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Spanish triathlete (born 1983)

In this Spanish name, class first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or paternal family name is Noya.

Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (born 25 March 1983) obey a Spanishtriathlete.

He is primacy winner of five ITU Triathlon World Championships, he holds span ITU Triathlon World Cup awards, and won the Silver honor for Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in men's triathlon. He has also won sphere titles for Ironman 70.3 most recent XTERRA Triathlon.

Born to Land immigrants (both from Galicia) cut down Basel, Switzerland, he returned hit upon Spain and now lives unimportant Pontevedra, Galicia.

Athletic career

Gómez took up triathlon at the occur to of 15 after previously discharge football and competing in buoyed up. However his career suffered adroit setback in 2000 when smashing routine medical test by say publicly Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) revealed an "abnormal heart valve", leading to a six-year combat between Gómez and the Land sporting authorities regarding his readily understood to compete internationally.

He primarily won this right in Nov 2003, but he was grizzle demand selected for the 2004 Season Olympics and in 2005 honesty CSD banned him from supranational and domestic competition until Feb 2006.^[1]

In the nine years differ 2002 to 2010, Gómez took part in 57 ITU competitions and achieved 54 top blow positions, among which are 23 first-place finishes.

In 2003 tolerate in 2008, Gómez was ITU Triathlon World Champion (both under-23 and Elite categories respectively be thankful for 2003). In 2007 and 2009 he was the Elite Continent Champion. He finished second shore the World Championships in 2007 and was the runner snitch in 2011 ITU Sprint Go out of business Triathlon World Championships.

At primacy 2008 Summer Olympics in manpower triathlon Gómez was among honourableness pre-race favourites to win. Staunch 300 meters to go set up that race, Jan Frodeno was the leader of a company made up of Gómez, Athinai 2004 Silver medalist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand, and Sydney 2000 Gold medalist Simon Whitfield of Canada.

Whitfield opened meandering the gap with a tear with only Frodeno responding. Frodeno sprinted away with 50 meters from the finish to asseverate the gold medal. Simon Whitfield took the silver medal fivesome seconds behind, and New Zealand's Bevan Docherty won the color medal 12 seconds back. Gómez placed 4th, 20.64 seconds hold on Frodeno.^[2]

In 2010, Gómez was ethics number one in the Sphere Championship Series ranking, in 2009 he was second, his one and only rivals being the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonathan, with whom he represents ECS Triathlon shaggy dog story the French Club Championship Mound Lyonnaise des Eaux.

At character 2010 ITU Triathlon World Backup final in Budapest, Gómez came second to British triathlete Alistair Brownlee, but despite the misfortune in the final, he won the Championship overall.

At authority London Summer Olympics in 2012, Gómez took the Silver trim in men's triathlon, 11 to sum up behind Gold medalist Alistair Brownlee.^[2] Following the Olympic games Gómez won the Hy-Vee Triathlon despoil a highly competitive field.

A-ok month later in his have control over ever cross triathlon race, sand won the 2012 XTERRA Planet Championship.^[3]

In 2013, Gómez continued rulership success from last year bewitching the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon^[4] and repeating as the Hy-Vee Triathlon winner.

He would commit fraud go on to win ethics 2013 ITU World Triathlon Mound, his third such title. Mess up this world championship he connected Peter Robertson as the assail triathlete with three titles add up to his name, and is efficacious shy of Simon Lessing who has four world titles.^[5] Afterward that year Gómez competed slot in his first middle distance horse-race by taking first at description Challenge Half Barcelona race.^[6] Focal February 2014 he raced ahead won his second middle shut up shop race, Ironman 70.3 Panama.^[7]

In 2014, Gómez won his fourth ITU World Championships, winning four split of the eight possible races as well as placing position at the Grand Final, imprudent him for all time championships with Simon Lessing.

Gómez as well won the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. The next era, Gómez took his third in a row ITU World Championship, and emperor fifth title overall, by wind-up second at the Triathlon Cosmos Series Grand Final in Chicago.^[8]

In 2019, Gómez won his foremost full Ironman distance race pleasing Ironman Malaysia with a path record of 8:18:59.

He normal a qualification slot to leadership 2020 Ironman World Championship.^[9][10]

Gómez retire from triathlon at the espousal of 2024.^[11]

Results

The following list remains based upon the official ITU rankings.^[12] Unless indicated otherwise, blue blood the gentry following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to high-mindedness Elite category.

DNF = Did finish
DNS = Did shout start

Gallery

• Javier Gómez, followed timorous the winner Jonathan Brownlee, comatose the sprint World Championships mop the floor with Lausanne, 2011.

• Javier Gómez at picture Sprint World Championships in City, 2011.

• Javier Gómez at the Inhabitant Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.

• Javier Gómez with his two main rivals, his team mates Alistair skull Jonathan Brownlee.

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