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Kelsey Withrow

Visit ProfileInactive since 11 Jul 2021
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World Rank
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National
0
Swim
0
Bike
0
Run
United States
Weight
-
Height
1.67m
Age
42
Born
1982
 
 
 
Biography

Kelsey Withrow

Kelsey Withrow has dealt with a lot in her long and storied career to become a multiple middle-distance champion.

As detailed on her website, these include an eating disorder, emotional abuse from a coach, a broken hip and glandular fever. She even retired from triathlon in 2007 due to injury.

After heart surgery in 2008, she returned to professional sport as a cyclist and eventually to professional triathlon in 2011. Yet more turmoil followed in 2014 when she was hit by a truck while out on her bike and was told she would never compete again, causing depression and weight gain.

She did though meet her coach Mike Campbell, who helped her return to her physical best and in 2015 she competed back in her first major event. A year later she made the decision to go ‘all in’ on the sport - a decision she did not regret.

‘Superfit’, as she is also known, earned her first professional triumph at IRONMAN 70.3 Victoria in 2017, before adding a second victory in Ecuador just a few weeks later. In all, Kelsey earned six top-three finishes during a breakout 2017 campaign.

Five further podiums followed in 2018 including a victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Quijing, and Kelsey also completed her first full-distance race in Australia, finishing third.

Two more victories followed in Shanghai and Cartagena in 2019 in a year where she qualified for the World Championship in Kona. Unfortunately, a mechanical fault with her bike forced her out of the race.

Kelsey’s weirdest quirk she says is her ability to recite the opening minutes of the film Clueless, while the proudest moment of her life was finally achieving victory as a professional triathlete in Victoria - some 16 years after she entered the pro ranks.

The best advice Kelsey has ever received in regard to training and racing is “you get what you put into it,” while she’d like her legacy “to show that anything is possible through hard work and self-belief".

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Ranking History
#16#115#214#3132016201720182019202020212016Overall7.86 pts#343Swim84.25 pts#37Bike39.61 pts#294Run10.54 pts#4072017Overall64.38 pts#87Swim87.41 pts#30Bike83.39 pts#63Run44.96 pts#2022018Overall65.49 pts#88Swim89.25 pts#22Bike83.39 pts#66Run50.62 pts#1712019Overall66.92 pts#87Swim89.47 pts#21Bike77.84 pts#92Run63.58 pts#1082020Overall64.84 pts#71Swim83.92 pts#27Bike73.19 pts#89Run63.58 pts#842021Overall12.72 pts#177Swim75.21 pts#66Bike39.84 pts#141Run17.25 pts#216

Results

40 Races5
1
5
2
7
3

2021

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
11 Jul
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Ecuador--:----:----:----:--
04:16:40
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
23 May
14
Ironman Tulsa52:225:37:473:27:3110:04:27
4.31447
08:48:35
4.31
Swim52:22
Bike5:37:47
Run3:27:31
01 May
DNF
Ironman 70.3 St. George--:----:----:----:--
04:11:22
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--

2020

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
06 Dec
36
Challenge Daytona25:552:00:241:19:373:48:46
33.8512
03:28:07
33.85
Swim25:55
Bike2:00:24
Run1:19:37
07 Nov
DNF
Ironman Florida--:----:----:----:--
08:44:58
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
27 Sep
6
Ironman 70.3 Cozumel24:452:24:491:33:034:26:17
37.7224
04:03:32
37.72
Swim24:45
Bike2:24:49
Run1:33:03
07 Mar
10
Ironman New Zealand52:385:21:113:59:4810:22:23
0
08:55:05
-
Swim52:38
Bike5:21:11
Run3:59:48

2019

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
01 Dec
1
Ironman 70.3 Cartagena27:362:25:261:32:254:30:17
41.9007
04:08:37
41.90
Swim27:36
Bike2:25:26
Run1:32:25
20 Oct
1
Ironman 70.3 Shanghai25:512:20:121:26:154:16:52
55.3709
04:00:45
55.37
Swim25:51
Bike2:20:12
Run1:26:15
12 Oct
DNF
Ironman Hawaii--:----:----:----:--
09:01:46
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
08 Sep
DNF
Ironman Wisconsin--:----:----:----:--
09:07:42
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
28 Jul
3
Ironman Canada53:125:18:113:22:069:38:28
60.3797
09:06:01
60.38
Swim53:12
Bike5:18:11
Run3:22:06
09 Jun
6
Ironman Cairns55:505:16:413:29:069:46:48
45.2504
09:02:16
45.25
Swim55:50
Bike5:16:41
Run3:29:06
05 May
3
Ironman Australia49:285:13:373:11:079:19:11
78.7797
09:01:56
78.78
Swim49:28
Bike5:13:37
Run3:11:07
14 Apr
2
Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou23:492:21:401:30:454:24:30
45.86
04:04:38
45.86
Swim23:49
Bike2:21:40
Run1:30:45
10 Mar
3
Ironman 70.3 Bariloche--:----:----:--4:45:22
38.8297
04:21:23
38.83
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--

