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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Hamish Carter
Carter and Docherty got on to a leading bunch of six that also included the Swiss, Sven Riederer and Olivier Marceau, Frenchman Frederic Belaubre, and Briton Andrew Johns.
Carter, in particular, seemed to be floating, though he probably never felt that way.
As a schoolboy at Auckland Grammar, Carter was a good rower, but he turned to triathlons when he realised he was not big enough to row at the top level as a senior.
www.olympic.org.nz /Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=406&id=3774   (898 words)

  
  washingtonpost.com: New Zealand's Carter Wins Triathlon
Hamish Carter knew what he was up against when he and Bevan Docherty ran down the stretch together.
Carter pulled away from Docherty on the final lap of the swim-cycling-run event, giving New Zealand a gold and silver finish.
Carter, Docherty and Riederer were packed together toward the end of the endurance race that begins with a 1.5 kilometer swim, goes immediately to a 40-kilometer bike race and then a 10-kilometer run.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A34562-2004Aug26?language=printer   (194 words)

  
 Hamish Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'Hamish Clive Carter(born 28 April 1971 in Auckland) is a New Zealand triathlete, who competed in the triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place.
Carter's time was 1:51:07.73, less than eight seconds faster than Docherty's.
On September 3 2006 in Lausanne Carter won silver at the World Championships after finishing 17 seconds behind of Tim Don.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamish_Carter   (139 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport / Olympic Games : Hamish takes triathlon gold
Hamish Carter of New Zealand won the men's triathlon beating a strong field and his compatriot Bevan Docherty for the gold at the Vouliagmeni course here on Thursday.
Hamish was 33rd out of the water after 1500 metre swim with a timing of 18:19.00 but had an impressive 1:00:44 on the bike and a 32:04.00 on the road, as he beat Docherty by a comfortable 7.87 second margin.
That was the difference, enjoying the race'', said Hamish, as to how he beat the tough conditions in running away with the gold in a field in which 45 athletes managed to complete the gruelling event.
www.hindu.com /2004/08/27/stories/2004082701191900.htm   (450 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Triathlon: Hamish Carter, Melanie McQuaid win XTERRA World Title
Carter finished in 2:42:36, just 19 seconds ahead of Olivier Marceau, who he passed with less than a mile to go on the run.
Carter spent the entire day in a cat-and-mouse chase with Marceau, who was also the runner-up here in 2004.
From the beach it was Carter that hit the bike course the hardest and pulled away from the field.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20061030_XTERRA_Maui.html   (1856 words)

  
 Famous New Zealanders: Hamish Carter - Kids - Christchurch City Libraries
Hamish won selection for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne after qualifying at the World Triathlon Championships in Japan in 2005, and was chosen to be team captain and flag bearer.
Hamish is married to Marisa, a former triathlete, and they have two children, Austin and Phoebe.  They live in Mt Eden, in Auckland.
Hamish is a mentor in the Air New Zealand Inspiring New Zealanders scholarship programme which gives young athletes travel funding and the opportunity to spend time with a high-achieving athlete for motivation and inspiration.
library.christchurch.org.nz /Kids/FamousNewZealanders/Hamish   (407 words)

  
 xtri.com | race reports | 2005 xterra new zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Carter, defending the title he won here last year, showed no signs of rustiness as he dispatched a quality men’s field with a performance of total domination.
Carter’s attention now turns to the ITU racing scene as he builds for the World Championships, a title he has never won, in Japan later this year.
Speaking of the bike strength required to muscle through the lumpy Rotorua trails, Carter remarked that this was excellent preparation for his other primary focus for 2005, the US-based, “classics” (Olympic distance, non-drafting races) such as the LA Triathlon and the Life Time Fitness Triathlon, the richest prize race in the sport.
www.xtri.com /article-p.asp?id=1434   (753 words)

  
 News
Hamish Carter changes focusTwo kilometers into the final 10K run at this year's International Triathlon Union world championship, New Zealand's Hamish Carter was thinking that he might finally be on the way to a world title.
In what Carter had hinted might be his final attack at a world title, he had to settle for second.
Crossing the line 17 seconds behind Don, Carter was visibly disappointed, shaking his head and allowing a four-letter word to escape before gathering himself and congratulating the new world champion."I tried really, really hard to hold him," he said after finishing.
www.insidetri.com /portal/news/news.asp?item=103697   (1268 words)

  
 Hamish Carter's secret weapon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
As he prepared for the Olympic games, champion New Zealand triathlete Hamish Carter had a secret weapon in his training arsenal - a mobility solution from HP and Vodafone...
Aside from Carter's personal dedication, what's also required is a coach with the ability to take an objective look at his schedule, and tweak it slightly here and there to ensure the jigsaw puzzle comes together for the Olympics in August.
Waking up the next morning, Carter simply logs on and the Ability Trainer application automatically downloads and displays the new schedule, ready for him to begin his days training with up-to-date recommendations from his coach - no delays, no standing around in internet cafes, no necessity to book into hotels with internet access.
www.istart.co.nz /index/HM20/PC0/PV21902/EX245/AR25919   (1145 words)

