Ironman Hawaii winners, movers and shakers 1993-2000
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Added: Tue Jan 20 2009
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Timothy Carlson has been at Ironman Hawaii since 1993 and has captured stunning images along the way. This is the first part of a gallery honoring the Ironman Hawaii winners and key contenders and ranges from Mark Allen's win in 1993 through Peter Reid's 2000 victory. Plus it has all the winners in between, other standouts, interesting bike technologies and curious fashions.
This is really more than one era at the sacred stage of Ironman Hawaii. You might call it the Passing of the Torch to the Second Wave of the Giants – or pseudo-scientifically, the Middle Konazoic Period. It begins with the final bows and curtain calls of The Man ('94 and '96) and the Grip ('93 and '95) and the final wins (’93, ’94, ’96) of the incomparable Paula Newby-Fraser. It includes the 1994 victory of triathlon’s Incomparable Imp, Greg Welch, over a noble 40-year old Dave Scott. In Natascha Badmann’s 1996 baptism on the Queen K, she offers stiff resistance to Paula Newby-Fraser’s 8th win and then begins her own dynasty in 1998 and 2000. In that same epochal year of 1996, rookie Luc Van Lierde jolted the Kona landscape with his shocking 8:04:08, smashing recently retired Mark Allen’s hallowed course record. The next year, the daring cycling power of Thomas Hellriegel, who pushed to the brink both Mark Allen in his 1995 farewell and Luc Van Lierde in his 1996 hello, was merged with a top run. That combination allowed Hell on Wheels to become the first German to take the Kona crown. This era also includes the arrival of the Canadians into the halls of Kona greatness, led by Heather Fuhr’s breakthrough win in 1997, followed by the derring-do of Canada’s Iron Couple, Peter Reid (1998 and 2000) and Lori Bowden (1999). This photographer deeply regrets that his crazy quilt filing system misplaced photos of the great Karen Smyers’ brilliant 1995 win.
All images © Timothy Carlson
This is really more than one era at the sacred stage of Ironman Hawaii. You might call it the Passing of the Torch to the Second Wave of the Giants – or pseudo-scientifically, the Middle Konazoic Period. It begins with the final bows and curtain calls of The Man ('94 and '96) and the Grip ('93 and '95) and the final wins (’93, ’94, ’96) of the incomparable Paula Newby-Fraser. It includes the 1994 victory of triathlon’s Incomparable Imp, Greg Welch, over a noble 40-year old Dave Scott. In Natascha Badmann’s 1996 baptism on the Queen K, she offers stiff resistance to Paula Newby-Fraser’s 8th win and then begins her own dynasty in 1998 and 2000. In that same epochal year of 1996, rookie Luc Van Lierde jolted the Kona landscape with his shocking 8:04:08, smashing recently retired Mark Allen’s hallowed course record. The next year, the daring cycling power of Thomas Hellriegel, who pushed to the brink both Mark Allen in his 1995 farewell and Luc Van Lierde in his 1996 hello, was merged with a top run. That combination allowed Hell on Wheels to become the first German to take the Kona crown. This era also includes the arrival of the Canadians into the halls of Kona greatness, led by Heather Fuhr’s breakthrough win in 1997, followed by the derring-do of Canada’s Iron Couple, Peter Reid (1998 and 2000) and Lori Bowden (1999). This photographer deeply regrets that his crazy quilt filing system misplaced photos of the great Karen Smyers’ brilliant 1995 win.
All images © Timothy Carlson