2018

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
18 Nov
5
Ironman Cozumel48:415:12:083:40:359:48:10
26.5784
08:49:49
26.58
Swim48:41
Bike5:12:08
Run3:40:35
05 Aug
1
Ironman 70.3 Quijing27:362:26:321:35:184:33:26
56.819
04:16:48
56.82
Swim27:36
Bike2:26:32
Run1:35:18
28 Jul
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Santa Rosa--:----:----:----:--
03:34:40
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
08 Jul
3
Ironman 70.3 Ecuador25:292:33:441:38:204:41:14
18.9045
04:10:44
18.90
Swim25:29
Bike2:33:44
Run1:38:20
10 Jun
4
Ironman 70.3 Eagleman26:162:20:061:31:304:24:05
61.5984
04:09:42
61.60
Swim26:16
Bike2:20:06
Run1:31:30
06 May
3
Ironman Australia48:425:27:093:23:119:44:59
37.6473
08:54:57
37.65
Swim48:42
Bike5:27:09
Run3:23:11
22 Apr
2
Ironman 70.3 Peru24:562:25:231:26:454:21:00
52.1854
04:03:32
52.19
Swim24:56
Bike2:25:23
Run1:26:45
07 Apr
8
Ironman 70.3 Oceanside24:592:34:011:27:514:32:05
53.3796
04:14:18
53.38
Swim24:59
Bike2:34:01
Run1:27:51

2017

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
03 Dec
2
Ironman 70.3 Cartagena26:312:28:521:33:254:32:53
41.0096
04:10:42
41.01
Swim26:31
Bike2:28:52
Run1:33:25
24 Sep
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Cozumel--:----:----:----:--
04:12:12
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
10 Sep
3
Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz11:252:28:081:27:104:11:28
55.7566
03:55:49
55.76
Swim11:25
Bike2:28:08
Run1:27:10
27 Aug
2
Ironman 70.3 Quijing26:192:23:371:37:024:30:58
45.2912
04:10:25
45.29
Swim26:19
Bike2:23:37
Run1:37:02
30 Jul
1
Ironman 70.3 Ecuador26:212:28:221:28:394:26:11
58.2613
04:10:30
58.26
Swim26:21
Bike2:28:22
Run1:28:39
04 Jun
1
Ironman 70.3 Victoria24:342:28:301:29:404:25:11
71.2406
04:14:13
71.24
Swim24:34
Bike2:28:30
Run1:29:40
13 May
5
Ironman 70.3 Santa Rosa25:282:24:271:29:274:26:47
55.0547
04:09:56
55.05
Swim25:28
Bike2:24:27
Run1:29:27
23 Apr
2
Ironman 70.3 Palmas26:482:20:001:32:364:25:09
63.6307
04:11:26
63.63
Swim26:48
Bike2:20:00
Run1:32:36
01 Apr
8
Ironman 70.3 Oceanside25:412:31:061:29:224:32:40
54.3248
04:15:11
54.32
Swim25:41
Bike2:31:06
Run1:29:22

2016

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
04 Dec
3
Ironman 70.3 Cartagena26:112:29:261:31:134:31:14
0
-
-
Swim26:11
Bike2:29:26
Run1:31:13
30 Oct
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos--:----:----:----:--
04:16:56
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
24 Sep
6
Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote26:012:55:191:34:585:01:46
16.8892
04:28:19
16.89
Swim26:01
Bike2:55:19
Run1:34:58
24 Jul
11
Ironman 70.3 Calgary24:142:25:011:45:074:37:43
6.684
04:03:37
6.68
Swim24:14
Bike2:25:01
Run1:45:07
30 Apr
DNF
Wildflower--:----:----:----:--
04:27:35
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--
02 Apr
DNF
Ironman 70.3 Oceanside--:----:----:----:--
04:14:40
-
Swim--:--
Bike--:--
Run--:--

2015

Points: NaN
Date#RaceSwimBikeRunOverallAITPts
12 Jul
18
Ironman 70.3 Vineman24:462:48:311:49:035:07:36
0
04:07:34
-
Swim24:46
Bike2:48:31
Run1:49:03

Ranking per Season

Overall

Year
Points
Pos
2021
12
177
2020
64
71
2019
66
87
2018
65
88
2017
64
87
2016
7
343

Swim

Year
Points
Pos
2021
75
66
2020
83
27
2019
89
21
2018
89
22
2017
87
30
2016
84
37

Bike

Year
Points
Pos
2021
39
141
2020
73
89
2019
77
92
2018
83
66
2017
83
63
2016
39
294

Run

Year
Points
Pos
2021
17
216
2020
63
84
2019
63
108
2018
50
171
2017
44
202
2016
10
407