"The revolution 3 race in Quassy was one of the highlights of my year, a truly world class event I plan on returning to year after year. I have no doubt next year will be bigger and even better & I look forward to getting out there and doing everything I can in order to defend my title."
~ Mirinda Carfrae
About Mirinda Carfrae
Bio:
Mirinda started sports at an early age, playing basketball and a variety of other school sports. In 2000, at the age of 19, she competed in her first triathlon. Even though she did not have a background in swimming, running, or biking, she experienced success in 2001 when she made the Australian Junior Elite Team. Mirinda then went on to represent Australia at the ITU Triathlon World Championships from 2001 through till 2005 earning silver medals in 2002 and 2003. More recently Mirinda has focused on the longer distances. She won the Nice Long Course triathlon in 2004 and got silver at the ITU Long Course World Championships in Denmark in 2005. With the introduction of the Ironman 70.3 series in 2006, Mirinda claimed the St Croix and Baja titles early in the year, going on to win a bronze at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in the same year. In 2007, Mirinda came second in 4 half ironman distance triathlons before winning the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championships in world record time.
