The year of 2019 proved another phenomenal 12 months for the sport of triathlon, with outstanding performances across all distances.
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October’s Ironman World Championships in Kona were full of excitement with Jan Frodeno winning his third full Ironman world title in a record-breaking time, Anne Haug taking her first Hawaii win after a phenomenal run and GB’s Ruth Purbrook scoring age-group honours. There was also a Kona debut from a certain Ali Brownlee. What will 2020 hold for him?
Over in the Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Nice, France, 23-year-old Gustav Iden from Norway put on a run masterclass to take victory over his male rivals, including second placed Ali Brownlee, and Britain’s Holly Lawrence showed she was back on top form with a second place behind women’s winner Daniela Ryf.
There was also British success in the ITU World Series, with Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown showing they could be a force to reckon with in Tokyo 2020 after finishing the season in second and third place behind the USA’s Katie Zafares. And don’t write off Javier Gomez’s Olympic medal chances either, with a third place finish in the 2019 series proving the Spaniard is still very much a contender.
As has become customary, we asked you to vote for the athletes, races and products that made your tri year. And the final results from the voting are now in! So without any further ado we give you the winners and two runner-ups in the 2019 220 Triathlon Awards…
220 TRIATHLON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRIATHLON
1. Tim Don
2. Louise Minchin
3. Claire Smith
WOMEN’S ELITE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1. Lucy Charles-Barclay
2. Jess Learmonth
3. Anne Haug
MEN’S ELITE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1. Ali Brownlee
2. Jan Frodeno
3. Joe Skipper
FEMALE PARATRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1. Lauren Steadman
2. Hannah Moore
3. Jade Hall
MALE PARATRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1. George Peasgood
2. Dave Ellis
3. Joe Townsend
YOUTH TRIATHLETE (21-YEARS-OLD AND UNDER)
1. Alex Yee
2. Ben Dijkstra
3. Olivia Mathias
AGE-GROUPER OF THE YEAR
1. Ruth Purbrook
2. Brian Fogarty
3. Oliver Crossley
RACE OF THE YEAR
1. Ironman Wales
2. Outlaw Half Holkham
3. Ironman UK
COACH OF THE YEAR
1. Rob Wilby
2. Simon Ward
3. Dave Knight
TRI CLUB OF THE YEAR
1. Team Oxygenaddict
2. Do3
=3 Team Passion Fit & Wakefield Triathlon Club
INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
1. Cervélo PX
2. Form goggles
3. Huub Anemoi+
RUN SHOE BRAND OF THE YEAR
1. Asics
2. Hoka One One
3. Brooks
BIKE BRAND OF THE YEAR
1. Cervélo
2. Canyon
3. Specialized
WETSUIT BRAND OF THE YEAR
1. Zone3
2. Huub
3. Orca
TRI-SUIT BRAND OF THE YEAR
1. Zone3
2. Huub
3. Raceskin
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
1. Wiggle
2. Sigma
3. Decathlon