  
 Triathlon Week - Free Triathlon training community - View Single Post - Olympic Champion Hamish Carter retires
In over 14 years of racing, Carter won 12 World Cup races, a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and three world championship medals, two silver and one bronze, to secure his rank as arguably one of the sport’s greatest athletes.
Carter has flirted with retirement since his breakthrough win at Athens, but the lure of claiming a world championship gold medal kept him in the sport.
Carter says the chance to take up what he calls his first real job was an "exit strategy" he could not turn down.
www.triathlonweek.com /12003-post1.html   (594 words)

  
 New Zealand Triathlon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Carter, 35, showed strong form as he prepares for the world championships in September after taking charge midway through the run to hold off Americans Jarrod Shoemaker and world No 1 Hunter Kemper.
Carter and 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Bevan Docherty were given a 15-seconds time penalty for missing the pre-race briefing, pushing them back to the second pack on the bike.
Carter moved to the front at the 6km mark of the 10km run and held off world under-23 champion Shoemaker and Kemper for the victory in his first World Cup race since the same race last year.
www.triathlon.co.nz /triconz/Triathlon/news/articles.asp?id=870   (537 words)

  
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Carter actually rode into the second transition on an incredibly flat tire, and afterward said he couldn’t corner the last downhill stretch.
Carter’s first race on Maui is one he won’t soon forget – not just for the win, but the tough conditions.
Carter can add his medal from the Xterra World Championship to the gold medal he won in triathlon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
www.mauinews.com /story.aspx?id=24718   (1144 words)

  
 Bennett happy as Kiwis take medals - Triathlon -
Hamish Carter during the last lap of the race before winning.
After mounting a team attack with his training partner, Carter found more in his legs than Docherty at the end of the 10km run to finish 7.87 seconds clear in 1hr 51min 7.73s.
But the Kiwi mateship seemed to dominate the comments at the finishing line as the tired runners poured cold water on their heads, staggered, wilting, some collapsing into each other, and a sole competitor too spent to rise from the hot bitumen where he fell.
www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/26/1093518006197.html   (824 words)

  
 Carter leads NZ one-two in triathlon
Hamish Carter won the Olympic men's triathlon gold medal on Thursday, outkicking world champion and fellow New Zealander Bev Docherty over the final 500 metres.
The 27-year-old Docherty, world-ranked number one after a fantastic year, was the favourite on paper but Carter gradually applied the pressure and broke clear 500 metres from the end to win in one hour 51.07.73 seconds.
It looked as if the crowd would be in for a sprint finish until Carter made his move to pull off by far the biggest victory of his career.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/26oly-tri.htm   (398 words)

  
 starbulletin.com | Sports | /2006/10/30/
Let the record show, that this time Marisa was not bad luck for her husband, Hamish Carter.
Carter staged a dramatic comeback, beating out Frenchman Olivier Marceau by 19 seconds, to claim the $25,000 first prize in the men's division of an event featuring a 1.5-mile ocean swim, a treacherous 32-kilometer off-road bike ride, and a 10-kilometer trail run.
Carter regained his vision the moment he crossed the finish line.
starbulletin.com /2006/10/30/sports/story05.html   (598 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - Kemper ninth in men's triathlon
Carter pulled away from Docherty on the final lap of the swim-cycling-run event Thursday, giving New Zealand a gold and silver finish.
Carter finished 26th in Sydney in 2000, but his form has been peaking lately.
Carter collapsed in a heap after crossing the finish line, but Docherty arrived carrying a New Zealand flag a few seconds later and helped him up.
www.usoc.org /11617_25936.htm   (436 words)

  
 Olympic champ captures 'brutal' Xterra on Maui - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Hamish Carter of New Zealand took the lead with one mile left to win the Xterra Championship.
Carter finished the nearly 27-mile, off-road triathlon in 2 hours, 42 minutes, 36 seconds yesterday.
Carter, who rode the last mile of the bike stage with a flat, caught Olivier Marceau of France a mile before the finish.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Oct/30/sp/FP610300337.html   (275 words)

  
 Hamish Carter - Speakers New Zealand. One of many celebrity speakers available
Hamish Carter won Gold at the Athens Olympics in the mens triathlon confirming him as one of the world's most prominent triathletes over the last decade.
He was a member of the team that competed in Sydney in 2000 when triathlon was accepted onto the programme for the first time.
In 2002 Hamish was also a member of the New Zealand triathlon team at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he won a bronze medal
www.liveupdater.com /speakers/livearticle.asp?ArtID=-958435321   (133 words)

