Short Course
During the 1990s he and his great rival, fellow Brit Spencer Smith, dominated Olympic distance triathlon. Lessing won the ITU Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championship in 1992 Muskoka Canada, 1995 Cancún, Mexico 1996 Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and 1998 Lausanne, Switzerland.
In 1996, Lessing broke the world record in the World Championship triathlon (Olympic distance) with a time of 1 hour, 39 minutes, 50 seconds at Cleveland. This record stands as of 2008 (compare with the Olympic Games record by Simon Whitfield of 1:48:24.02).
Lessing is a regular competitor at the famous Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon held annually in San Francisco Bay. He has won the men's elite division there three times: 1996, 2003 and 2004.
Lessing competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took ninth place with a total time of 1:49:24.32.
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