Magali Tisseyre (born October 27, 1981) is a Canadian
triathlete
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from
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
who races primarily in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. She took third place at both the
2009 and
2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championships.
Career
Tisseyre studied kinesiology at
Laval University
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People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Lux ...
and went on to obtain her master's degree in biomechanics at
McGill University
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. While attending school she got involved with a local triathlon club where she discovered a love for the sport.
As an amateur she won the Canadian University Championship at the age of 23 and then won the 20-24 female age group at the 2005 ITU World Duathlon Championships. In 2006 and 2007, she competed on the
ITU triathlon and duathlon racing circuit. Tisseyre also competed in
cycling
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events where she competed in the Le Tour du Grand Montréal and finished second in the 2008
Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.
In 2008 and 2009, Tisseyre began focusing on long distance triathlon and competing in various
Ironman 70.3 distance races. At the end of 2009 she took third place at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in
Clearwater, Florida. Her efforts that year led to her being called ''Triathlete'' magazine's Ironman 70.3 Triathlete of the Year. In 2010, she matched the previous year's finish with another third place.
Notable results
Tisseyre's notable race results include:
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*2005 20-24 Age Group World Duathlon - 1st
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2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship - 3rd
*2009 Ironman 70.3 Boise - 1st
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2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championship - 3rd
*2010 Ironman 70.3 Philippines - 1st
*2010 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs - 1st
*2010 Ironman 70.3 Mooseman - 1st
*2011 Rev3 Anderson - 1st
*2011 Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains - 1st
*2011 Ironman 70.3 Boise - 1st
*2011 Ironman 70.3 Providence - 1st
*2012 Ironman 70.3 Calgary - 1st
*2012 Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant - 1st
*2012 Ironman 70.3 Mooseman - 1st
*2013 Ironman 70.3 Muncie - 1st
*2014 Ironman 70.3 Miami - 1st
*2014 Ironman 70.3 Silverman - 1st
*2015 Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos - 1st
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2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship - 4th
*2015 Ironman 70.3 Monterrey - 1st
*2016 Ironman 70.3 Palmas, South American Championship - 1st
*2017 Ironman Argentina - 3rd
*2017 Ironman Mont-Tremblant - 5th
*2017 Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant - 3rd
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tisseyre, Magali
1981 births
Living people
Canadian female triathletes
Université Laval alumni
McGill University Faculty of Science alumni
Sportspeople from Montreal
21st-century Canadian women