Tim DeBoom
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| Born | November 4, 1970 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tim DeBoom (born November 4, 1970), is a retired professional triathlete from Boulder, Colorado, from 1995 to 2012. During that tenure, DeBoom participated in hundreds of triathlons around the world, winning both short course and long course triathlons. After a 10th place finish in the Hawaii Ironman in 1995, DeBoom focused on long distance racing, eventually winning the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii twice (2001 & 2002).[1]
Toward the end of his triathlon career, DeBoom won the infamous Norseman triathlon, becoming the first non-European man to achieve the feat. He completed the three part race in 11 hours, 18 minutes and 52 seconds.
Tim was inducted into the Hawaii Ironman Hall of Fame in 2019.
DeBoom graduated from the University of Iowa with Bachelor of Science degrees in exercise physiology and anatomy.
Personal Life: Tim is married to Nicole (Molzahn) DeBoom (Dec 28, 1996) and has one daughter, Wilder DeBoom.
Accomplishments
[edit | edit source]Ironman Hawaii
[edit | edit source]- 1999: 3rd
- 2000: 2nd
- 2001: 1st
- 2002: 1st
- 2007: 4th
Other notable accomplishments
[edit | edit source]- 1993 Amateur National Champion
- 1994 Amateur National Champion
- 1994 Triathlon magazine Amateur Athlete of the Year
- 1995 Pan Am Games: 3rd
- 1999 Ironman New Zealand: 1st
- 2001 Ironman California: 1st
- 2002 Eagleman 1/2: 1st
- 2003 California 1/2: 1st
- 2003 Wildflower: 1st
- 2005 Man A Mano: 1st
- 2005 Soma 1/2: 1st
- 2006 Ironman Arizona: 3rd
- 2007 Ironman Arizona: 2nd
- 2008 Longhorn 1/2: 5th
- 2011 Norseman extreme triathlon: 1st
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Triathlon Results for Tim DeBoom TRIResults.com
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Ironman world champions
- American male triathletes
- Triathletes at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Triathletes at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in triathlon
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American triathlon biography stubs