Lori Chestnut (

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Bowden; born June 13, 1967) is a Canadian

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. Bowden competed at the Ironman distance in the sport, her first win coming at Ironman Canada in

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in 1997. She went on to record a number of other victories and won the

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World Championships in

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in 1999 and 2003. Bowden helped organize the Royal Victoria Marathon. In 2015, she and Heather Fuhr were inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame.

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