The 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 10, 2009, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii . It was the 33rd such Ironman Triathlon World Championship , which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The champions were Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington . The championship was organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).
13-412: Rachel Joyce may refer to: Rachel Joyce (triathlete) (born 1978), English triathlete Rachel Joyce (writer) (born 1962), British writer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
26-515: A 5th place at the 2010 Ironman World Championship . She continued to show improved results in 2011, notching a win at Ironman Lanzarote and taking second at Ironman South Africa and Ironman 70.3 Ireland. At the Ironman World Championships that year she missed a podium spot by taking 4th at the race, just behind Leanda Cave . A month later Joyce won the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships over second place Cave. There
39-410: A pro. However, Joyce continued on with professional triathlon in 2008 and resigned from her law firm. In 2008, Joyce took 5th at Ironman Florida and 6th at Ironman 70.3 UK. The following year she took 2nd and 3rd at Ironman Lanzarote and Ironman South Africa. With the goal of finishing in the top 10, Joyce took 6th place at the 2009 Ironman World Championship . In 2010, she improved her placing with
52-529: A variety of activities growing up including gymnastics and ice skating. In high school, she swam for the Ipswich Swimming Club and competed on a national level, but eventually burned out at age 17. She read politics and law at the University of Birmingham , where she joined the swim team, which had a more social approach to the sport. At university she also competed in her first triathlon. Joyce went on to
65-573: Is the winner of the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and the second-place finisher at the 2013 Ironman World Championship and 2015 Ironman World Championship . She races in primarily long-distance triathlon events, such as Ironman and Ironman 70.3 distances, and has won events such as Ironman Mont Tremblant in 2017 and Challenge Roth in 2012. Joyce was born in Mexico City and raised in Woodbridge, Suffolk . She participated in
78-721: The College of Law at Guildford and after graduating she went to work for the law firm Taylor Wessing in London as a construction solicitor . In 2005, while working in London, Joyce continued to train with a masters swimming club. She trained and raced the London Marathon , where she ran a 3:03, and became further interested in endurance sports. Joyce purchased a bike and did some cycle touring in New Zealand. In 2006, she raced more Ironman 70.3 distance races, competing as an amateur in
91-587: The 25-29 age group. That year she was the overall age group winner at the Ironman Monaco 70.3 race and the 5th place woman overall. She went on to compete at the 2006 Ironman 70.3 World Championship where she won her age group, and had the 12th fastest woman's overall time. The next year she reduced her work hours with her law firm to devote more time to training and to try to make it as a professional triathlete. But 2007 left her sidelined with injuries and illness and she considered abandoning her pursuit of becoming
104-490: The bike and run portions. Both Chrissie Wellington (3rd consecutive win) and Craig Alexander (2nd consecutive win) continue their current reigns as Ironman World Champions. Chrissie Wellington set a new women's course record of 8:54:02, breaking Paula Newby-Fraser 's 17-year-old women's course record. She finished 22nd overall among the pro men and women. Mirinda Carfrae set a new women's course run record of 2:56:51 in her very first Ironman World Championship, breaking
117-439: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Joyce&oldid=980672550 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rachel Joyce (triathlete) Rachel Joyce (born 16 June 1978) is an English professional triathlete . She
130-405: The second-place finisher by 36 minutes. That same year, coming into the 2013 Ironman World Championships, Joyce was considered to be among the favorites to win the event. In the race she was leading during the run, but was overtaken midway through the marathon by Mirinda Carfrae . Joyce would hold on to her position to finish second, her highest finish at the championship event. Her finishing time
143-543: The women's course run record that Chrissie Wellington set one year ago. To enter for the 2009 World Championship race, athletes were required to qualify through performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race, through Hawaii residency, through a random allocation lottery, or by invitation from the WTC. The Ironman 2009 Series consisted of 21 Ironman qualifying races plus the Ironman World Championship 2008 which
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#1733085366011156-576: Was further success in 2012 as Joyce won Ironman 70.3 Kansas, Ironman 70.3 Muskoka, and Challenge Roth to also claim the European Long Distance Triathlon Championship. She also took second against a strong field of competition at Ironman Melbourne and 5th at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. At the 2013 Ironman Texas race, Joyce grabbed her third Ironman win by leading from start to finish and beating
169-505: Was the 5th fastest women's time in the Championship's history and the fourth woman to have broken 9 hours at the event. Joyce's notable achievements include: 2009 Ironman World Championship A total of 1,778 athletes from more than 48 countries started the race and 1,653 (1,200 men and 453 women) finished, 3 were disqualified. Hot and humid weather conditions prevailed with temperatures well above 90 °F (32.2 °C) during
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