  
 The American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand: Home
Hamish Carter is one of New Zealand’s best-known and best-loved athletes.
Hamish was ranked No 1 in the world from 1997-2000 and as well as his Olympic gold he has also won Commonwealth Games medals and has 25 professional triathlon victories to his credit, including 12 World Cup race wins.
Written by respected sports journalist Phil Taylor, Get Carter: The Hamish Carter Story is his amazing journey to the top from schoolboy at Auckland Grammar where he learnt the value of graft, the fundamental importance of timing and balance, the currency of a smile and, most essentially, never to quit.
www.amcham.co.nz   (2235 words)

  
 XTRAMSN: Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty compete during the NZ Triathlon Champs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
XTRAMSN: Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty compete during the NZ Triathlon Champs
Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty compete during the NZ Triathlon Champs
Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty compete during the NZ Triathlon Champs© Getty Images / Jeff Brass
xtramsn.co.nz /news/0,,12088-6229108,00.html   (39 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Triathlon | Carter takes triathlon gold
Carter crossed the line in a time of one hour 51.07 minutes and was followed home by Bevan Docherty.
But the 28-year-old put the bike on his shoulder and ran two kilometres to the next wheel station, finishing the race to applause from the British fans 15 minutes off the pace.
Johns, who had described himself as being in the best form of his life prior to the event, fell off the pace dramatically after the exertions on the 40km bike ride.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/olympics_2004/triathlon/3600596.stm   (541 words)

  
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Hamish admitted his early views of deer farming and deer velvet were filtered through Footrot Flats cartoons.
Hamish is building up to the Olympics in September and further out is looking forward to the 'World Triathlon championships in Otago in 2003.
Responding to a question, Hamish said he usually takes two 500mg capsules of velvet in the mornings on training days and up to four capsules on race days.
www.deervelvetinformation.org /testamonials.htm   (913 words)

  
 XTERRA : RACES : 2006 Worlds Live Coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hamish Carter and Olivier Marceau are nearing the finish.
Hamish Carter holds on to the lead at Double Gate followed by Olivier Marceau and Seth Wealing. Chris Legh of Melbourne Austrailia has suffered TWO flat tires.
The men have just passed the Water Gate with Hamish Carter remaining in the lead with Olivier Marceau and Seth Wealing in second and third.
www.xterraplanet.com /races/dsp_content.cfm?id=1818   (635 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Hamish Carter of New Zealand clinches men's triathlon gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
New Zealand's Hamish Carter reaches the finish line during the final lap of the men's triathlon event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Aug. 26, 2004.
Hamish Carter of New Zealand clinched the gold medal for men's triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in Athens on August 26.
Carter won the three-discipline event at 1 hour 51 minutes and 7 seconds.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200408/26/print20040826_154934.html   (138 words)

  
 Hamish Carter | Auckland Grammar School
During 10 years of professional competition, triathlete Hamish Carter has proved that he is one of the world's best and we are delighted to name him Auckland Grammar Old Boy of the Year for 2005.
Now 34 years old, Hamish was at Grammar from 1985-1989, during which time he excelled at both steeplechase and rowing.
Although Hamish clearly was a standout athlete, he also performed well academically, coming first in his class as a 3rd former and 3rd in his class as a 6th former.
www.ags.school.nz /community/agsoba/oldboyoftheyear/obhamishcarter.html   (469 words)

  
 Hamish Carter - you're a bloody legend | Endurance Sport New Zealand
Hamish Carter - you're a bloody legend
Hamish Carter has been around a long time, and so often the bridesmaid.
At 33 years of age, Hamish has been NZ Triathlon's greatest servant, inspiring so many of our juniors to become elite triathletes - one of which was the Silver medallist Bevan Docherty - and to his absolute credit Docherty had nothing but praise and admiration for Carter's win.
www.endurancesport.co.nz /news/default.cfm?a=200   (431 words)

  
 :: Siri Lindley - World Champion Triathlete & Coach ::
Oceania champion Hamish Carter, World No 3 Bevan Docherty, US-based Matt Reed and Wellington’s Evelyn Williamson have been invited for the NZ$860,000 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis.
Hamish won in Corner Brook and that is a mighty tough place to win.
Carter says it will make the race into a virtual time trial.
www.siri-lindley.com /articles/potogold.htm   (736 words)

  
 Hamish Carter lends support
Hamish Carter lends support as Child, Youth and Family launches its largest caregiver recruitment campaign
Olympic gold medal-winning triathlete Hamish Carter has lent his support to the work of caregivers (foster parents) as Child, Youth and Family launches its largest caregiver recruitment campaign today (1 November) during Foster Care Week.
In a videoed message of support played at the campaign's launch event in Wellington, Hamish Carter gave recognition to the contribution caregivers make to the lives of children and young people in care saying: "Family is so important, everyone needs family and a place they can call home.
www.cyf.govt.nz /409.htm   (851 words)

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