Mirinda Carfrae (born 26 March 1981) is an Australian professional triathlete and an Ironman Triathlon world champion. Carfrae has achieved podium positions in six of her seven attempts at the Ironman World Championships: three 1st-place finishes (2010, 2013, 2014), three 2nd-place finishes (2009, 2011, 2016) and a 3rd place (2012, behind Leanda Cave and Caroline Steffen). She also won the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship.

Carfrae held the Ironman Championship course record (8:52:14, set in 2013), until 2016 when it was beaten by Daniela Ryf (8:46:46) On her debut in 2009, she set a new course record for the marathon of 2:56:51, beating Wellington's record of 2:57:44 set the previous year. She again set new course records for the marathon in 2010 (2:53:32), 2011 (2:52:09, where Wellington—suffering from serious injuries—also beat Carfrae's 2010 record), 2013 (2:50:38, where only two men recorded a faster time), and 2014 (2:50:26).

Mirinda Carfrae holds a black belt in Taekwondo as well.

Career Carfrae competed in her first triathlon in 2000, at the age of 19. She went on to represent Australia at the Junior and U23 level, winning a silver medal at the 2003 ITU U23 World Championships. In 2004, she won a silver medal at the Salford Triathlon leg of the ITU Triathlon World Cup. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Australian Institute of Sport Triathlon Achievements

Long distance Carfrae's first attempt at longer distances was at the Lake Tinaroo Half Ironman in September 2002, where she finished in second place behind Rebekah Keat, setting a new run course record of 1:21:20. Referring to this race, she later wrote, "I just remember feeling more comfortable racing the longer distance, and from then I knew I would be racing full Ironman at some point in future."

Carfrae achieved her first World Championship medal at the 2005 ITU Long Distance World Championships, where she finished 2nd in a time of 6:27:11. In 2007, she won the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in a course record time of 4:07:25. This win entitled Carfrae to race at the full Ironman World Championships at Kona, but she deferred her entry to 2009, when she felt she was ready for the longer distance. At the 2009 Ironman World Championship, Carfrae's first Ironman race, she finished second behind Chrissie Wellington, breaking Wellington's 2008 course record for the women's marathon with a time of 2:56:51. She wrote, "My first tri was at the end of 1999—my first Ironman was 10 years later. I waited until I felt I was physically and mentally strong enough to go the distance, and until I could be seriously competitive."

Carfrae set a course record at the Ironman World Championship at Kona, Hawaii in 2013 with a time of 8:52:14. Additionally, at that race she set a women's record time for the run portion of the course at 2:50:38. In 2015, she started the Ironman World Championship race at Kona, but withdrew from the bike leg due to pain from injuries sustained in a collision with a car earlier that week.

Results

Date Position Event Time 2nd Ironman 70.3 Oregon 4:05:26 1st Kona Ironman World Championships 9:00:55 1st Challenge Roth 8:38:53 1st Kona Ironman World Championships 8:52:14 1st Rev3 Half Quassy 4:27:02 3rd New Orleans Ironman 70.3 3:47:28 3rd Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship – Melbourne 9:04:00 2nd Kona Ironman World Championships 8:57:57 2nd Hy-Vee 5150 US Championship 1:59:20 3rd Vineman Ironman 70.3 4:17:49 1st Eagleman Ironman 70.3 4:15:31 2nd Rev3 Half Quassy 4:26:24 3rd St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:36:01 1st California Ironman 70.3 4:26:18 2nd Ironman New Zealand 9:31:33 1st Kona Ironman World Championships 8:58:36 1st Muskoka Ironman 70.3 4:28:36 1st Calgary Ironman 70.3 4:21:32 1st Vineman Ironman 70.3 4:15:51 3rd TriGrandPrix Basque Country 4:22:33 1st Rev3 Half Quassy 4:23:38 2nd St Anthony's Triathlon 2:00:20 1st California Ironman 70.3 4:20:29 2nd Kona Ironman World Championships 9:13:59 1st Muskoka Ironman 70.3 4:24:48 1st Calgary Ironman 70.3 4:11:05 1st Aflac Irongirl Atlanta 1:13:55 1st Eagleman Ironman 70.3 4:13:27 1st Rev3 Half Quassy 4:27:26 2nd St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:35:21 1st California Ironman 70.3 4:25:02 2nd Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2:50:02 1st St Croix Triathlon 2:20:27 12th Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:22:29 13th Dallas Triathlon 2:03:26 5th Los Angeles Triathlon 2:06:50 1st Newfoundland Ironman 70.3 4:27:23 11th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:08:52 1st Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 4:23:28 1st Battle at Midway Triathlon 2:04:56 3rd Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon 2:16:47 1st St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:33:39 3rd St Anthony's Triathlon 2:01:52 1st Las Vegas Iron Girl 1:56:22 2nd California Ironman 70.3 4:25:51 1st Geelong Ironman 70.3 4:24:27 2nd Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2:44:28 1st St Croix Triathlon 2:17:12 1st Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:07:25 3rd Dallas US Open Triathlon 1:59:11 3rd Los Angeles Triathlon 2:07:17 2nd Singapore Ironman 70.3 4:17:17 5th Chicago Triathlon 2:04:07 1st Spirit of Racine Half Ironman 4:16:43 7th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:05:20 2nd Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon 4:20:06 2nd Eagleman Ironman 70,3 4:13:19 2nd Wildflower 4:38:14 4th St Anthony's Triathlon 2:00:18 18th Mooloolaba World Cup 2:03:16 5th Perth 1:04:51 3rd Clearwater Ironman 70.3 World Championships 4:16:44 22nd Salford BG Triathlon World Cup 2:08:16 25th Corner Brook BG Triathlon World Cup 2:13:27 16th Minneapolis Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2:06:29 1st Baja Ironman 70.3 4:31:13 1st St Croix Ironman 70.3 4:30:13 4th Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:58:58 11th Hobart ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup 2:08:34 31st Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Champs 2:04:43 2nd Fredericia Long Course World Championships 6:27:10 8th Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:03:08 9th Cornerbrook ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:11:20 1st Mountaineer Half Ironman 4:36:55 3rd Eagleman Half Ironman 4:25:25 2nd Florida Half Ironman 4:30:20 7th Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:03:12 10th Honolulu ITU World Cup 2:09:37 2nd Port Macquarie Half Ironman 4:13:04 1st Nice Long Course Triathlon 7:15:07 2nd Salford ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:09:16 10th Corner Brook ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:16:28 14th Edmonton ITU World Cup 2:01:16 12th Madeira ITU Triathlon U23 World Championships 2:01:07 12th Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:00:53 4th Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:59:04 15th Salford ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:06:31 10th Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup 1:58:51 4th New York ITU Triathlon World Cup 2:01:07 2nd Queenstown ITU Triathlon U23 World Champs 2:11:53 2nd Cancun ITU Triathlon U23 World Championships 2:02:41 2nd Lake Tinaroo Half Ironman 4:34:56 38th Tiszaujvaros ITU triathlon World Cup 2:02:36

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