The Pioneers

First Edition Heroes

As in the edition of the first Ironman, back in 1978, 15 athletes also presented themselves at the start for the first Spirit of 78 Triathlon. In 78, 12 athletes completed the race, in 2017 only 10 achieved this feat.

John Doe

Pedro Reis

#18. Lino Barruncho

2017Campeão - 10h 44m 55s

Pedro Magalhães

Pedro Magalhães

#5. Sterling F. Lewis

20172º - 10h 49m 50s

Paulo Costa

Paulo Costa

#16. Dave Scott

20173º - 10h 55m 46s

Miguel Lobão

Miguel Lobão

#19. Sergio Marques

20174º - 11h 29m 30s

Rui Pena

Rui Pena

#11. Dan Hendrikson

20175º - 11h 38m 15s

Jose Silva

José Silva

#7. Henry Forrest

20176º - 12h 52m 40s

António Gavina

António Gavina

#21. Emanuel Marques

20177º - 13h 09m 15s

Rui Pinto

Rui Pinto

#2. John Dumbar

20178º - 13h 12m 25s

Fernando Ferreira

Fernando Ferreira

#14. Craig Alexander

20179º - 13h 14m 14s

Miguel Vieira

Miguel Vieira

#15. Mark Allen

201710º - 13h 45m 25s

Rui Amorim

Rui Amorim

#20. Faris Al Sultan

2017DNF
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Rui Amorim

Daniel Bettencourt

#6. Tom Knoll

2017DNF
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Rui Amorim

Nuno Abreu

#22. Ricardo Costa

2017DNF
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Rui Amorim

Valter Nogueira

#13. Jan Frodeno

2017DNF
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Rui Amorim

Diogo Madeira

#3. Dave Orlowski -
2017DNF
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