- Craig Alexander (triathlete)
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Craig Alexander Personal information Nickname(s) Crowie Born 22 June 1973 [1] Residence Cronulla, Sydney, Australia
Boulder, Colorado, United StatesHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] Weight 68 kg (150 lb)[1] Sport Country Australia Craig Alexander (born 22 June 1973) is an Australian triathlete who is the 2008, 2009 & 2011 Ironman Triathlon World Champion. He is only the fourth man to win the Ironman World Championship two years in a row; the others were Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Tim DeBoom. He is also only the fourth man to win the Ironman World Championship three times. He is the record holder for the Ironman World Championship. [2] He is also the winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2006 and 2011.
Alexander has an educational background in Anatomy and Physiology. This has allowed him to largely be self taught since beginning in triathlon in 1997. For most of his career he acted as his own coach, but recently has begun to work with Coach Chris Carmichael. In 2011 this decision paid off. Alexander became the oldest men's winner of the Hawaiian Ironman world title. He crossed the finish line in eight hours three minutes and 56 seconds. That just broke the 8:04:08 set by Belgian Luc Van Lierde in 1996. Breaking the 15-year-old course record, Crowie put in arguably the greatest single performance in Australian triathlon history.
References
- ^ a b c "Craig Alexander's profile". craigalexander.net. n.d.. http://www.craigalexander.net/profile.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Another win for Alexander: Craig Alexander claims the Ford Ironman World Championship for the second year in a row". ironman.com. Saturday, October 10, 2009. http://ironman.com/events/ironman/worldchampionship/kona2009/craig-alexander-claims-teh-ford-ironman-world-championship-for-the-second-year-in-a-row. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
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World Champions in men's Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Craig Alexander (2006) • Andy Potts (2007) • Terenzo Bozzone (2008) • Michael Raelert (2009-2010) • Craig Alexander (2011)
(women) World Champions in men's Ironman Triathlon Gordon Haller (1978) · Tom Warren (1979) · Dave Scott (1980) · John Howard (1981) · Scott Tinley (Feb 1982) · Dave Scott (Oct 1982) · Dave Scott (1983-1984) · Scott Tinley (1985) · Dave Scott (1986-1987) · Scott Molina (1988) · Mark Allen (1989-1993) · Greg Welch (1994) · Mark Allen (1995) · Luc Van Lierde (1996) · Thomas Hellriegel (1997) · Peter Reid (1998) · Luc Van Lierde (1999) · Peter Reid (2000) · Tim DeBoom (2001-2002) · Peter Reid (2003) · Normann Stadler (2004) · Faris Al-Sultan (2005) · Normann Stadler (2006) · Chris McCormack (2007) · Craig Alexander (2008-2009) · Chris McCormack (2010) · Craig Alexander (2011)
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