Chris Mc Cormack, Sydney/AUS, winner of the IRONMAN GERMANY/IRONMAN European Championship 2008

Chris was born in Sydney, Australia on April 4, 1973, of a New Zealand-born mother (Theresa) and an Australian father (Ken). Chris McCormack is an Australian triathlete, known affectionately to the triathlon community as Macca. McCormack began competing on international-distance courses in 1996, winning both the 1997 Triathlon World Championships and the 1997 ITU World Cup Series; to date, no-one else has won both titles in a single year.

After shifting focus to longer distance racing he displayed exceptional aptitude for the distance winning many races. McCormack won Ironman Australia in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Twice he has finished the Quelle Challenge Roth, an Iron-Distance triathlon in under 8 hours, a feat only 5 other athletes have completed. In 2007 he won the Ironman World Championships in Kona Hawaii after 6 attempts at the race coming as close as second, within 2 minutes of the winner, in 2006.


part of my new gallery: IRON FACES_2008