Pedro Gomes (triathlete)
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.
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[edit]
Some result highlights include:
- Ironman Kalmar 2013 – 8:19:30 – 1st
- Challenge Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013 – 8:38:20 – 1st
- Ironman Florida 2010 – 8:19:26 – 2nd
- Ironman Canada 2016 – 8:27:31 – 2nd
- Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2021 – 8:17:50 – 3rd
- Ironman Austria 2012 – 8:26:31 – 3rd
- Ironman Wisconsin 2014 – 8:36:56 – 3rd
- Rev3 Cedar Point 2011 – 8:46:14 – 4th
- Ironman North American Championship 2015 – 08:26:42 – 5th
- Ironman Arizona 2013 – 08:11:40 – 5th
- Ironman Florida 2013 – 08:08:34 – 5th
- Challenge Barcelona 2010 – 8:25:52 – 6th
- Ironman Florida 2020 - 8:13:XX - 7th
- Ironman New York 2012 – 8:38:XX – 8th
- Ironman Frankfurt 2013 – 8:22:28 – 12th
References[edit]
- ^ "Ironman Florida Results - 2010". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2006_eilat_itu_triathlon_premium_european_cup_/2296
- ^ https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2006_baeza_itu_european_and_pan_american_cup_and_iberoamerican_championship/2450
- ^ "ITU Race Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "2010 Barcelona Full Individuals Male" (PDF). Challenge Family. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ https://www.triathlete.com/events/gomes-swallow-on-top-at-ironman-sweden/
- ^ https://cdapress.com/news/2021/jun/28/ironman-coeur-dalene-records-smashed-course-and-st/