- Mirinda Carfrae
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Mirinda Carfrae Personal information Nickname(s) Rinny Born 26 March 1981 [1]
Brisbane, Australia[2]Residence Logan City, Australia
Boulder, Colorado, USA[1]Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)[1] Weight 52 kg (115 lb)[1] Sport Country Australia Coached by Siri Lindley Medal recordWomen's Triathlon Ironman 70.3 World Championship Gold 2007 Clearwater Individual Bronze 2006 Clearwater Individual Ironman Triathlon World Championships Gold 2010 Kailua-Kona Individual Silver 2011 Kailua-Kona Individual Silver 2009 Kailua-Kona Individual ITU Long Distance World Championships Silver 2005 Fredericia Individual Mirinda Carfrae (born 26 March 1981) is an Australian professional triathlete who won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2007. In 2009, she achieved a silver medal at the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, her first attempt at the full Ironman distance. The following year, 2010, she became the Ironman World Champion.
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Career
Mirinda Carfrae competed in her first triathlon in 2000, at the age of 19.[1] She went on to represent Australia at the Junior and U23 level, winning a silver medal at the 2003 ITU U23 World Championships.[3] In 2004, she won a silver medal at the Salford Triathlon leg of the ITU Triathlon World Cup.[4]
Longer distance
Carfrae's first attempt at longer distances was at the Lake Tinaroo Half Ironman in September 2002, where she finished in second place behind Rebekah Keat, setting a new run course record of 1:21:20.[5] Referring to this race, she later wrote, "I just remember feeling more comfortable racing the longer distance, and from then I knew I would be racing full Ironman at some point in future."[6]
Carfrae achieved her first World Championship medal at the 2005 ITU Long Distance World Championships, where she finished 2nd in a time of 6:27:11.[3] In 2007 she won the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in a course record time of 4:07:25.[7] This win entitled Carfrae to race at the full Ironman World Championships at Kona, but she deferred her entry to 2009, when she felt she was ready for the longer distance. At the 2009 Ironman World Championship, Carfrae's first Ironman race, she finished second behind Chrissie Wellington, breaking Wellington's 2008 course record for the women's marathon with a time of 2:56:51.[8] She wrote, "My first tri was at the end of 1999—my first Ironman was 10 years later. I waited until I felt I was physically and mentally strong enough to go the distance, and until I could be seriously competitive."[6]
Results
Date Position Event Time 5 March 2011 2nd Ironman New Zealand 9:31:33 9 October 2010 1st Kona Ironman World Championships 8:58:36 10 October 2009 2nd Kona Ironman World Championships 9:13:59 13 September 2009 1st Muskoka Ironman 70.3 4:24:48 2 August 2009 1st Calgary Ironman 70.3 4:11:05 28 June 2009 1st Aflac Irongirl Atlanta 1:13:55 14 June 2009 1st Eagleman Ironman 70.3 4:13:27 7 June 2009 1st Revolution 3 Triathlon 4:27:26 3 May 2009 2nd St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:35:21 4 April 2009 1st California Ironman 70.3 4:25:02 7 December 2008 2nd Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2:50:02 16 November 2008 1st St Croix Triathlon 2:20:27 8 November 2008 12th Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:22:29 6 October 2008 13th Dallas Triathlon 2:03:26 7 September 2008 5th Los Angeles Triathlon 2:06:50 27 July 2008 1st Newfoundland Ironman 70.3 4:27:23 12 July 2008 11th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:08:52 29 June 2008 1st Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 4:23:28 14 June 2008 1st Battle at Midway Triathlon 2:04:56 1 June 2008 3rd Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon 2:16:47 4 May 2008 1st St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:33:39 27 April 2008 3rd St Anthony’s Triathlon 2:01:52 13 April 2008 1st Las Vegas Iron Girl 1:56:22 29 March 2008 2nd California Ironman 70.3 4:25:51 10 February 2008 1st Geelong Ironman 70.3 4:24:27 2 December 2007 2nd Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2:44:28 18 November 2007 1st St Croix Triathlon 2:17:12 10 November 2007 1st Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:07:25 14 October 2007 3rd Dallas US Open Triathlon 1:59:11 9 September 2007 3rd Los Angeles Triathlon 2:07:17 2 September 2007 2nd Singapore Ironman 70.3 4:17:17 26 August 2007 5th Chicago Triathlon 2:04:07 22 July 2007 1st Spirit of Racine Half Ironman 4:16:43 15 July 2007 7th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:05:20 24 June 2007 2nd Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon 4:20:06 10 June 2007 2nd Eagleman Ironman 70,3 4:13:19 5 May 2007 2nd Wildflower 4:38:14 29 April 2007 4th St Anthony’s Triathlon 2:00:18 25 March 2007 18th Mooloolaba World Cup 2:03:16 4 February 2007 5th Perth 1:04:51 11 November 2006 3rd Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:16:44 30 July 2006 22nd Salford BG Triathlon World Cup 2:08:16 23 July 2006 25th Corner Brook BG Triathlon World Cup 2:13:27 16 July 2006 16th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:06:29 21 May 2006 1st Baja Ironman 70.3 4:31:13 7 May 2006 1st St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:30:13 16 April 2006 4th Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:58:58 19 February 2006 11th Hobart ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup 2:08:34 10 September 2005 31st Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Champs 2:04:43 6 August 2005 2nd Fredericia Long Course World Championships 6:27:10 23 July 2005 8th Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:03:08 17 July 2005 9th Cornerbrook ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:11:20 26 June 2005 1st Mountaineer Half Ironman 4:36:55 13 June 2005 3rd Eagleman Half Ironman 4:25:25 22 May 2005 2nd Florida Half Ironman 4:30:20 15 May 2005 7th Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:03:12 16 April 2005 10th Honolulu ITU World Cup 2:09:37 27 February 2005 2nd Port Macquarie Half Ironman 4:13:04 26 September 2004 1st Nice Long Course Triathlon 7:15:07 25 July 2004 2nd Salford ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:09:16 18 July 2004 10th Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:16:28 11 July 2004 14th Edmonton ITU World Cup 2:01:16 9 May 2004 12th Madeira ITU Triathlon U23 World Championships 2:01:07 7 June 2003 12th Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:00:53 15 June 2003 4th Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:59:04 27 July 2003 15th Salford ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:06:31 3 August 2003 10th Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:58:51 10 August 2003 4th New York ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:01:07 6 December 2003 2nd Queenstown ITU Triathlon U23 World Champs 2:11:53 9 November 2002 2nd Cancun ITU Triathlon U23 World Championships 2:02:41 1 September 2002 2nd Lake Tinaroo Half Ironman 4:34:56 28 July 2002 38th Tiszaujvaros ITU triathlon World Cup 2:02:36 References
- ^ a b c d e "Mirinda Carfrae". http://www.mirindacarfrae.com/profile.php. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Mirinda Carfrae - ITU profile". http://archive.triathlon.org/?call=TVRFeQ==&id=NTkx. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Results for: Carfrae, Mirinda (AUS)". http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NTkx. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Press Release - 2004 ITU Salford World Cup". http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/press_release_-_2004_itu_salford_world_cup/. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "LAKE TINAROO HALF IRONMAN results". xtri.com. http://www.xtri.com/entries.aspx?RaceId=390. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ a b "March 2010". 220 Triathlon: p. 94. http://www.220triathlon.com/issue/march-2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "World Championship 70.3 results". WTC. http://ironman.com/events/ironman70.3/worldchampionship70.3/?show=raceresults&year=2007&format=htm. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Wellington Sets a New Standard". WTC. http://admin.ironman.com/events/ironman/worldchampionship/kona2009/chrissie-wellington-wins-her-third-ford-ironman-world-championship-in-record-setting-time. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
External links
World Champions in women's Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Samantha McGlone (2006) • Mirinda Carfrae (2007) • Joanna Zeiger (2008) • Julie Dibens (2009) • Jodie Swallow (2010) • Melissa Rollison (2011)
(men) World Champions in women's Ironman Triathlon Lyn Lemaire (1979) · Robin Beck (1980) · Linda Sweeney (1981) · Kathleen McCartney (Feb 1982) · Julie Leach (Oct 1982) · Sylviane Puntous (1983-1984) · Joanne Ernst (1985) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1986) · Erin Baker (1987) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1988-1989) · Erin Baker (1990) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1991-1994) · Karen Smyers (1995) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1996) · Heather Fuhr (1997) · Natascha Badmann (1998) · Lori Bowden (1999) · Natascha Badmann (2000-2002) · Lori Bowden (2003) · Natascha Badmann (2004-2005) · Michellie Jones (2006) · Chrissie Wellington (2007-2009) · Mirinda Carfrae (2010) · Chrissie Wellington (2011)
(men) Categories:- Australian triathletes
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- 1981 births
- Ironman world champions
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