Greg Bennett (triathlete)

Greg Bennett (triathlete)
Greg Bennett (born 2 January 1972, in Sydney, New South Wales) is a motivational speaker, corporate trainer, and entrepreneur. He is a retired professional Olympic athlete from Australia. He competed in triathlon since the age of 15 as a student at Newington College (1984–1989). Greg became a dual Australian and USA citizen in 2012.
Bennett has won two International Triathlon Union World Series titles, one Triathlon World Championship, six World Cup titles, as well as being ranked world number one triathlete in 2002 and 2003. Bennett qualified for the Australian Olympic team at Athens, 2004 and Beijing, 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed fourth with a total time of 1:51:41.58. Greg has won three Australian National titles in 1998, 1999, 2000 (long course), two Oceania titles in 1998 and 1999.
Bennett started eighty two ITU World Cups, won six and was on the podium twenty three times. Bennett represented Australia at thirteen World Championship Triathlons, three World Duathlon Championships with a silver medal in 2002, two goodwill games and qualified for two Australian Olympic teams.
Bennett won the world's richest ever Triathlon prize purse in 2007 by winning all 5 of the Life Time Fitness Grand Slam city series, which included the LTF Minneapolis Triathlon, Nautica New York Triathlon, Accenture Chicago Triathlon, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles and the Toyota USA Open Dallas Triathlon.
Bennett won the Life Time series for three consecutive years 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the process Greg won eleven of fifteen starts, he was second in one and third in the remaining three. Bennett placed second in the 2009 Life Time Fitness series even after being hit by a motorist in August 2009 at the completion of a training ride in his home town of Boulder, CO.
Bennett won the 2011 World Championship (no drafting) in Des Moines, Iowa. He was just shy of his 40th Birthday.
Bennett was voted Triathlete of the year in 2003 and 2007 by Triathlete magazine and voted top 15 greatest triathlete of all time by inside Triathlon magazine 2012.
Bennett raced for 28 years as a professional. He competed in over 500 professional Triathlons and had 100+ international wins.
Greg Bennett is married to US Olympic Triathlete Laura Bennett. Laura Bennett raced the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics and like Greg finished in 4th place in Beijing. Often heralded throughout their careers as the ‘worlds fittest couple’, there’s little debate that the Bennett’s were worthy contenders of that title during their 16 years as Married Professional Triathletes.
Results
World Triathlon Series Champion 2002 and 2003
Ironman 5150 Triathlon World Champion, 2011
Three time Australian National Champion 1998, 1999, 2000 (long course)
Three time USA Grand Slam Series Champion 2006, 2007, 2008
Triathlete Of The Year 2003 and 2007
Awarded the International Triathlon Union Presidents Cup in 2002
Undefeated Gram Slam Series Champion in 2007
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Dallas
Over 100 International wins including:
Major USA Titles
Four time Los Angeles Triathlon 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008
Four time New York Triathlon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Two Time Chicago 2007, 2014
Two time Dallas 2007, 2008
Six time World Cup Champion
Monaco 1997
Sydney, Australia 1999
Cancun, Mexico 2001
Hamburg, Germany 2002
Gamagori, Japan 2002
Ishigaki, Japan 2003
Six Ironman 70.3 from 12 starts
Augusta USA 2009
Hawaii USA 2012
Vineman USA 2012
Muncie, Indiana 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina 2013
Buffalo Springs Texas USA 2013
Represented Australia at Triathlon World Championships 1994 - 2010
Wellington, NZ 1994
Cancun, Mexico 1995
Cleveland, US 1996
Perth, Australia 1997
Lausanne Switzerland 1998
Montreal Canada 1999
Perth, AU 2000
Cancun Mexico 2002
Queenstown NZ 2003
Madera, Portugal 2004
Gamagori, Japan 2005
Lausanne Switzerland 2006
Vancouver Canada 2008
Budapest Hungary 2010
Represented Australia at Duathlon World Championships – 1999 - 2005
North Carolina USA, 1999
Georgia USA, 2002
Newcastle Australia, 2005
Represented Australia at Olympic Games
Athens Greece 2004
Reserve
Sydney Australia 2000
Beijing China 2008
Represented Australia at Goodwill Games
New York USA 1997
Brisbane Australia 2001
References
External links
Bennett Endurance Website
Greg Bennett's Twitter
1972 births
People educated at Newington College
Australian male triathletes
Living people
Olympic triathletes for Australia
Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Duathletes
Sportspeople from Sydney
20th-century Australian people
21st-century Australian people
Sportsmen from New South Wales