | 12 | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Copenhagen | 01:53:12 | European Championship on the Olympic short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Sep 2 2006 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Lausanne | 01:57:30 | Triathlon world champion in the U23 class |
July 8, 2006 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 | Rijeka | 01:54:41 | Triathlon European Champion U23 |
July 17, 2005 | 6th | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 | Sofia | 01:55:07 | Triathlon European Championship U23 |
July 3, 2004 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men | Lausanne | 01:01:11 | Junior Vice European Champion |
May 9, 2004 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men | Madeira | 01:05:40 | World Championship Juniors |
Dec 6, 2003 | 7th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men | Queenstown (New Zealand) | 01:02:18 | Triathlon World Championship Juniors |
June 21, 2003 | 7th | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men | Carlsbad | 01:03:08 | Junior European Championship |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 26, 2019 | 2 | Ironman Brazil | Florianópolis | 08:06:31 | |
July 16, 2017 | 2 | Ironman UK | Bolton | 08:47:03 | |
Apr 22, 2017 | 4th | Ironman Texas | The Woodlands | 07:59:02 | personal best Ironman time and fastest British athlete; 2:42:01 h for the marathon |
Aug 21, 2016 | 2 | Ironman Copenhagen | Copenhagen | 07:59:31 | Second behind the Swede Patrik Nilsson |
May 23, 2015 | Ironman Lanzarote | Puerto del Carmen | 09:28:32 | first start on the long distance |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 30, 2004 | 2 | ITU Duathlon Junior World Championships | Geel | 01:01:28 | Duathlon vice world champion in the juniors, behind his compatriot Oliver Freeman |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Will Clarke's website
- Portrait of Will Clarke on Team GB
- Profile for William Clarke at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 13, 2014
- Will Clarke's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed December 14, 2019.
- Will Clarke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ TRIATHLON SPLITTER: SÄMMLER BECOMES BLEYMEHL, BMC TEAM 2019 WITHOUT CLAVEL (December 19, 2018)
- ↑ Will Clarke on Intelligent-Triathlon-Training.com
- ↑ Course Record Day in Lanzarote (September 20, 2014)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3: Sudrie wins premiere in Barcelona. Accessed December 30, 2019 . (May 18, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Clarke, Will |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarke, William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge |