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Josh Amberger
Australia
World Rank
40
Weight
65kg
Height
1.72m
Age
34
DOB
04/12/89
Swim: Zone 3Bike: SpecializedRun: On
97%Swim88%Bike86%Run91%Overall
Athletes are measured as a percentage (for each discipline and overall) based on a relative comparison to the #1 ranked athlete who's rated at 100%.
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Josh Amberger

When asked what his legacy in triathlon looks like Josh Amberger, quick as a flash, replies with "the best haircut in the sport!"

That gives you a good idea of the Aussie's sense of humour, and self-deprecation, but little of his list of achievements to date.

He is a multiple winner at both half and full distance, the quickest swimmer on the circuit and getting better all the time.

He grew up in Brisbane and swimming was his first love, with his first lesson coming before his first birthday. He was racing by the time he was six.

Josh took part in his first triathlon at nine and, by the age of 14 he had properly transitioned over from swimming.

Within a couple of years Amberger had made his first Australia junior elite team for the 2006 ITU World Championship, and he never looked back.

He raced over the shorter distance for a few years before gradually moving up to half distance and his first 70.3 victory came in 2012 in Singapore. That got him into that year's 70.3 World Championship in Las Vegas, and he made the top 10 at his first attempt.

Amberger racked up the wins over the next few years, triumphing at least twice every year apart from 2015, when he was hampered by injury issues which affected his running gait.

Josh was fully recovered by the start of 2016, as advertised by a second place behind Jan Frodeno at IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai.

He was back on the top of the podium that year at both 70.3 Calgary and 70.3 Xiamen, but just as significantly he was also taking the first steps up to full distance.

It didn't take him long to win in that sphere either, thanks to his victory in a course-record time at IRONMAN Cairns in 2017. That year also saw him produce a superb performance to claim the silver medal behind Lionel Sanders at the 2017 ITU Long Distance World Championships.

That Cairns victory booked Josh a ticket to Kona, where he was quickest in the swim and leading on the bike. He slipped back and eventually finished 29th, but he'd made his mark.

Kona isn't the be-all-and-end all for Josh and he has yet to make the top 10, but his report on his 2019 effort on his Instagram page is unmissable.

When asked for his best piece of training advice it's "show up and throw up", while he says the top racing advice he's been given is "just sit on Cam Wurf as long as you can on the bike!".

Current PTO World Ranking Points
40
2023 WT Long Distance Championships
83.56
2022 Ironman Mont Tremblant
Best FD +5%
77.22*
2022 PTO US Open
76.00*
Sum / 3
78.93

* Recalculated values from 2022 based on new ranking system.

Ranking History
#1#91#181#271#3612014201520162017201820192020202120222023*2014Overall181.13 pts#73Swim174.38 pts#38Bike161.89 pts#13Run55.30 pts#3122015Overall189.32 pts#92Swim187.26 pts#15Bike161.89 pts#43Run60.47 pts#3582016Overall244.35 pts#38Swim199.79 pts#3Bike181.26 pts#21Run109.25 pts#1962017Overall87.22 pts#27Swim102.47 pts#4Bike90.63 pts#24Run62.80 pts#1662018Overall84.52 pts#36Swim103.38 pts#2Bike85.82 pts#47Run65.04 pts#1502019Overall83.39 pts#48Swim108.29 pts#1Bike89.62 pts#35Run66.83 pts#1502020Overall256.84 pts#31Swim212.07 pts#3Bike181.07 pts#29Run138.41 pts#852021Overall71.97 pts#76Swim102.03 pts#5Bike77.01 pts#75Run63.45 pts#1682022Overall82.50 pts#55Swim105.60 pts#7Bike78.30 pts#109Run73.50 pts#1472023Overall78.93 pts#40Swim90.41 pts#3Bike72.96 pts#65Run70.08 pts#70

* New PTO World Ranking System implemented.

