John Dunbar (triathlete)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Dunbar is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and Ironman triathlete.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunbar finished 2nd in the first two Ironman races - 1978 and 1979.[1]
The competitive struggle between Dunbar and the fourteen other athletes in the 1979 race was profiled in a ten-page, 6,175 word article titled "IRONMAN" in the May 14, 1979 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine that is widely credited with launching triathlons into public prominence.[2][3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
