Pedro Ribeiro Silva Gomes (born 6 December 1983,

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), is a Portuguese professional

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. He finished second at Ironman Florida in 2010 on his first official Ironman World Circuit professional race, setting a national record at the time with a time of 8:19:26. Early in his career, Pedro was included in the London 2012 Olympic hopefuls program after his top 10 result at

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ITU Premium European Cup and 11th place at Baeza ITU European Cup & Iberoamerican Championship. Pedro went on to live for three years at the National Training Center in

with focus on obtaining qualification for London 2012 Olympic Games. After a unsuccessful qualification process, Pedro switched to long distance triathlon. In long distance international competition, he placed 5th at the European ITU Long Course Championship in

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and 12th at the ITU World Championship in

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in 2010. When switching focus to the 140.6 distance, he also placed 6th in a time of 8:25:53 at Challenge Barcelona that same year. In 2013, Pedro became the first Portuguese - male or female - to ever win an official Ironman event as a professional athlete with his win at Ironman Kalmar 2013 in a time of 8:19:30. Over the course of his career he has finished on the podium of a professional Ironman event another 6 times with podiums at Ironman Canada, Austria, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona and more recently at Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2021.https://cdapress.com/news/2021/jun/28/ironman-coeur-dalene-records-smashed-course-and-st/

Results

Some result highlights include: *Ironman Kalmar 2013 – 8:19:30 – 1st *Challenge Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013 – 8:38:20 – 1st *Ironman Florida 2010 – 8:19:26 – 2nd *Ironman Canada 2016 – 8:27:31 – 2nd *Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2021 – 8:17:50 – 3rd *Ironman Austria 2012 – 8:26:31 – 3rd *Ironman Wisconsin 2014 – 8:36:56 – 3rd *Rev3 Cedar Point 2011 – 8:46:14 – 4th *Ironman North American Championship 2015 – 08:26:42 – 5th *Ironman Arizona 2013 – 08:11:40 – 5th *Ironman Florida 2013 – 08:08:34 – 5th *Challenge Barcelona 2010 – 8:25:52 – 6th *Ironman Florida 2020 - 8:13:XX - 7th *Ironman New York 2012 – 8:38:XX – 8th *Ironman Frankfurt 2013 – 8:22:28 – 12th

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Pedro 1983 births Living people Portuguese male triathletes Sportspeople from Lisbon