Karen Smyers
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women's Triathlon | ||
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Ironman World Championships | ||
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1995 | Individual |
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1994 | Individual |
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1999 | Individual |
Pan American Games | ||
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1995 Mar del Plata | Individual |
ITU World Championships | ||
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1990 Orlando | Individual |
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1995 Cancún | Individual |
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1993 Manchester | Individual |
ITU World Cup | ||
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1991 | Overall |
US Pro Nationals | ||
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1990 | Individual |
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1991 | Individual |
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1992 | Individual |
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1993 | Individual |
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1994 | Individual |
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1995 | Individual |
Karen Smyers (born September 1, 1961, in Corry, Pennsylvania) is a triathlete from the United States. She is the 1990 and 1995 ITU Triathlon World Champion as well as the 1995 Ironman World Champion. She was inducted into the Triathlon Hall of Fame in January 2009. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 1999.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Death of a Thyroid: my diagnosis and treatment for thyroid cancer". Karen Smyers. 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ Carlson, Timothy (26 January 2009). "A few thoughts from Karen Smyers, Hall of Famer". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American female triathletes
- Ironman world champions
- People from Corry, Pennsylvania
- Triathletes at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in triathlon
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- North American triathlon biography stubs
- American sportspeople stubs