Pedro Gomes (triathlete)

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Pedro Ribeiro Silva Gomes (born 6 December 1983, Lisbon, Portugal), is a Portuguese professional triathlete. He finished second at Ironman Florida in 2010 on his first official Ironman World Circuit professional race, [1] setting a national record at the time[ citation needed ] with a time of 8:19:26.

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Early in his career, Pedro was included in the London 2012 Olympic hopefuls program after his top 10 result at Eilat ITU Premium European Cup [2] and 11th place at Baeza ITU European Cup & Iberoamerican Championship. [3] Pedro went on to live for three years at the National Training Center in Lisbon, Portugal with focus on obtaining qualification for London 2012 Olympic Games. After a unsuccessful qualification process, Pedro switched to long distance triathlon.

In long distance international competition, he placed 5th at the European ITU Long Course Championship in Vitoria-Gasteiz and 12th at the ITU World Championship in Immenstadt in 2010. [4] When switching focus to the 140.6 distance, he also placed 6th in a time of 8:25:53 at Challenge Barcelona that same year. [5]

In 2013, Pedro became the first Portuguese - male or female - to ever win an official Ironman event as a professional athlete with his win at Ironman Kalmar 2013 in a time of 8:19:30. [6] Over the course of his career he has finished on the podium of a professional Ironman event another 6 times with podiums at Ironman Canada, Austria, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona and more recently at Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2021. [7]

Results

Some result highlights include:

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References

  1. "Ironman Florida Results - 2010". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2006_eilat_itu_triathlon_premium_european_cup_/2296
  3. https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2006_baeza_itu_european_and_pan_american_cup_and_iberoamerican_championship/2450
  4. "ITU Race Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. "2010 Barcelona Full Individuals Male" (PDF). Challenge Family. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. https://www.triathlete.com/events/gomes-swallow-on-top-at-ironman-sweden/
  7. https://cdapress.com/news/2021/jun/28/ironman-coeur-dalene-records-smashed-course-and-st/