Every September, Ironman Wales provides one of the earliest opportunities for Age Group athletes to qualify for the Kona, providing successful athletes with more than a year to plan and train for their Kona races.
That means that the Kona qualifiers racing this coming Saturday at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii secured their places at Ironman Wales 2013. I'm regularly asked what time is needed to qualify for Kona - and the answer is always "it depends"! Well, provided below are the actual Kona qualifiers from Ironman Wales last year - with additional links to qualifiers from all four Ironman events held in Tenby since the 2011 debut.
If you are planning to race Ironman Wales in 2015 with objectives of a Kona start in 2016, these statistics are for you!
(Note - you can also see who qualified for Kona this year from Ironman UK 2014 HERE).
Kona Qualifiers from all four editions of Ironman Wales are on these links
Kona 2014 Qualifiers from Ironman Wales, 8th September 2013
BIB |
Name |
Category |
AG Rank |
Country Rep |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Finish Time |
65 |
Pia Nielsen-Englyst |
F18-24 |
1 |
DEN |
01:12:22 |
06:32:06 |
04:06:52 |
12:02:21 |
134 |
Kate Comber |
F25-29 |
1 |
GBR |
00:58:18 |
06:15:38 |
03:48:41 |
11:15:17 |
132 |
Corinne Clark |
F25-29 |
2 |
GBR |
01:01:50 |
06:32:43 |
03:54:55 |
11:40:37 |
325 |
Rebecca Fondermann |
F30-34 |
1 |
GER |
01:08:57 |
06:06:18 |
03:32:20 |
11:00:01 |
329 |
Jenny Hill |
F30-34 |
2 |
GBR |
01:09:02 |
06:14:11 |
03:43:44 |
11:18:31 |
643 |
An De Both |
F35-39 |
1 |
BEL |
01:10:54 |
06:28:50 |
03:47:43 |
11:41:45 |
657 |
Kathryn King |
F35-39 |
2 |
GBR |
01:10:01 |
06:44:22 |
03:30:59 |
11:42:10 |
964 |
Julie Dukes |
F40-44 |
1 |
USA |
01:15:34 |
07:03:35 |
04:16:26 |
12:55:29 |
962 |
Clair Davies |
F40-44 |
2 |
GBR |
01:15:26 |
07:13:41 |
04:22:28 |
13:13:30 |
1282 |
Katrin Jeschke |
F45-49 |
2 |
GER |
01:14:38 |
07:01:25 |
03:51:25 |
12:22:51 |
1513 |
Heather Rees |
F50-54 |
1 |
GBR |
00:57:28 |
07:22:29 |
04:01:08 |
12:37:15 |
1621 |
Patrica Mcpherson |
F55-59 |
2 |
GBR |
01:32:26 |
08:23:41 |
05:30:50 |
15:49:35 |
72 |
Daniel Bradshaw |
M18-24 |
1 |
GBR |
00:50:46 |
05:31:44 |
03:55:53 |
10:26:34 |
81 |
David Evans |
M18-24 |
2 |
GBR |
01:16:38 |
05:58:46 |
03:25:56 |
10:53:30 |
185 |
Matthias Epping |
M25-29 |
1 |
GER |
00:55:52 |
05:22:00 |
03:23:53 |
09:55:55 |
217 |
Allan Hovda |
M25-29 |
2 |
NOR |
01:03:44 |
05:31:02 |
03:14:24 |
09:59:46 |
233 |
Gabe Lamothe |
M25-29 |
3 |
USA |
00:58:53 |
05:57:20 |
03:27:20 |
10:35:59 |
215 |
Joe Horne |
M25-29 |
4 |
GBR |
01:04:42 |
05:50:46 |
03:29:03 |
10:37:48 |
431 |
Sébastien Escola-Fasseur |
M30-34 |
1 |
FRA |
