The 2015 IRONMAN® Regional Championship series will continue with this weekend’s 2015 IRONMAN Latin American Championship Brazil triathlon in Florianopolis and will feature some top names in the sport.
The women’s professional field features a strong lineup of athletes including super-star swimmer Dr. Amanda Stevens (USA), who won this race in 2013 and will again be vying for the Latin American Championship and the coveted automatic qualification to the 2015 IRONMAN World Championship. American Liz Lyles, who is a multiple IRONMAN Champion, and cancer survivor Laurel Wassner, also from the U.S., are also strong contenders in the mix. Brazilians Ana Bora, Mariana Borges de Andrade and Ariane Monticeli Silveira are sure to be crowd favorites.
Headlining the men’s race is Brazilian Igor Amoreli, who claimed the title here last year at IRONMAN Brazil. Fellow Brazilian and 2014 IRONMAN Brazil runner-up Santiago Alves Ascenço is sure to be out for redemption. Another strong contender in the men’s race is Tim O’Donnell (USA) who won this race in 2013, took second at the 2015 IRONMAN 70.3 Latin American Championship earlier this year and finished fifth at the 2013 IRONMAN World Championship. Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL), a multiple IRONMAN champion, will also compete for the Latin American Championship along with South Africa’s Kyle Buckingham and Bermuda’s Tyler Butterfield who will have their eyes on the prestigious prize as well. Former Olympian Brent McMahon (CAN), who won IRONMAN Arizona last year in his IRONMAN debut and earned a second-place finish at the 2015 IRONMAN 70.3 North American Pro Championship in St. George, Utah, rounds out the talented men’s field.
“We are thrilled to continue our regional championship series with the IRONMAN Latin American Championship this weekend in Florianopolis, Brazil,” said Christopher Stadler, Chief Marketing Officer for IRONMAN. “So far this year, the Championship events have brought an amazingly high level of competition and this race is sure to compare, with the extreme talent and determination of elite athletes from around the world.”
An automatic bid to the 2015 IRONMAN World Championship presented by GoPro will be on the line as all professional winners of each IRONMAN Regional Championship race will receive automatic qualification to the IRONMAN World Championship held in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i on October 10. The IRONMAN Latin American Championship Brazil triathlon will also offer a $150,000 prize purse to male and female professionals which will be distributed amongst the first through tenth place finishers.
In addition to the competitive professional field, approximately 2,000 age-group athletes are expected to compete at this year’s Latin American Championship. The race will offer 75 coveted age-group qualifying slots to the 2015 IRONMAN World Championship.
MALE PRO:
1 AMORELI IGOR BRA
2 ALVES ASCENCO SANTIAGO BRA
3 ODONNELL TIMOTHY USA
4 VALENZA MANOCCHIO GUILHERME BRA
5 CARVALHO FABIO BRA
6 MATTHEWS PAUL AUS
7 VANHOENACKER MARINO BEL
8 BUTTERFIELD TYLER BMU
9 BUCKINGHAM KYLE ZAF
10 CHEVROT DENIS FRA
11 DE ELIAS MARIO ARG
12 FONTANA DANIEL ITA
13 VINHAL THIAGO BRA
14 BRITTON JASON CAN
15 BISCHOF MARCEL DEU
16 BILLEAU SIMON FRA
17 CSOKE BALAZS HUN
18 VALLANT RENE AUT
19 SHEARON JONATHAN USA
20 RISTI IVAN ITA
21 BADINO MOSQUERA ALEJO ARG
22 ALBERTO VAZQUEZ JORGE MEX
23 BITTNER PER DEU
24 PINHO ORTIZ SILVA LUAN BRA
25 PEREIRA EDMILSON BRA
26 VIOLIN CIRO BRA
28 SILVESTRIN SOUZA FRANK BRA
29 BLOKHIN ANTON UKR
30 CHRISTIAN CARLETTO ARG
31 CARRETTONI RUBEN SERGIO ARG
32 AIGROZ MIKE CHE
33 FREGOLENTE LAZARETTI BRUNO BRA
35 DARRICAU ANDRES ARG
36 MANENTE FELIPE BRA
37 DURAN GASTON ARG
38 TRAUTMAN MATT ZAF
39 DZALAJ KAROL SVK
40 BALDWIN NICK SYC
41 MCMAHON BRENT CAN
42 DAVIDSON MICHAEL JOHN ZAF
43 BARNETT DAMON USA
FEMALE PRO:
52 STEVENS AMANDA USA
53 CHURA HALEY USA
54 MONTICELI SILVEIRA ARIANE BRA
58 PETTERSEN MOE METTE NOR
59 DECKERS TINE BEL
60 ZELENKOVA LUCIE CZE
61 GANZOW ASTRID DEU
62 BARRENA LAURA ARG
65 LYLES ELIZABETH USA
66 WASSNER LAUREL USA
67 BORGES DE ANDRADE MARIANA BRA
70 CLIFFORD ASHLEY USA
71 LUNDSTROM ASA SWE
72 THIBODEAU KAREN CAN
74 BORBA ANA BRA
76 HUFE MAREEN DEU