Lisa Bentley (born November 28, 1968) is a
Canadian
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triathlete
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. She has been competing on the
Ironman
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race series since late in the 1990s. In 1988, Bentley was diagnosed with
cystic fibrosis
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. Despite this, she has won 11 Ironman competitions. In 2006, Bentley placed third at the
Ironman World Championship
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, her best showing and finished second at the
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World Championships in Clearwater, Florida three weeks later.
Ironman series victories
* 2000 IM
New Zealand
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* 2001 IM
New Zealand
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* 2002 IM
Australia
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* 2003 IM
Australia
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* 2003 IM
Canada
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* 2004 IM
Australia
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* 2004 IM
Canada
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* 2005 IM
Australia
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* 2005 IM
Germany
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* 2006 IM
Australia
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* 2007 IM
Canada
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Ironman World Championships
* 1997 - 9th won by:
Heather Fuhr
Heather Fuhr (born January 19, 1968, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a female triathlete from Canada, considered one of the best women runners in triathlon
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* 2000 - 6th won by:
Natascha Badmann
Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first Euro ...
* 2002 - 6th won by:
Natascha Badmann
Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first Euro ...
* 2003 - 5th won by:
Lori Bowden
Lori Bowden (born June 13, 1967 in Fergus, Ontario) is a professional triathlete from Canada.
Bowden competes at the Ironman distance in the sport, her first win coming at Ironman Canada in Penticton in 1997. She went on to record a number of ...
* 2004 - 4th won by:
Natascha Badmann
Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first Euro ...
* 2005 - DNF (medical) won by:
Natascha Badmann
Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first Euro ...
* 2006 - 3rd won by:
Michellie Jones
Michellie Yvonne Jones ( ; born 6 September 1969) is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic silver medal, and the 2006 Ironman World Championship. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paraly ...
References
External links
Official Site
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1968 births
Living people
Canadian female triathletes
Sportspeople from Etobicoke
Triathlon people from Ontario
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian sportswomen
People with cystic fibrosis
20th-century Canadian sportswomen