Robin Reid (cyclist)

Robin Neil Reid (born 16 December 1975 in Invercargill) is a former road racing cyclist from Blenheim, New Zealand who was a New Zealand time trial champion and Olympian. He won the Tour de Pakistan race in 2007. There he met the German-born former professional female cyclist Britta Martin, who won the female sections of the event and has been together with her ever since.[1] End of 2007 they moved in together in Nelson, New Zealand. Britta Martin competes since 2008 as a professional triathlete mainly at the Ironman distance.

Since then Robin Reid is competing at triathlon races too. His fastest ironman distance race was at Challenge Roth in Germany 2014, finishing in a time of 8hr 54min 14sec for 18th in a field of 3500 competitors.[2][3] In February 2015 Robin Reid celebrated his victory at the 'Marlborough Sounds Half Ironman together with Britta Martin as fastest women in this event.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Gibbs (June 10, 2015). "Triathletes taking on the world at a fast clip". Nelson Mail.
  2. ↑ Peter Gibbs (July 22, 2014). "Reid comes 18th in Germany". Nelson Mail.
  3. ↑ "Results DATEV Challenge Roth 2014 (Men)" (PDF). mikatiming.de. July 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Patrick Dawkins (February 9, 2015). "Reid runs off anxiety for easy ironman win". The Marlborough Express.
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