Simon Lessing
Simon Christopher Lessing, MBE, (born 12 February 1971) is a British triathlete who won five Olympic-distance world titles (1992, 1995(2), 1996 and 1998). He also won races at 70.3, ITU long distance and Ironman-distance events. He set an Olympic-distance world record in 1996, and is noted for his 2004 Ironman Lake Placid win, where he set a course record of 8:23:12. Simon currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, United States, where he operates Boulder Coaching with Darren de Reuck.
Read more about Simon Lessing: Background, Starting Young, Short Course, Long Course/70.3, Ironman
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