Sylviane Puntous

Sylviane Puntous
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing Canada
Ironman World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Individual
Gold medal – first place 1984 Individual
Silver medal – second place 1986 Individual
Silver medal – second place 1987 Individual
Silver medal – second place 1989 Individual

Sylviane Puntous is a Canadian former triathlete who won the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon in 1983 and 1984,[1] beating her twin sister Patricia Puntous into second place on both occasions.[2] She was the first non-American winner (male or female) of this championship.

Results

Date Position Event Swim
time
Bike
time
Run
time
transition
time
Total
time
October 1983 1st Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii 1:00:28 6:20:40 3:22:28 10:43:36
October 1984 1st Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii 1:00:45 5:50:36 3:33:51 10:25:13
October 1986 2nd Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii 9:53:13
October 1987 2nd Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii 9:36:57
October 1989 2nd Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii 9:21:55

Notes

  1. ^ "Statistics from the Ford Ironman World Championship". ironman.com. World Triathlon Corporation. 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Major Games Winners" (pdf). Triathlon Canada. n.d. Retrieved 30 June 2008.