Richard Murray (triathlete)

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Richard Murray
Richard Murray and Gabriel Sandör in 2022
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born4 January 1989
Cape Town, South Africa
SpouseRachel Klamer
Sport
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Triathlon
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed relay
Men's Duathlon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aviles Individual

Richard Murray (born 4 January 1989, in Cape Town) is a Dutch International Triathlete and coach .

Murray won the Junior

ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg in 2012.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday, 7 August, he placed 17th.[3]

In 2014-2015, he was part of ECS Triathlon, an elite club based in Sartrouville, France.[4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a silver medal in the mixed team relay and a bronze in the men's triathlon.[5]

He won the Gran Final of the World Triathlon Series (WTS) in Chicago in 2015.[citation needed]

He won the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Asturias (Spain) in 2016.[citation needed]


At the 2016 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Thursday, 18 August, he placed 4th.[6]

Career[7]

2012 season

Murray took his first professional

ITU World Triathlon Series win at the Dextro Energy World Triathlon Hamburg
, contested over the Sprint distance.

2013 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

Cape Town
ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2014 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

Cape Town
ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2015 season

Murray took gold in two ITU World Cup races this season at

ITU WTS Edmonton
race

2016 season

Murray followed up his win in 2015 with a repeat win at

Aviles
.

2017 season

Murray repeated the wins of previous seasons taking gold at

Cape Town in those ITU World Cup races, with New Plymouth
being his third win in a row.

2018 season

Murray took his first win of the year at

ITU WTS Leeds
on 10 June 2018.

2019 season

Personal life

Richard is married to fellow professional triathlete Rachel Klamer.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Richard Murray". www.triathlon.org. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. International Triathlon Union
    . Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Satrtrouville Triathlon la green team au 7ème ciel
  5. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Richard Murray Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Men | 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games | Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ^ "World Triathlon".
  8. ^ "Murray and Klamer Get Married". 24 March 2020.
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