ITU honours paratriathletes on People with Disabilities Day

by Erin Greene on 03 Dec, 2012 03:08 • Español

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Highlights from the Paratriathlon World Championships in Auckland

In honour of the United Nation’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ITU celebrates its incredible paratriathletes by highlighting their achievements and the sport’s great growth this year.

The 2012 ITU paratriathlon season was one of the most successful to date, which was highlighted with a record 109 paratriathletes at the 2012 World Championships. The number is nearly threefold that of the 2008 World Championships just four years ago.

After the 25th ITU Congress in Auckland, Claire Cunningham (GBR) and Oswald Kydd (RSA) became the first paratriathletes to be elected to the ITU Athlete Committee.

In October, Yannick Bourseaux (FRA) and Melissa Stockwell (USA) were shortlisted to be the International Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month for their accomplishments at World Championships. Bourseaux won the accolade, while Stockwell was named the United States Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Month.

Earlier in the year, paratriathlon champions were crowned for the first time at the inaugural stand-alone PATCO continental championships for the Americas. That same week, Ireland held its first ever Paratriathlon National Championships, marking a landmark step in the country’s paratriathlon growth.

Paratriathlon also received a big boost in Australia this year when Triathlon Australia and the Australia Paralympic Committee held a seminar to support paratriathlon programmes ahead of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games.

ITU would like to congratulate all the paratriathletes for their accomplishments, as well as all National Federations working to grow the sport of paratriathlon. To find out more about paratriathlon, please click here.

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Related Event: 2012 Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland

20 - 22 Oct, 2012 • event page • all results

Results: U23 Women
1.	Non Stanford	GBR	02:13:06
2.	Sarissa De Vries	NED	02:13:15
3.	Joanna Brown	CAN	02:14:12
4.	Claudia Rivas	MEX	02:14:26
5.	Natalie Van Coevorden	AUS	02:14:28

Results: U23 Men
1.	Aaron Royle	AUS	01:57:17
2.	Fernando Alarza	ESP	01:57:20
3.	Thomas Bishop	GBR	01:57:21
4.	Pierre Le Corre	FRA	01:57:29
5.	Ryan Fisher	AUS	01:57:51

Results: Elite Women
1.	Anne Haug	GER	02:10:48
2.	Gwen Jorgensen	USA	02:11:00
3.	Barbara Riveros	CHI	02:11:01
4.	Lisa Norden	SWE	02:11:03
5.	Jodie Stimpson	GBR	02:11:03

Results: Elite Men
1.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	02:00:29
2.	Jonathan Brownlee	GBR	02:00:31
3.	Sven Riederer	SUI	02:01:18
4.	Steffen Justus	GER	02:01:40
5.	Gregor Buchholz	GER	02:01:46

Results: Junior Women
1.	Fumika Matsumoto	JPN	01:08:33
2.	Leonie Periault	FRA	01:08:36
3.	Tamara Gorman	USA	01:08:39
4.	Sarah Wilm	GER	01:08:44
5.	Maddie Dillon	NZL	01:08:50

Results: Junior Men
1.	Wian Sullwald	RSA	01:01:44
2.	Simon Viain	FRA	01:01:58
3.	Constantine Doherty	IRL	01:01:59
4.	Kristian Blummenfelt	NOR	01:02:31
5.	Gordon Benson	GBR	01:02:45

Results: 75-79 Male AG
1.	Keith Pearce	AUS	03:16:04
2.	Karlton Naylor	USA	03:41:08
3.	Garth Barfoot	NZL	03:51:49
4.	Henry Grills	USA	04:08:00
5.	Ian Robinson	NZL	04:13:01

Results: 75-79 Female AG
DNF.	Sheila Isaacs	USA	DNF

Results: 70-74 Male AG
1.	Dave Robinette	USA	02:54:42
2.	Roger Little	USA	02:56:29
3.	William Marshall	USA	03:00:07
4.	Bill Marty	USA	03:08:11
5.	Peter Ellis	NZL	03:09:50

Results: 70-74 Female AG
1.	Elizabeth Brackett	USA	03:26:25
2.	Sibyl Jacobson	USA	03:40:21
3.	Peggy McDowell-Cramer	USA	03:45:21
4.	Graciela Val	USA	03:58:49
5.	Lois Leon	USA	04:00:38

Gemmell and Harrison re-elected to Athlete Committee
Eight athlete representatives from seven countries were elected to the Athletes' Committee, including double Olympians Jessica Harrison (FRA) and Kris Gemmell (NZL) and a pair of paratriathletes for the first time.
05:00 - 02 Nov, 2012
Record-breaking ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Auckland
Great Britain recorded their best ever gold haul but the USA led the overall medal tally in a record ITU Paratriathlon World Championships field in Auckland on Sunday, as the sport prepares for its Paralympic debut in Rio.
07:38 - 22 Oct, 2012
Paratriathlon takes a landmark step forward in Australia
Paratriathlon in Australia has officially kickstarted its Paralympic pathway, with the first Triathlon Australia and Australia Paralympic Committee seminar in Sydney last Friday.
04:16 - 15 Apr, 2012