Bevan Docherty
{{Short description|New Zealand triathlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox triathlete
| name = Bevan Docherty
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}
| image = Bevan Docherty in London.jpg
| caption = Docherty at the 2012 London Olympics
| full_name = Bevan John Docherty
| nickname = BeeDoc{{cite web|url=http://www.triathlon.org/files/media/mediacentre/profiles/bevan-docherty.pdf|title=Bevan Docherty–Athlete Profile 2009|work=International Triathlon Union|access-date=26 January 2010}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|3|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Taupō, New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0}}
| country = New Zealand
| turnedpro = 2000
| coach = Mark Elliot
| retired = 2015
| pb =
- Swim (1500 m)–15:00
- Cycle (40 km)–45:00
- Run (10 km)–28:00
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport | Men's triathlon }}
{{Medal|Country | {{NZL}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2004 Athens | Individual }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Individual }}
{{Medal|Competition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2006 Melbourne | Individual }}
{{Medal|Competition | ITU Triathlon World Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold | 2004 Madeira | Elite men's race }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2008 Vancouver | Elite men's race }}
{{Medal|Competition | Ironman 70.3 World Championship }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2012 Las Vegas | Elite }}
}}
Bevan John Docherty {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 29 March 1977) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupō.
Life
Docherty and his sister Fiona grew up in Taupō, in the North Island of New Zealand and attended Tauhara College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tauhara.school.nz/faculties/physical-education/|title=Physical Education {{!}} Tauhara College|last=Butcher-Penrose|first=Stewart Gillespie, Kieren|website=tauhara.school.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2018-02-24|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225144737/https://www.tauhara.school.nz/faculties/physical-education/|url-status=dead}} Their father Ray was a keen triathlete and their mother, Irene, her sister and Bevan trained and competed with him.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/Taupo-times/20120720/281513633272864|title=Family all behind Bevan Docherty |publisher=Taupo Times |date=20 July 2012 |via=PressReader|access-date=2018-02-24}}
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
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222030805/http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-men/bevan-docherty-nzl.htm |title=Bevan Docherty at Triathlon.org |date=dmy}}
- {{ITU}}
- {{Olympics.com|bevan-docherty}}
- {{NZOC profile|bevan-docherty}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060714055339/http://www.docherty.co.nz/ Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-nbnw8zSI (video) Final sprint at the 2005 New Plymouth ITU World Cup triathlon.]
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Category:Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
Category:Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic triathletes for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Sportspeople from Taupō
Category:Olympic medalists in triathlon
Category:Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:New Zealand male triathletes
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon