Chrissie WellingtonTriathlete« back to all athletes
DOB
February 18th, 1977
Height
5'8"
Hometown
Suffolk, England
With TYR Since
February 2008
Career Highlights
- 3-Time Kona Ironman World Champion
- Women’s Ironman-Distance world record holder
- Ironman Australia Champion
- Ironman Korea Champion
- 2009 Ironman Australia – Course Record Holder
The toughest Ironman we know is a woman. Chrissie is undefeated at the Ironman distance. She discovered her endurance abilities mountain-biking in the Himalayas while working for a non-profit organization in Nepal. A native of Great Britain, Chrissie is self-motivated enough to compete against the clock — she proved this by breaking her own record, again, at Roth and finished so far ahead of everyone else, there wasn’t a competitor in sight. She can be found hanging around the world record books — she holds the one for the Ironman distance at 8:19:13!
Be sure to select the Q&A and video tab above to view a Q&A and video of Chrissie.
Q: Do you have any nicknames?
A: Muppet
Q:How do you prepare for an event?
A:Eat, drink, eat, drink, eat, drink, rest and train!
Q: Who are your Role Models?
A: My Parents
Q: What are your favorite foods?
A: My mum and dad’s bbq – plus homemade pizza, bircher museli, steak (still bleeding!), chicken, avocado and sundried tomato salad and nuts: in any order and sometimes together
Q: What is your favorite music?
A: The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo, Kings of Leon, U2, Ash, Feeder, Bush, and of course 80s cheese (especially Chesney Hawkes and Tiffany, with Madonna and Wham thrown in)
Q: What are your favorite hobbies?
A: Eating, travelling, dinner and wine with friends, cycle touring, hiking, talking and laughing
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Crash, Black
Q: How do you relax?
A: With difficulty
Q: What’s in your transition bag that you can’t live without?
A: My ‘things to do’ list, Baby oil, and rubber gloves
Q: What do you eat pre-race?
A: Industrial size bowl of tuna and tomato pasta the night before, and white bread, jam and full fat cream cheese in the morning, washed down with a big mug of English builders tea
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