Bevan Docherty
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| Nickname(s) | BeeDoc[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1977 Taupo, New Zealand |
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| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mark Elliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bevan John Docherty (born 29 March 1977) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo.
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
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External links
- Profile at Triathlon.org
- Bevan Docherty Official Website
- (video) Final sprint at the 2005 New Plymouth ITU World Cup triathlon.
- sports-reference
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