Results
61 Races9
1
16
2
8
3
2023
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallSOFPoints
7 May
5
WT Long Distance Championships
35:44
2:53:02
1:47:48
5:21:33
83.56
78.8883.56
23 Apr
2
Peniscola Infinitri
25:25
2:06:06
1:12:14
3:46:58
62.22
58.0462.22
26 Mar
3
Hell of the West
25:26
1:49:33
1:12:19
3:30:56
60.5
65.4960.50
5 Feb
4
Ironman 70.3 Tasmania
22:43
2:13:48
1:16:01
3:55:16
64.38
68.1964.38
2022
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallSOFPoints
8 Oct
24
Ironman Hawaii
48:19
4:23:25
3:00:08
8:16:35
69.05
91.4569.05
18 Sep
18
PTO US Open
26:46
1:52:56
1:04:43
3:26:19
76
87.1776.00
21 Aug
2
Ironman Mont Tremblant
48:00
4:27:46
2:52:45
8:13:10
73.54
69.9573.54
3 Jul
6
Ironman 70.3 Andorra
23:28
2:43:07
1:17:54
4:29:15
56.51
57.5556.51
22 May
12
Challenge "The Championship" Samorin
23:42
2:07:17
1:17:32
3:54:02
61.77
76.2561.77
1 May
2
Ironman Australia
48:55
4:30:38
3:02:13
8:26:13
68.46
60.4468.46
20 Feb
3
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
21:31
2:02:46
1:15:20
3:43:43
68.78
65.9968.78
2021
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
12 Sep
2
Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast
22:37
2:00:44
1:15:08
3:41:02
70.5535
03:31:4170.55
6 Jun
3
Ironman Cairns
43:28
4:26:43
2:54:44
8:10:11
81.5986
07:57:0181.60
11 Apr
2
Challenge Shepparton
23:25
2:04:15
1:16:14
3:46:14
63.7512
03:34:3463.75
28 Mar
6
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
21:36
2:10:02
1:17:31
3:53:22
58.7978
03:39:4758.80
2020
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
27 Sep
3
Ironman Cairns
45:41
4:31:57
2:57:46
8:18:38
83.5839
08:06:3983.58
13 Sep
3
Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast
21:30
2:07:59
1:17:03
3:50:32
65.0511
03:39:0365.05
23 Feb
1
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
20:46
2:04:46
1:14:41
3:44:08
86.8052
03:39:4786.81
2019
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
10 Nov
2
Ironman 70.3 Xiamen
23:22
2:01:30
1:18:07
3:48:24
86.4493
03:43:5186.45
3 Nov
8
Noosa Triathlon
14:15
53:57
33:20
1:46:11
0
--
12 Oct
33
Ironman Hawaii
47:28
4:27:16
3:25:25
8:44:29
42.7421
08:03:0042.74
8 Sep
17
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
23:15
2:24:42
1:16:54
4:08:40
66.493
03:56:4666.49
3 Aug
5
Ironman 70.3 Boulder
24:46
2:02:19
1:21:35
3:51:54
72.7708
03:42:4872.77
14 Jul
2
Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz
46:45
4:18:03
2:58:02
8:06:55
71.3694
07:46:5271.37
30 Jun
3
Ironman 70.3 Coeur d'Alene
23:09
2:08:20
1:14:13
3:48:49
78.8582
03:41:4778.86
7 Apr
7
Ironman South Africa
24:59
4:27:00
2:56:00
7:52:19
77.7316
07:37:0377.73
17 Feb
2
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
20:54
2:11:02
1:14:02
3:49:37
66.5625
03:38:3966.56
2018
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
13 Oct
DNF
Ironman Hawaii
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
08:01:08-
8 Jul
5
Ironman Germany
46:53
4:29:53
3:04:40
8:26:16
67.7412
08:02:5467.74
10 Jun
1
Ironman 70.3 Switzerland
22:29
2:06:35
1:17:07
3:49:45
77.9676
03:42:2477.97
15 Apr
2
Ironman South Africa
46:24
4:31:35
2:53:43
8:16:01
80.3047
08:01:4780.30
18 Feb
2
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
22:35
2:05:49
1:15:30
3:47:22
83.4222
03:41:5183.42
2017
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
19 Nov
13
Island House
--:--
--:--
--:--
2:16:07
0
--
14 Oct
29
Ironman Hawaii
47:09
4:30:39
3:25:55
8:48:13
50.6591
08:11:4950.66
27 Aug
2
ITU Long Distance
36:29
2:48:57
1:53:23
5:22:09
0
--
23 Jul
1
Ironman 70.3 Calgary
21:27
1:55:06
1:16:38
3:35:07
66.645
03:24:5266.64
9 Jul
1
Ironman 70.3 Sweden
22:51
2:08:30
1:15:23
3:51:29
65.68
03:40:0965.68
11 Jun
1
Ironman Cairns
47:15
4:17:29
2:53:26
8:02:17
88.3736
07:54:0188.37
2 Apr
18
Ironman South Africa
48:02
4:29:29
3:23:11
8:44:41
34.1245
07:57:3034.12
19 Feb
2
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
22:40
2:07:30
1:16:52
3:50:29
81.7745
03:44:2181.77
27 Jan
2
Ironman 70.3 Dubai
23:40
2:01:10
1:16:01
3:44:38
70.3451
03:35:0470.35
2016
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
13 Nov
1
Ironman 70.3 Xiamen
26:09
2:03:36
1:21:15
3:56:51
71.072
03:47:0071.07
4 Sep
12
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
21:56
2:06:54
1:15:58
3:49:01
85.5762
03:44:1085.58
24 Jul
1
Ironman 70.3 Calgary
21:00
1:58:57
1:18:27
3:40:52
87.7037
03:36:5287.70
26 Jun
2
Ironman 70.3 Coeur d'Alene
23:25
2:11:13
1:18:15
3:56:49
69.0699
03:46:1969.07
1 May
DNF
Ironman Australia
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
08:05:45-
3 Apr
2
Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya
24:01
2:06:27
1:24:42
3:58:51
57.1761
03:44:2657.18
7 Feb
3
Ironman 70.3 Geelong
21:52
2:06:27
1:22:25
3:54:17
63.3243
03:42:0463.32
29 Jan
2
Ironman 70.3 Dubai
16:02
2:05:21
1:17:33
3:41:42
0
--
2015
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
18 Oct
6
Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie
20:01
2:10:29
1:26:49
3:59:27
51.7838
03:43:1851.78
13 Sep
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
03:35:42-
27 Jun
18
ITU Long Distance
17:46
2:45:01
2:14:56
5:20:55
0
--
10 May
5
Ironman 70.3 Vietnam
22:54
2:05:27
1:28:31
4:00:24
61.5262
03:47:1761.53
5 Apr
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya
--:--
--:--
--:--
--:--
03:46:57-
8 Mar
3
Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay
22:18
2:04:12
1:27:34
3:57:12
54.9421
03:42:1154.94
2014
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
30 Nov
1
Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney
23:27
2:04:09
1:19:55
3:49:25
60.9864
03:36:4460.99
19 Oct
1
Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie
20:49
2:12:43
1:19:50
3:55:27
66.8079
03:44:1766.81
7 Sep
27
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
22:11
2:05:45
1:26:07
3:57:41
53.3313
03:42:0853.33
4 May
6
Ironman 70.3 St. Croix
25:36
2:19:36
1:29:27
4:16:14
37.2806
03:54:1237.28
2013
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
8 Sep
33
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
23:22
2:15:41
1:37:46
4:20:41
0
--
2012
Points: NaN
DatePlaceRace
Swim
Bike
Run
OverallAITPoints
9 Sep
7
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
23:16
2:13:47
1:21:52
4:02:30
0
--
Ranking per Season
Overall
Year
Points
Position
2023
78
40
2022
82
55
2021
71
76
2020
256
31
2019
83
48
2018
84
36
2017
87
27
2016
244
38
2015
189
92
2014
181
73
Swim
Year
Points
Position
2023
90
3
2022
105
7
2021
102
5
2020
212
3
2019
108
1
2018
103
2
2017
102
4
2016
199
3
2015
187
15
2014
174
38
Bike
Year
Points
Position
2023
72
65
2022
78
109
2021
77
75
2020
181
29
2019
89
35
2018
85
47
2017
90
24
2016
181
21
2015
161
43
2014
161
13
Run
Year
Points
Position
2023
70
70
2022
73
147
2021
63
168
2020
138
85
2019
66
150
2018
65
150
2017
62
166
2016
109
196
2015
60
358
2014
55
312
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