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And the results are in: Meet the 205 athletes who just learned they’ll be racing in Kona.
Almost 20 more countries were represented in this year’s IRONMAN World Championship lottery than last year, a sign of the international popularity of the sport. The diverse group was comprised of 55 percent more athletes from the Asia Pacific region and a whopping 88 percent more athletes from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The winning athletes will compete at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii this October. More than half (55 out of 100) of those who earned a spot to Kona through the Legacy program are from outside the United States — 15 different countries are represented, including 15 athletes from Australia, 11 from Canada and nine from Germany.
About the IRONMAN Lottery Program
The IRONMAN Lottery began in 1983 thanks to the vision of IRONMAN’s founders, John and Judy Collins. The program provides athletes of all abilities the opportunity to qualify for the world’s most challenging one-day endurance event.
About the IRONMAN Legacy Program
The Legacy Program grants loyal IRONMAN competitors an opportunity to compete in Kona at least once in their lifetime. One-hundred Legacy winners are chosen every year. To be eligible for this year’s selection, athletes must have completed a minimum of 12 full-distance IRONMAN-branded races, have never started the IRONMAN World Championship, have completed at least one IRONMAN event in each of the 2011 and 2012 seasons and be registered for an IRONMAN event in 2013.
About the Physically Challenged Lottery Program:
Five names are drawn from the total applicants applying in the Physically Challenged categories, which include: Lower Extremity, Wheelchair One and Two, Upper Extremity and Visually Impaired. (Handcycle athletes have a separate qualifying procedure.
Lottery Winners
Name Age State Country
Paul Hackett 44 QLD AU David Yang 29 UT US Pertti Tomminen 56 Intl State SE Cregg Nicol 44 AB CA Dan Bennett 43 CA US Bishop Leatherbury 61 GA US Fernando Carvalho 44 Intl State BR Tom Trill 42 CA US Glenn Rossitter 44 ON CA Andrew McMurray 46 NY US George Barth 51 MA US Frank Fiorello 51 NY US Lance Carter-Rodolph 43 WA US Matthew Phillips 45 IL US Linda Goeckner 30 CA US Shannon Ouellette 44 AB CA Jay Lakamp 56 OR US Dirk Sauer 47 Intl State DE Rich Simmons 39 ON CA Dirk Zager 55 Intl State DE Michael Haseldine 39 Intl State AE Arnaud Winter 44 FL US Beth Bluestein 44 GA US Curt Biddulph 45 CA US Mark Raymond 33 BC CA Hiroshi Matsumura 39 Osaka JP Jim Charapich 53 VA US Bob Zinkel 45 WI US Hugo Zelaya 37 TX US Takashi Shima 75 Intl State JP Rob Seaver 54 HI US Mark Conklin 50 Somerset GB Richard McLellan 41 FL US Shawn Toenyes 43 FL US Abdulla Al Shamlan 25 Intl State BH Warren Fraser 49 QLD AU Kyle Yurchak 33 WA US John Frasca 54 MA US Jodie Hein 42 NJ US Bill Best 54 ON CA Terry Szucsko 44 CA US Sebastian Bartel 38 Intl State DE Douglas Thompson 46 NC US Maik Graf 43 Intl State DE Maximiliano Gonzalez 43 Intl State MX Ly Phan 40 TX US Bryan Ogle 46 CA US Scott Sinatra 47 CA US Daniel Elsener 41 ZG CH Juergen Hilberath 47 Intl State DE Michael Pear 47 Intl State SG Dmitry Iakovlev 44 Intl State RU William Lane 52 PA US Nicole Swift 46 FL US Lucas Cabanillas 47 Intl State AR Kristian Fesel 40 Gauteng ZA Ernest Fisco 48 CA US Patricia Ball 45 NY US Michi Hange 49 Intl State DE David Desser 45 IL US Daniel Robins 34 NSW AU Steve Bryant 56 TX US David Emri 41 BC CA Mark Anderson 39 CA US Mike Bowers 54 TX US John Lewis 31 Intl State DE