Richard Murray (born 4 January 1989, in

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) is a Dutch International Triathlete and coach . Murray won the Junior ITU Duathlon World Championships in 2007 and 2008, entered the adult Tri in 2009, and was the Under-23 African champion in both triathlon and duathlon in 2010, and was the elite African triathlon champion in 2011 and 2012. He scored his first win in the

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in Hamburg in 2012. At the

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men's triathlon on Tuesday, 7 August, he placed 17th. In 2014-2015, he was part of

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, an elite club based in Sartrouville, France. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the mixed team relay and a bronze in the men's triathlon. He won the Gran Final of the World Triathlon Series (WTS) in Chicago in 2015. He won the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Asturias (Spain) in 2016. At the

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men's triathlon on Thursday, 18 August, he placed 4th.

Career

2012 season

Murray took his first professional

win at the Dextro Energy World Triathlon

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, contested over the Sprint distance.

2013 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2014 season

Murray took his sole win of the season with a gold at the

ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.

2015 season

Murray took gold in two ITU World Cup races this season at

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and

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, and took the win at the ITU WTS

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race

2016 season

Murray followed up his win in 2015 with a repeat win at

in the 2016 season. Later the same year he became ITU Duathlon World Champion with a win at Aviles.

2017 season

Murray repeated the wins of previous seasons taking gold at

and

in those ITU World Cup races, with

being his third win in a row.

2018 season

Murray took his first win of the year at

Triathlon World Cup, followed by a win at Mooloolaba Triathlon World Cup, and a third win of the year at the ITU WTS

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on 10 June 2018.

2019 season

Personal life

Richard is married to fellow professional triathlete

Rachel Klamer Rachel Klamer (born 8 October 1990) is a Dutch professional triathlete and member of the National team. She placed third at the Junior World Championships in 2009. Klamer, who presently lives in Sittard, entered the national and internationa ...

References

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