Celebrity Triathletes

by Dana-Susan Crews

Jennifer Lopez, 2008 Nautica Malibu Triathlon

Maybe we could try to recruit some of these celebrity triathletes to TNT!

• Jennifer Lopez: 2008 Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 2:23:38
  *J.Lo started training only six weeks after giving birth to her twins and raised $127,000 for Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
• Matthew McConaughey: 2008 Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 1:43:48
• Gordon Ramsay: 2013 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Finish Time- 14 hours, 4 minutes, 48 seconds
• Teri Hatcher: 2009 Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 2:06:50
• Mario Lopez: 2009 Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 2:03:17
• Jon Cryer: Avid triathlete who competes in various distances. At the 2012 Malibu Triathlon, he lost control of his bike and crashed, but finished the race anyway.
• Apolo Ohno: 2014 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Finish Time- 9 hours, 52 minutes, 27 seconds
• Chris Pratt: 2015 Ironman 70.3 in Miami, Finish Time- 7 hours, 4 minutes, 52 seconds
• Hines Ward (the very first NFL player to finish an Ironman): 2013 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Finish Time- 13 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds
• Megyn Price: The Rules of Engagement actress is an avid triathlete
• Natalie Morales: Natalie is an avid marathoner and triathlete. 
• David Denman: Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 2:30
• Claire Holt: 2012 Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Finish Time- 1:44 (this earned her first place in the female celebrity division)
• Sanjay Gupta: This famous doctor has finished several triathlons.
• Rick Perry: The former Texas governor has finished several triathlons.
• America Ferrera: Saving the "best" for last, I am so impressed with America Ferrera who not only raced her first triathlon on September 17, 2016, but did it on behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training and raised more than $20,000. Yay!!!!!!!