World Triathlon Duathlon Championships

The World Triathlon Duathlon Championships is a duathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The race has been held annually since 1990. The championships involve a continuous run-cycle-run, with the format since 1994 being a first run of 10 km, a cycle of 40 km and a second run of 5 km (distances varied prior to 1994).

Champions

Elite

Year	Male	Female	Reference
1990	Kenny Souza (USA)	Thea Sybesma (NED)	[1]
1991	Matt Brick (NZL)	Erin Baker (NZL)	[1]
1992	Matt Brick (NZL)	Jenny Alcorn (AUS)	[1]
1993	Greg Welch (AUS)	Carol Montgomery (CAN)	[1]
1994	Normann Stadler (GER)	Irma Heeren (NED)	[1]
1995	Oscar Galíndez (ARG)	Natascha Badmann (SUI)	[1]
1996	Andrew Noble (AUS)	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	[1]
1997	Jonathan Hall (AUS)	Irma Heeren (NED)	[1]
1998	Yann Millon (FRA)	Irma Heeren (NED)	[1]
1999	Yann Millon (FRA)	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	[1]
2000	Benny Vansteelant (BEL)	Stephanie Forrester (GBR)	[1]
2001	Benny Vansteelant (BEL)	Erika Csomor (HUN)	[1]
2002	Tim Don (GBR)	Corine Raux (FRA)	[1]
2003	Benny Vansteelant (BEL)	Edwige Pitel (FRA)	[1]
2004	Benny Vansteelant (BEL)	Erika Csomor (HUN)	[1]
2005	Paul Amey (GBR)	Michelle Dillon (GBR)	[1]
2006	Leon Griffin (AUS)	Catriona Morrison (GBR)	[1]
2007	Paul Amey (GBR)	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	[1]
2008	Rob Woestenborghs (BEL)	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	[1]
2009	Jarrod Shoemaker (USA)	Vendula Frintová (CZE)	[2]
2010	Bart Aernouts (BEL)	Catriona Morrison (GBR)	[3]
2011	Roger Roca (ESP)	Katie Hewison (GBR)	[4]
2012	Emilio Martín (ESP)	Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS)	[5]
2013	Rob Woestenborghs (BEL)	Ai Ueda (JPN)	[6]
2014	Benoît Nicolas (FRA)	Sandra Lévénez (FRA)	[7][8]
2015	Emilio Martín (ESP)	Emma Pallant (GBR)	[9][10]
2016	Richard Murray (RSA)	Emma Pallant (GBR)	[11]
2017	Benoît Nicolas (FRA)	Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS)	[12]
2018	Andreas Schilling (DEN)	Sandrina Illes (AUT)	[13]
2019	Benjamin Choquert (FRA)	Sandra Lévénez (FRA)	[14]
2021	Nathan Guerbeur (FRA)	Joselyn Brea (VEN)	[15]
2022	Krilan le Bihan (FRA)	Joselyn Brea (VEN)	[16]
2023	Mario Mola (ESP)	Emma Pallant (GBR)	[17]
2024	Javier Martín (ESP)	Marion Legrand (FRA)	[18] [19]

Venues

Year	Date	Location	Race distances (kilometres)
			Run 1	Cycle	Run 2
1990	24 November	Cathedral City, California, United States	10	60	10
1991	30 November	Cathedral City, California, United States	10	60	10
1992	7 June	Frankfurt, Germany	10	60	10
1993	17 October	Arlington, Texas, United States	5	50	5
1994	19 November	Hobart, Australia	10	40	5
1995	3 November	Cancún, Mexico	10	40	5
1996	14–15 September	Ferrara, Italy	10	40	5
1997	13 September	Guernica, Spain	10	40	5
1998	23 August	St. Wendel, Germany	10	40	5
1999	17 October	Huntersville, North Carolina, United States	10	40	5
2000	8 October	Calais, France	10	40	5
2001	11 September	Rimini, Italy	10	40	5
2002	20 October	Alpharetta, Georgia, United States	10	40	5
2003	31 August	Affoltern, Switzerland	10	40	5
2004	30 May	Geel, Belgium	10	40	5
2005	25 September	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	10	40	5
2006	29 July	Corner Brook, Canada	10	40	5
2007	19 May	Győr, Hungary	10	40	5
2008	27 September	Rimini, Italy	10	40	5
2009	26 September	Concord, North Carolina, United States	10	40	5
2010	3–5 September	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	10	38.4	5
2011	24–25 September	Gijón, Spain	10	40	5
2012	22–23 September	Nancy, France	10	40	5
2013*	26–27 July	Cali, Colombia & Ottawa, Canada	10	37	5
2014	31 May–1 June	Pontevedra, Spain	10	40	5
2015	14–18 October	Adelaide, Australia	10	40	5
2016	04–5 June	Avilés, Spain	10	40	5
2017	19 August	Penticton	10	40.5	5
2018	6 July	Fyn, Denmark	10	40	5
2019	27 April	Pontevedra, Spain	10	40	5
2021	6–7 November	Avilés, Spain	10	40	5
2022	10 June	Târgu Mureș, Romania	10	37.5	5
2023	29 April	Santa Eulària, Spain	5	20	2.5
2024	16 August	Townsville, Australia	4.79	19.4	2.5

*The ITU Duathlon World Championships for Under23, Junior, Paraduathlon and Age-Group athletes took place in Ottawa, Canada, while Elite level competition occurred at the World Games 2013.

References

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