Julie Dibens

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Julie at New York Tri 2007

Julie Claire Dibens (born 4 March 1975 in Salisbury, England) is a professional triathlete. She represented Great Britain in the 2004 Summer Olympics^[1] and has won the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship as well as the XTERRA Triathlon World Champion in 2007, 2008, and 2009.^[2] Dibens lives and trains in Boulder, Colorado.

Background

Julie Dibens started her sporting career in Swimming, competing for Great Britain as a Junior in 1991.^{[citation needed]} She then received a swimming scholarship for Louisiana State University (LSU).^[2] There, she obtained All American honors.^{[citation needed]}

Whilst at LSU, she obtained two degrees:^{[citation needed]}

B.S. of Kinesiology
M.S. Exercise Physiology

After her college eligibility finished, in 1997, she began training for triathlon.

Notable triathlon achievements

Ironman Coeur D'Alene Champion - 2011
Rev3 Quassy Champion - 2011
XTERRA Triathlon World Championship 2nd - 2010
Ironman World Championship 3rd - 2010
70.3 World Champion - 2009^[2]
XTERRA Triathlon World Champion - 2007, 2008, 2009^[2]
Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Champion - 2010, 2011
UK Xterra Champion - 2007, 2008, 2009
World Champion (amateur female) - 1998^[2]
World Championships 8th - 2004
Olympics 30th - 2004 Summer Olympics^[1]
Great Britain Amateur of the Year - 1998
USTS Series Champion - 1999
European Championship Bronze Medalist - 2000
British National Champion - 2007
St. Croix 70.3 Champion - 2007
UK 70.3 Champion - 2007
Swiss 70.3 Champion - 2008
London Triathlon Champion - 2008
2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4th
Boulder 5430 Long Course Champion - 2009
Olympic Qualifier 2000 Summer Olympics

Dibens qualified for both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. However, she was forced to withdraw from the 2000 Games because of a knee injury.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Julie Dibens". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wilson, Steve (23 December 2009). "Julie Dibens thinks long and hard after XTERRA and 70.3 triathlon world titles". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

External links

v t e World Champions in women's Xterra Triathlon

Michellie Jones (1996) Cameron Randolph (1997) Susan Latshaw (1998) Shari Kain (1999) Kerstin Weule (2000) Anke Erlank (2001) Melissa Thomas (2002) Melanie McQuaid (2003) Jamie Whitmore (2004) Melanie McQuaid (2005-2006) Julie Dibens (2007-2009) Shonny Vanlandingham (2010) Lesley Paterson (2011-2012) Nicky Samuels (2013)

(men)

v t e World Champions in women's Ironman 70.3 Triathlon

Samantha McGlone (2006) Mirinda Carfrae (2007) Joanna Zeiger (2008) Julie Dibens (2009) Jodie Swallow (2010) Melissa Rollison (2011) Leanda Cave (2012) Melissa Hauschildt (2013)

(men)

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Name	Dibens, Julie
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Short description	British triathlete
Date of birth	4 March 1975
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