Joanna Sue Zeiger (born May 4, 1970) is an American

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who is the 2008 Ironman 70.3 world champion. Zeiger represented the United States at the

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. 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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, grew up in

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, lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is Jewish.Joanna Zeiger Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum , stanton-company.com
/ref> She attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, graduating in 1988.

Career

Zeiger first began competing in

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. She and her sister, Laurie, represented the United States at the 1989 Maccabiah Games, the Jewish Olympics, in swimming. She won a gold medal, a silver medal, and two bronze medals. She attended Brown University, where she held the school records in the freestyle, freestyle, and freestyle which she set in 1991. Zeiger received her PhD from

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in 2001. Competitive

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and

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were added to her repertoire in 1992 and 1993. Zeiger competed at the first Olympic triathlon 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 Ironman World Championship 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 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

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