Richard Murray (born 4 January 1989, in

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) is a Dutch/South African triathlete. Murray won the Junior

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in 2007 and 2008, entered the adult Tri in 2009, and was the Under-23 African champion in both triathlon and duathlon in 2010, and was the elite African triathlon champion in 2011 and 2012. He scored his first win in the ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg in 2012. At the

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men's triathlon on Tuesday, 7 August, he placed 17th. In 2014-2015, he was part of

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, an elite club based in Sartrouville, France. At the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, he won a silver medal in the mixed team relay and a bronze in the men's triathlon. He won the Gran Final of the World Triathlon Series (WTS) in Chicago in 2015. He won the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Asturias (Spain) in 2016. He was disqualified from the World Series race in Hamburg for unsportsmanlike conduct in July 2016. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

men's triathlon on Thursday, 18 August, he placed 4th.

Career

2012 season

Murray took his first professional ITU World Triathlon Series win at the Dextro Energy World Triathlon

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, contested over the Sprint distance.

2013 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2014 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2015 season

Murray took gold in two ITU World Cup races this season at

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and Cozumel, and took the win at the ITU WTS

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race

2016 season

Murray followed up his win in 2015 with a repeat win at

in the 2016 season. Later the same year he became ITU Duathlon World Champion with a win at Aviles.

2017 season

Murray repeated the wins of previous seasons taking gold at

and

in those ITU World Cup races, with

being his third win in a row.

2018 season

Murray took his first win of the year at

Triathlon World Cup, followed by a win at Mooloolaba Triathlon World Cup, and a third win of the year at the ITU WTS

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on 10 June 2018.

2019 season

Personal life

Richard is married to fellow professional triathlete

Rachel Klamer Rachel Klamer (born 8 October 1990) is a Dutch professional triathlete and member of the National team. She placed third at the Junior World Championships in 2009. Klamer, who presently lives in Sittard, entered the national and internation ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Richard 1989 births Living people South African people of British descent Sportspeople from Cape Town South African male triathletes Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of South Africa Duathletes Triathletes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games