Nicky Samuels
Appearance
![]() 2010 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 February 1983 Whangarei, New Zealand | (age41)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (67 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other interests | Cooking, reading, beach and sunshine, outdoor adventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TCG 79 Parthenay pro team in France | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Triathlon New Zealand elite squad. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Mark Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicky Samuels(born 28 February 1983) is a New Zealand professionaltriathletewho has won the 2013XTERRA TriathlonWorld Championship and the 2012ITU Aquathlon World Championships.She is also the 2012New Zealand cycling road race national champion.[1]She represented—alongsideAndrea Hewitt—New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympicsintriathlonand came 13th.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Achievements
[edit]- 2016 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th individual race
- 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland. 5th team race
- 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland. 10th individual race
- 2014 Xterra World Championships Maui, Hawaii. 3rd
- 2014 ITU Triathlon World Series Grand Final Edmonton, Canada. 3rd
- 2014 ITU Triathlon World Series Stockholm, Sweden. 3rd
- 2014 ITU Triathlon World Series London, Great Britain. 5th
- 2014 OTU Sprint triathlon Oceania cup, New Zealand. 1st
- 2013 Xterra World Championships Maui, Hawaii. 1st
- 2013 ITU Triathlon World Series Kitzbuehel, Austria. 5th
- 2013 ITU Triathlon World Series Auckland, New Zealand. 5th
- 2012 ITU Triathlon World cup Tongyeong, Korea. 1st
- 2012 ITU Triathlon World Series Kitzbuehel, Austria. 6th
- 2012 Olympic Games, London, Great Britain. 33rd individual race
- 2012 ITU Aquathlon World Championship. 1st
- 2012
New Zealand Road Race cycling Champion
- 2010 Bronze Oceania Championships, Wellington NZ
- 2010, 2009, 2008 New Zealand Triathlon Series Champion (Contact Cup)
- 2010 NZ National Sprint distance Champion
- 2009 NZ National Sprint distance Champion
- 2009 Central Otago Sports Women of the year
- 2009 Bronze Oceania Champs, Gold Coast Australia
- 2009 Silver Medal Oceania Cup, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- 2009 4th Place ITU World Cup Mooloolaba Australia
- 2008 Bronze Oceania Champs, Wellington NZ
- 2008 NZ Olympic Distance National Champion
- 2007 4th place Madrid ITU World Cup, Spain
- 2007 Bronze ITU World Cup Kitzbuhel, Austria[3]
- 2006 Bronze U23 Elite World Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland
References
[edit]- ^"Triathletes surge to national road race win".The New Zealand Herald.APN News & Media.APNZ.7 January 2012.Retrieved7 January2012.
- ^"Rio Olympics 2016: Kiwis finish in top 15 at triathlon".The New Zealand Herald.21 August 2016.Retrieved21 August2016.
- ^"2007 Kitzbuhel BG Triathlon World Cup: Elite Women: Res".International Triathlon Union.Retrieved31 July2012.
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