Francisco Javier Gómez Noya
Javier Gómez Noya Francisco ( born March 25, 1983 in Basel / Switzerland ) is a Spanish professional triathlete. 2007, 2009 and 2012, he was Triathlon European Championships, 2010 European Vice-Champion, 2011 runner-up sprint world champion, 2012 world champion in cross triathlon. Gomez is the reigning World Triathlon Champion ( 2008, 2010 and 2013).
- 2.1 ITU competitions
Career
Javier Gómez was born in Switzerland, where his parents Francisco Javier and Manuela were professionally active. Goméz has a six- year-older brother. In July 1983, the family moved to Ferrol in northwestern Spain.
By the age of 11 years, he played football and later he swam successfully in a club where he won several Spanish competitions for themselves. His first youth triathlon he graduated in 1998 at the age of 15 years.
In December 2003, he became Triathlon World Champion in the U23 class in New Zealand.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, he just missed the podium and finished fourth.
In April 2012 he won after 2007 and 2009 for the third time the title at the European Triathlon Olympic distance (1.5 km swim, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and in August 2012 he was at the Olympic Games Second in London. In October, he secured in New Zealand with victory in the final race of the 2012 season the Vice World Champion 2012 title at the Olympic distance and only a week later, he was on Maui world champion in cross triathlon.
In May 2013 he was European champion in the triathlon middle distance. Gómez is coached by Omar Gonzalez.
In September 2013 he won with his victory in the London World Cup racing series in the ITU.
Private
Gómez lives in the Galician city of Ferrol and he competes for the asics team. He is in a relationship with the German Ricarda Lisk triathlete.
Sporting successes
( DNF - Did Not Finish )
- 2007 Triathlon World Cup participants
- 2006 Triathlon World Cup participants
- 2003 World Champion of U23 triathletes in New Zealand
ITU competitions
In the nine years from 2002 to 2010 Gomez took part in 57 ITU competitions and achieved it 54 times Top ten places, including 23 gold, 12 silver and 4 bronze medals at prestigious world or continental championships or cups - a record, should be the future triathletes difficult to break. 2010 was Gómez number 1 in the World Championship Series ranking, 2011, the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonathan, with whom he shared the club Sartrouville helps the undisputed top spot in the French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, to make the rank dispute seem to him.
The following list is based on the official ITU rankings and the Athletes 's Profile Page. Unless specifically noted, it is in the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.
DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start · BG = the sponsor British Gas