Bevan Docherty

Bevan Docherty

Personal information
Nickname(s)	BeeDoc[1]
Born	29 March 1977 Taupo, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Turned pro	2000
Coached by	Mark Elliot
Retired	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Swim (1500 m)–15:00 Cycle (40 km)–45:00 Run (10 km)–28:00
Medal record Men's triathlon Competitor for  New Zealand Olympic Games 2004 Athens Individual 2008 Beijing Individual Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Individual ITU Triathlon World Championships 2004 Madeira Elite men's race 2008 Vancouver Elite men's race Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2012 Las Vegas Elite

Bevan John Docherty (born 29 March 1977) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo.

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

1. "Bevan Docherty–Athlete Profile 2009" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

External links

• Profile at Triathlon.org
• Bevan Docherty Official Website
• (video) Final sprint at the 2005 New Plymouth ITU World Cup triathlon.
• "Bevan Docherty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.