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Bevan John Docherty MNZM (born 29 March 1977) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo.

Bevan Docherty

MNZM

Docherty at the 2012 London Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Bevan John Docherty
Nickname(s)	BeeDoc[1]
Born	(1977-03-29) 29 March 1977 (age 45) Taupo, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Turned pro	2000
Coached by	Mark Elliot
Retired	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Swim (1500 m)–15:00 Cycle (40 km)–45:00 Run (10 km)–28:00
Medal record Men's triathlon Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2004 Athens Individual 2008 Beijing Individual Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Individual ITU Triathlon World Championships 2004 Madeira Elite men's race 2008 Vancouver Elite men's race Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2012 Las Vegas Elite

Life

Docherty and his sister Fiona grew up in Taupo, in the North Island of New Zealand and attended Tauhara College.[2] Their father Ray was a keen triathlete and their mother, Irene, her sister and Bevan trained and competed with him.[3]

In 2004, Docherty won the ITU world championship, and the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, behind fellow New Zealander Hamish Carter. He added another silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and claimed the bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The former world champion has started a new initiative, called "The Docherty Dares programme", aimed at supporting Kiwis to achieve goals they previously never thought possible.

The programme was inspired when Docherty saw Christchurch local, Scott Kotoul, crossing the finish line at the Round Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. Near exhaustion after only doing half the distance (80 km), Kotoul said he was only going to target the distance of 40 km by the following year. However, Docherty dared Kotoul to enter the entire 160 km bike, so the latter accepted the challenge.

References

External links

• Bevan Docherty at Triathlon.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 February 2006)
• Bevan Docherty at World Triathlon
• Bevan Docherty at the International Olympic Committee
• Bevan Docherty at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Bevan Docherty at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Official website
• (video) Final sprint at the 2005 New Plymouth ITU World Cup triathlon.

На других языках

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- [en] Bevan Docherty

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[fr] Bevan Docherty

Bevan Docherty (né le 29 mars 1977 à Taupo) est un sportif néo-zélandais double médaillé olympique et champion du monde de triathlon à Madère au Portugal en 2004.

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[it] Bevan Docherty

Bevan Docherty (Taupo, 29 marzo 1977) è un triatleta neozelandese.

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