Chris MACCA McCormack is one of the greatest endurance athletes to ever live.
Triathlon and Ironman Hall of Fame athlete, 4-time World Champion, Multiple Ironman Hawaii champion, voted World’s Fittest Athlete by ESPN, and author of a New York Times bestseller.
Considered the best endurance athlete of his generation, Forbes Magazine noted McCormack as the catalyst for exponential growth in endurance sport.
His approved biography I’m Here To Win released by publishing house Hachette in 2011 was published in seven languages and became a New York Times Best Seller in sports autobiographies.
Macca rose through the ranks as a winner and fan favorite with his trademark mix of quick wit, piercing intelligence, and the athletic ability to deliver wins. He owns one of the best athletic winning percentage statistics in modern sport (76%) and landed on the podium 89% of the time, a testament to his discipline and race-day execution.
Having won world titles in every decade from 1990 until today, winning the prestigious Athlete of the Year from Competitor Magazine a record five times, and capturing every major title in the sport, ESPN crowned him “The World’s Fittest Man” in 2012.
After 20 years in one of the longest professional racing careers in the sport, McCormack retired in 2013 after successfully winning his fourth world championship, becoming the oldest to do so.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Best moments in sport
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Rising Talent
McCormack, then the Australian Junior Triathlon Champion, placed 4th in the World Junior Triathlon Championships in Manchester, England.
Immediately picked up for a professional racing contract in France, McCormack dominated his first season in Europe as a 19-year-old, establishing himself as a rising talent.
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A Rampage of Racing
McCormack began a race-winning rampage that would span across years and rubbed salt into the wounds of his critics by recapturing the World #1 ranking.
Having been controversially left off the Australian Olympic Team, McCormack went on to capture 11 race wins from 11 starts that season.
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First sub-8 hour ironman finish
McCormack roared back after his loss to win Challenge Roth, clocking a 7:56 time over the ironman distance to become the first non-European to break eight hours. He would go on to claim three more sub-8 hour finishes and become the first athlete to do so on two different courses.
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Showing His Range
What made McCormack's 2005 season remarkable was his range and volume of racing across all distances. He would finish 6th in Kona running the fastest marathon of the day (2:44:47) then three weeks later enter the Noosa Triathlon, the most important short course race on the calendar outside of the world championships.
