Barbara Warren (athlete)
Barbara Warren | |
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Born | April 9, 1943 |
Died | August 26, 2008 (aged 65) |
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Barbara Angely, Barbara Mueller, Barbara Müller, Barbara Muné, Barbara Alvarez |
Occupation(s) | Counselor, model, actress and triathlete |
Known for | Ultra-distance athlete |
Spouse(s) | Tom Warren (previous husband, Armando Alvarez) |
Children | 2 daughters |
Barbara Warren (April 9, 1943 – August 26, 2008) was an
Early life and education
Born Barbara Müller in
Career
The sisters occasionally modeled before moving to Mexico City in 1965, where they began modeling full-time, eventually opening a school, agency and design boutique. Warren began performing under the stage name Barbara Angely,[4] abruptly ending that career out of dissatisfaction with a jet-set lifestyle. Warren eventually married importer Armando Alvarez, which led to a four-year separation from her sister.
Warren's family in 1980 moved to
Calling themselves "The Twin Team,"[5] the sisters began participating in a number of endurance sports, including their first standard triathlon in 1987 and their first Ironman Triathlon in 1988. All told, Warren completed 13 Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii, winning her age group in the 2003 Ironman Kona.[6] Warren and her sister were profiled in Reckless: The Outrageous Lives of Nine Kick-Ass Women.[7]
In the early 1990s, she met triathlete Tom Warren, who won the second Ironman competition in 1979, and the two married in 1995.[3]
Warren self-published three motivational books, Unleash the Power to Complete Your Goals, Become Exceptional, and Do What You Don't Want to Do.[8]
Death
On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Warren broke her
Awards
The Santa Barbara Triathlon's Barbara Warren Community Spirit Award was named posthumously in her honor.[11]
Notes
- ^ Weber, Bruce (August 29, 2008 ). Barbara Warren, Winner of Endurance Competitions, Dies at 65. The New York Times
- ^ Associated Press (December 27, 2008). Sports deaths in 2008.
- ^ a b "Triathlete honored as one of 'San Diego's 10 Cool Women'". delmartimes.com. April 14, 2010.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MEXICAN FILM PERFORMERS". umd.edu.
- ^ "The TwinTeam business license". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Barbara Warren: 2003 Women's 60-64 Age Group Champion Archived September 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Ironman.com
- ISBN 978-1-58005-148-4
- ^ Carlson, Timothy (August 30, 2008). Endurance sports legend Barbara Warren dies after Santa Barbara bike accident. Slowtwitch.com
- ^ Staff report (September 2, 2008). Obituary. The Washington Post
- San Diego Union-Tribune
- ^ Zant, John (August 26, 2009). Sports Update: Cafarelli, Hill Receive Triathlon Award. Santa Barbara Independent
External links
- The Twin Team official site
- Barbara Angely at IMDb
- Those Twin Terrors Of Triathlon: Barbara Alvarez and Angelika Castaneda are age-group phenomena, article by Richard Hoffer in Sports Illustrated, November 19, 1990
- Barbara Warren: A reminiscence via IronMan.com