01:01:44 |
05:22:25 |
03:09:53 |
09:43:16 |
536 |
Jens Müller |
M30-34 |
2 |
GER |
00:59:58 |
05:23:50 |
03:26:57 |
10:00:43 |
529 |
Daniel Mcparland |
M30-34 |
3 |
GBR |
00:58:57 |
05:31:45 |
03:27:21 |
10:07:07 |
595 |
Benoit Thirot |
M30-34 |
4 |
BEL |
01:03:50 |
05:39:14 |
03:27:32 |
10:21:11 |
604 |
Stuart Travis |
M30-34 |
5 |
GBR |
01:00:35 |
05:46:51 |
03:34:15 |
10:31:11 |
620 |
Chris Whitcombe |
M30-34 |
6 |
GBR |
00:50:55 |
05:47:17 |
03:42:17 |
10:32:10 |
853 |
Wout Moreel |
M35-39 |
2 |
BEL |
00:57:32 |
05:35:03 |
03:24:48 |
10:07:27 |
821 |
Richard Lewis |
M35-39 |
3 |
GBR |
01:09:27 |
05:49:48 |
03:09:28 |
10:18:50 |
887 |
Peter Res |
M35-39 |
4 |
NED |
01:05:20 |
05:44:13 |
03:21:37 |
10:22:53 |
699 |
Reto Brändli |
M35-39 |
5 |
SUI |
01:05:35 |
05:37:34 |
03:32:10 |
10:25:50 |
813 |
Sven Kolly |
M35-39 |
6 |
SUI |
01:01:35 |
05:59:35 |
03:16:33 |
10:31:59 |
682 |
Magnus Backstedt |
M35-39 |
7 |
SWE |
01:06:05 |
05:19:54 |
03:56:51 |
10:33:22 |
848 |
Michael Meier |
M35-39 |
8 |
SUI |
01:03:39 |
05:43:22 |
03:36:54 |
10:33:45 |
1689 |
Boullier Adrien |
M40-44 |
3 |
FRA |
00:59:00 |
05:50:50 |
03:13:53 |
10:15:31 |
1692 |
Gilles Reboul |
M40-44 |
4 |
FRA |
00:52:19 |
05:46:37 |
03:31:43 |
10:20:24 |
1159 |
Joseba Madariaga |
M40-44 |
5 |
ESP |
01:03:54 |
05:51:27 |
03:21:25 |
10:28:25 |
1072 |
Chris Fox |
M40-44 |
6 |
GBR |
01:00:55 |
05:50:31 |
03:22:27 |
10:30:04 |
1086 |
Elliot Gowland |
M40-44 |
7 |
GBR |
01:08:12 |
05:34:35 |
03:37:07 |
10:31:08 |
1053 |
Joe Duckworth |
M40-44 |
8 |
GBR |
01:14:12 |
05:47:09 |
03:18:20 |
10:32:26 |
1253 |
Gerhard Troch |
M40-44 |
9 |
GER |
00:56:14 |
05:46:51 |
03:43:02 |
10:36:18 |
1310 |
Tim Bishop |
M45-49 |
1 |
GBR |
00:59:02 |
05:49:29 |
03:16:17 |
10:16:03 |
1481 |
Thomas Tzschentke |
M45-49 |
2 |
GER |
01:12:02 |
05:47:36 |
03:14:53 |
10:28:34 |
1423 |
Michael Noll |
M45-49 |
3 |
GER |
00:59:01 |
05:42:31 |
03:34:57 |
10:31:00 |
1315 |
Andrew Brierley |
M45-49 |
4 |
GBR |
01:01:36 |
05:49:42 |
03:42:10 |
10:43:22 |
1463 |
Marcel Tanner |
M45-49 |
5 |
SUI |
01:13:35 |
05:53:55 |
03:32:45 |
10:58:26 |
1580 |
Hilton Meneely |
M50-54 |
1 |
GBR |
01:05:50 |
05:53:15 |
03:20:05 |
10:30:33 |
1571 |
Benny Lyssens |
M50-54 |
2 |
BEL |
01:01:51 |
06:02:37 |
03:40:15 |
10:58:37 |
1596 |
Mario Röder |
M50-54 |
3 |
GER |
01:19:46 |
05:41:44 |
03:42:11 |
10:59:45 |
1644 |
Christian Meuser |
M55-59 |
1 |
BEL |
01:16:10 |
05:50:08 |
03:36:27 |
10:57:07 |
1650 |
Felice Sambrotta |
M55-59 |
2 |
ITA |
01:10:48 |
06:05:50 |
04:03:20 |
11:35:19 |
1668 |
Richard Tout |
M60-64 |
1 |
CAN |
01:13:55 |
06:32:51 |
04:07:40 |
12:10:44 |
1671 |
John Higgins |
M65-69 |
2 |
IRL |
01:48:47 |
08:12:23 |
05:49:26 |
16:13:18 |
