page_title: Terenzo Bozzone
section_title: Athletic career
hierarchical_section_title: Terenzo Bozzone / Athletic career
caption_attribution_description: English: Terenzo Bozzone, at the Clearwater Memorial Causeway, on his way to winning the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship held in Clearwater, Florida, USA.
context_page_description: Terenzo Bozzone is a professional triathlete from New Zealand who races primarily in long distance, non-drafting events. He is the winner of the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
context_section_description: Bozzone was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand with his family as a young boy.  He was a talented athlete at school winning many national titles in a variety of disciplines including cross country running, cycling, swimming and multisport.  After finishing school he focused on multisport and won the 2001 & 2002 Junior Men's Elite Duathlon World Championship and the 2002 & 2003 Junior Men's Elite Triathlon World Championship.
  Bozzone holds the current course record for the Wildflower Triathlon set in 2006. Bozzone completed the half-Ironman distance in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds, beating the previous record by 6 minutes.
  In 2008, Bozzone capped off a successful year by winning the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida setting a then course record of 3:40:10. Bozzone then spent the next couple of years battling an Achilles tendon injury. In 2013, he capped off a good season of racing with a second-place finish at 2013 Ironman 70.3 World Championships.
caption: Terenzo Bozzone, at the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championships
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