Samantha Warriner (born 1 August 1971) is a retired

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who represented New Zealand in triathlons ranging from sprint distance up to the

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. She was born in Alton, Hampshire, England. She turned professional at the end of 2005 after competing internationally for 3 years while teaching full-time at Whangarei Girls High School.

Career

Warriner first competed in the triathlon at the

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, finishing eighteenth. In 2005 Warriner had her first win on the ITU World Circuit on 15 May 2005 in Ishigaki in an ITU World Cup. She followed this up with a win in the Hamburg ITU World Cup in Germany on 6 August 2005. She placed 9th on the all-time list of female winners in the

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. In 2008 Warriner won the overall ITU World Cup series. Going into the final round of the ITU World Cup, Samantha was in 2nd position, and needed to finish 7th or above in the finale in

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. She won the final round and took the 2008 ITU World Cup Championship. She was awarded the ITU World Cup at the Madrid ITU World Congress at the beginning of December. In 2008, she finished 16th in the Olympic triathlon. In 2009 Sam won the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman in a course record time of 4:10:47. After racing ITU triathlon Sam went on to win 7 x Ironman 70.3 events around the world. In 2010 Samantha underwent heart surgery for super-ventricular

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, 12 weeks later she won the Kelloggs Nutrigrain Ironman NZ in

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, New Zealand. Only 3 other women in the history of triathlon had won the ITU World Series and an Ironman in their career.

Later career

Warriner runs a coaching business called Sweat7 Coaching based in Taupō, New Zealand, with her husband Stephen Bradley. Warriner gave birth to daughter Lola-Rose in 2012. The team have coached 4 x ITU World Champions (2 Elite, 2 Age Group), and a

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Silver Medalist, along with numerous age group triathletes. She is sponsored by; Asics, Blueseventy, and Sweat7 Coaching.

Achievements

2009 *1st – Ironman 70.3 Geelong (

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, Australia)

References

External links

Profile

Sam's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Warriner, Samantha 1971 births Living people Olympic triathletes for New Zealand Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand People from Alton, Hampshire New Zealand female triathletes Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games