Philip Carroll 58 OK US Niel Beggy 45 MD US Corey McKenna 43 ID US Tony High 48 NSW AU David Stoll 53 CO US Paul Heyes 52 WA AU Albert Lichtenstern 35 Intl State DE Tim Suttles 36 NC US Daniel Aamodt 42 UT US Shane Bamford 34 VIC AU John Wright 37 UT US Timothy Suter 45 IL US Charles Keller 49 SK CA R. James McNaughton 37 ON CA Randall McCafferty 47 TX US Gus Ellison 38 CT US Carlos Lopez 36 VERACRUZ MX Allan Shields 41 FL US Peter Simms 36 TX US Heather Brien 36 CA US Christopher Gair 52 Intl State GB Blair Heath 46 FL US Ben Peresson 40 Intl State GB Christopher Mandelaris 41 TX US Tony Tapsall 41 Taiwan TW Jim Murphy Jr. 39 OH US Darwin Garces 38 FL US Ursula Chwalisz 54 Hessen DE Martin Spitznagel 35 Intl State AT Chris Phenicie 41 TX US Michael Young 42 TX US Joel Hughes 44 VA US Ronnie Martin 52 ON CA Tony Suters 57 NSW AU
Legacy Winners
Jerry Bartolome 40 HI US Greg Alverson 51 OH US Jose Carlos Barbagli 55 Intl State BR Detlef Bark 48 Intl State CH Kevin Becker 49 QC CA Chuck Billingsley 56 VA US Michael Bond 45 IL US Mick Bray 47 WA AU Andre Buteau 53 QC CA Katherine Calder-Becker 49 QC CA Mark Campbell 45 NS CA Luiz Cassemiro 55 Intl State BR Cecil Cheves 64 GA US Roland Cochinard 50 FR FR Troy Cundari 52 CA US Jack Daly 64 CA US Cam Dawes 44 BC CA Michael DeLang 53 GA US Richard Donnelly 50 NY US Oliver Dorigo 50 CA US Kent Dredge 47 SA AU Robert Dunbar 56 VIC AU Michael Dybala 38 QC CA Paul Eisenhuth 58 NSW AU Eddie Elsner 45 AZ US Michael Fawcett 49 VIC AU Forrest Fowler 57 SC US Federico Franchini 50 Intl State IT Paul Francis 57 QLD AU Stephen Fryirs 37 NSW AU Anna Fyodorova 32 NY US Keith Gatehouse 49 QLD AU Thomas Gloor 45 Intl State CH Carlos Gomez Espinosa 43 Intl State MX Gustavo Goren 52 Intl State AR Mark Graham 40 Intl State JP Michael Grier 47 OR US Shahin Hadian 51 TN US Hirofumi Hayama 55 Intl State DE Max Higgins 55 WA AU Scott Horns 42 FL US Kevin Houghton 39 CO US Richard Izzo 47 NY US Jim Jacko 68 OH US Andrew Jones 48 Intl State GB Lynn Karner 56 IL US Scott Karsen 47 ON CA Thomas Kilian 54 Baden DE Roger King 56 AUK NZ Dave Lampert 55 CA US Hubert Landry 52 QC CA Larry Lanza 45 WI US Graham Latta 57 NSW AU Peter Liebich 53 QLD AU Todd Losee 46 MI US Dean Luff 52 BC CA Bill Martin 52 CO US Steve McCormick 63 NY US Dana Merrihew 41 NE US Martin Merstallinger 48 Intl State AT Elizabeth Model 54 BC CA Holger Mueller 40 Intl State DE Jay Newey 46 OR US Johnathan Nielsen 45 AZ US Craig Olson 48 OR US Kunihiro Oya 43 Aichi-ken JP JP Julie Palmer-Schuyler 48 MO US Ian Pickett 48 UK GB Uwe Prein 57 Intl State DE Christopher Ratchford 41 VA US Lutz Richter 53 Intl State DE Joel Royston 54 FL US Jason Russell 44 CA US Milan Sallaba 44 Intl State CH Keith Sasser 49 AL US Christian Schoen 49 Intl State DE Stephan Schug 50 Intl State DE David Seckold 50 NSW AU Ed Siegal 54 MA US Tibor Slezak 50 NSW AU Jerry Stevenson 54 ID US Vie Thierry 56 Intl State FR Jason Tootell 37 VA US Hector Torres 35 FL US Jose Tuachi 56 Intl State MX Ricardo Urbina 34 PA US Wayne Vanderpool 49 NY US Kirk Vandeweghe 48 BC CA Enrico Varella 47 Intl State SG Isidro Villasenor 52 Intl State MX Victor Vuskalns 47 NJ US Matthew Wade 41 IL US christian wendenburg 41 TX US Peter Wheatley 57 TAS AU Paul Willis 51 West Midlands GB Craig Wilson 47 NSW AU Thomas Wood 47 CA US Arnd Zabka 45 Intl State DE Peter Zieris 49 Intl State DE Joel Zucco 63 ID US
Physically Challenged Lottery Winners
Memet Toygar 31 Intl State DE Jorge Cuartas 41 GA US Garry Jenkins 49 CA US James Cuizon 35 HI US Grande Ruben 52 Intl State MX
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