Joanna Sue Zeiger (born May 4, 1970) is an American triathlete who is the 2008 Ironman 70.3 world champion. Zeiger represented the United States at the

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in triathlon. She's the author of ''The Champions Mindset - An Athlete's Guide to Mental Toughness''.

Early and personal life

Zeiger was born in

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, Maryland, grew up in San Diego, California, lives in

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/ref> She attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, graduating in 1988.

Career

Zeiger first began competing in swimming. She and her sister, Laurie, represented the United States at the

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, the Jewish Olympics, in swimming. She won a gold medal, a silver medal, and two bronze medals. She attended

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, where she held the school records in the

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, freestyle, and freestyle which she set in 1991. Zeiger received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2001. Competitive running and cycling were added to her repertoire in 1992 and 1993. Zeiger competed at the first

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at the

. She placed fourth with a total time of 2:01:25.74. Her split times were 19:45.58 for the swim, 1:05:38.30 for the cycling, and 0:36:01.86 for the run. In the same year, she finished fifth at the

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with a time of 9:48:34. She's the winner of Ironman Brasil 2005 and Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2006. In 2008, Zeiger won the

Ironman 70.3 An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting o ...

World Championship in Clearwater, Florida with a time of 4:02.49.

Honors

Zeiger was named the 1997 Amateur Triathlete of the Year. In 1998, she was named 1998 USA Triathlon's Rookie of the year and in 2000 the USOC Triathlete of the year. Zeiger was honored by the Jewish Sports Hall of fame in March 2001.

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Joanna Zeiger's blog
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Early and personal life

Career

Honors

See also

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