Robin Neil Reid (born 16 December 1975 in

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) is a former

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from

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who was a New Zealand time trial champion and Olympian. He won the Tour de Pakistan race in 2007. There he met the

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-born former professional female cyclist

Britta Martin Britta Martin (born 2 September 1978 in Hannover, Germany) is a German born, New Zealand based professional triathlete and multiple winner of Ironman distance races all over the world (2012, 2014). Career Britta Martin studied sports science at ...

, who won the female sections of the event and has been together with her ever since. End of 2007 they moved in together in

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. Britta Martin competes since 2008 as a professional

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mainly at the

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distance. Since then Robin Reid is competing at triathlon races too. His fastest ironman distance race was at

Challenge Roth Challenge Roth is a triathlon race organised by in and around Roth bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is held annually in July. The Ironman distance (140.6 miles / 226.2 kilometers) version of the race has been held since 1990, and the short di ...

in Germany 2014, finishing in a time of 8 h 54 min 14 s for 18th in a field of 3500 competitors. In February 2015 Robin Reid celebrated his victory at the Marlborough Sounds Half'' Ironman together with Britta Martin as fastest women in this event.

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Robin Reid
* 1975 births Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games New Zealand male cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand New Zealand male triathletes Sportspeople from Blenheim, New Zealand People educated at Marlborough Boys' College Cyclists from Invercargill {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub