Here\u2019s her story so far\u2026<\/p>\n
Who is Tamara Jewett?<\/strong><\/h2>\nVery few female triathletes can out-run Tamara Jewett. Anne Haug<\/a><\/strong> has done it once. So too has Lucy Charles-Barclay<\/a><\/strong>. Ashleigh Gentle<\/a><\/strong> has managed it twice. But that\u2019s about it, such is the Canadian\u2019s pedigree on two legs.<\/p>\nHer rivals now know that they have to be a certain distance ahead of Jewett coming out of T2 in order to stand a chance of not being caught by the woman from Toronto.<\/p>\n
In this respect, she\u2019s very reminiscent of another dominant runner, the all-conquering Gwen Jorgensen<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nLike Jorgensen, Jewett was a star on the track when in college. She had genuine aspirations to make it to the Olympics in order to uphold a family tradition (her cousin Gordon represented Canada at Nordic skiing at the 2012 Winter Games), but an 18-month lay-off due to a bad tear in her plantar fascia extinguished those Olympian dreams. Instead she turned to triathlon.<\/p>\n
![\"Tamara]( "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Jewett gets in the zone while racing Ironman 70.3 Timberman (Credit: Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nJewett turned professional in 2019 after a year of success in age-group races and very quickly established herself on the Ironman 70.3 scene.<\/p>\n
Not only was she a frequent occupant of podiums across North America, but her reputation as the fastest triathlete on two legs rapidly spread. Indeed, there\u2019s never been a faster female runner in Ironman 70.3 history.<\/p>\n
In September 2021, she became the first woman to break 74 minutes on the run; 18 months later \u2013 by which time she\u2019d put her legal career on hold to prioritise her racing \u2013 Jewett went sub-73 minutes.<\/p>\n
In the latter of those two races, the Canadian put in her greatest performance to date, winning handsomely at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and demolishing an extremely high-calibre field.<\/p>\n
It was the race in which she truly announced herself and served warning to all around her. Three weeks shy of her 33rd birthday, there was a new kid in town.<\/p>\n
How old is Tamara Jewett?<\/strong><\/h2>\nTamara Jewett was born on 22 April 1990, making her 33 years of age.<\/p>\n
Tamara Jewett\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"Tamara]( "\\"Athletic")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Jewett takes an impressive win at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside (Credit: Donald Miralle for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nSeptember 2019: Her Ironman 70.3 debut<\/strong><\/h3>\nAfter a first season in triathlon as an age-grouper across various distances, Jewett\u2019s maiden pro season finds her making her Ironman 70.3 debut in Augusta. As a sign of what\u2019s to come, the Canadian is just 13 seconds away from a medal.<\/p>\n
The race is won by future Ironman world champ Chelsea Sodaro<\/a><\/strong>, with whom Jewett will duel many times to come.<\/p>\nNovember 2019: A first 70.3 medal<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn her second Ironman 70.3 start, Jewett goes one better than on her debut and earns a bronze in Buenos Aires. The race is again won by Sodaro, who finishes 10 minutes ahead of the rest of the field. Jewett needs to play catch-up.<\/p>\n
September 2020: Jewett\u2019s coronation as national champion<\/strong><\/h3>\nAfter a pandemic-enforced break in the racing schedule, Jewett drops down to Olympic distance for the Canadian Pro Championships in her native Ontario.<\/p>\n
In what is becoming something of her trademark, she overturns a four-minute deficit coming out of T2 to become national champion in just her second year as a pro.<\/p>\n
August 2021: The giants are tumbling<\/strong><\/h3>\nAfter coming fifth at Ironman 70.3 Boulder among a strong field (a silver lining is beating Sodaro for the first time), Jewett returns to the podium at Ironman 70.3 Timberman where her scalps include three-time Ironman world champ Mirinda Carfrae, whom she beats by nearly 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
September 2021: First appearance at Ironman 70.3 worlds<\/strong><\/h3>\n ![\"Jewett]( "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Jewett tries to put herself in contention ahead of the run leg of the Ironman 70.3 World Champs (Credit: Patrick McDermott\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nJewett travels to Utah to make her world champs bow, but a slow swim leaves even this speedster with too much to do to get within a sniff of the podium.<\/p>\n
Her run is only bettered by winner Charles-Barclay, but it still only takes Jewett to 13th place.<\/p>\n
A better day comes later in the month with silver at Ironman 70.3 Augusta, where the Torontonian becomes the first woman to break 75 minutes for the run split of an Ironman 70.3. Another 70.3 silver arrives in December at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n
June 2022: The medals keep flowing<\/strong><\/h3>\nJewett adds another silver to her tally at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Maryland; a fortnight later, gold is the colour at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant in Quebec.<\/p>\n
April 2023: Jewett\u2019s greatest day as a triathlete<\/strong><\/h3>\nJewett\u2019s decision to solely concentrate on her sporting career bears immediate fruit at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside in California. She takes the lead halfway through the marathon, having reigned in current Ironman world champ Sodaro.<\/p>\n
On breaking the tape, Jewett becomes the first woman to dip under the 73-minute mark for a run in an Ironman 70.3 race.<\/p>\n
In her wake, she leaves a veritable who\u2019s-who of long-course racing, including Kat Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, Holly Lawrence<\/a><\/strong> and Paula Findlay<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nTamara Jewett in quotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"Tamara]( "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Race winner Danielle Lewis (R) and runner-up Jewett (L) celebrate with champagne on the podium at Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells (Credit: Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nOn putting her legal career on hold at the end of the 2022 season to make triathlon her full-time vocation: \u201c\u2019Lawyer Tamara\u2019 is an important part of me and one I expect to come back to. But the truth is that my heart is in this sport right now and I am hungry to put everything in I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
On whether rivals and spectators were shocked by her domination of the field at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside earlier this year: \u201cA few were very surprised, saying \u2018Who is this Tamara Jewett?!\u2019 If they didn\u2019t know before, everybody in the sport knows now.\u201d<\/p>\n
On her resolute approach to racing: \u201cI am always aiming for the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for Tamara Jewett?<\/strong><\/h2>\nAlthough currently just outside the top 10 of the women\u2019s PTO rankings, expect Jewett to hurtle up the order at the same speed she shows on the road.<\/p>\n
After two underwhelming performances at the Ironman 70.3 worlds (her highest finish is ninth), that particular crown has to be her overwhelming target.<\/p>\n
And once that was achieved, it\u2019s not inconceivable that this most motivated of athletes would then set her ambitious sights on the full Ironman World Champs.<\/p>\n
Top image credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images for Ironman<\/p>\n - How to qualify for the 70.3 world champs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Free Ironman 70.3 training plans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- How to smash a middle-distance triathlon PB<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>
<\/p><\/div> <\/section> <\/body><\/html>\n
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Her rivals now know that they have to be a certain distance ahead of Jewett coming out of T2 in order to stand a chance of not being caught by the woman from Toronto.<\/p>\n
In this respect, she\u2019s very reminiscent of another dominant runner, the all-conquering Gwen Jorgensen<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Like Jorgensen, Jewett was a star on the track when in college. She had genuine aspirations to make it to the Olympics in order to uphold a family tradition (her cousin Gordon represented Canada at Nordic skiing at the 2012 Winter Games), but an 18-month lay-off due to a bad tear in her plantar fascia extinguished those Olympian dreams. Instead she turned to triathlon.<\/p>\n Jewett turned professional in 2019 after a year of success in age-group races and very quickly established herself on the Ironman 70.3 scene.<\/p>\n Not only was she a frequent occupant of podiums across North America, but her reputation as the fastest triathlete on two legs rapidly spread. Indeed, there\u2019s never been a faster female runner in Ironman 70.3 history.<\/p>\n In September 2021, she became the first woman to break 74 minutes on the run; 18 months later \u2013 by which time she\u2019d put her legal career on hold to prioritise her racing \u2013 Jewett went sub-73 minutes.<\/p>\n In the latter of those two races, the Canadian put in her greatest performance to date, winning handsomely at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and demolishing an extremely high-calibre field.<\/p>\n It was the race in which she truly announced herself and served warning to all around her. Three weeks shy of her 33rd birthday, there was a new kid in town.<\/p>\n Tamara Jewett was born on 22 April 1990, making her 33 years of age.<\/p>\n After a first season in triathlon as an age-grouper across various distances, Jewett\u2019s maiden pro season finds her making her Ironman 70.3 debut in Augusta. As a sign of what\u2019s to come, the Canadian is just 13 seconds away from a medal.<\/p>\n The race is won by future Ironman world champ Chelsea Sodaro<\/a><\/strong>, with whom Jewett will duel many times to come.<\/p>\n In her second Ironman 70.3 start, Jewett goes one better than on her debut and earns a bronze in Buenos Aires. The race is again won by Sodaro, who finishes 10 minutes ahead of the rest of the field. Jewett needs to play catch-up.<\/p>\n After a pandemic-enforced break in the racing schedule, Jewett drops down to Olympic distance for the Canadian Pro Championships in her native Ontario.<\/p>\n In what is becoming something of her trademark, she overturns a four-minute deficit coming out of T2 to become national champion in just her second year as a pro.<\/p>\n After coming fifth at Ironman 70.3 Boulder among a strong field (a silver lining is beating Sodaro for the first time), Jewett returns to the podium at Ironman 70.3 Timberman where her scalps include three-time Ironman world champ Mirinda Carfrae, whom she beats by nearly 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Jewett travels to Utah to make her world champs bow, but a slow swim leaves even this speedster with too much to do to get within a sniff of the podium.<\/p>\n Her run is only bettered by winner Charles-Barclay, but it still only takes Jewett to 13th place.<\/p>\n A better day comes later in the month with silver at Ironman 70.3 Augusta, where the Torontonian becomes the first woman to break 75 minutes for the run split of an Ironman 70.3. Another 70.3 silver arrives in December at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n Jewett adds another silver to her tally at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Maryland; a fortnight later, gold is the colour at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant in Quebec.<\/p>\n Jewett\u2019s decision to solely concentrate on her sporting career bears immediate fruit at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside in California. She takes the lead halfway through the marathon, having reigned in current Ironman world champ Sodaro.<\/p>\n On breaking the tape, Jewett becomes the first woman to dip under the 73-minute mark for a run in an Ironman 70.3 race.<\/p>\n In her wake, she leaves a veritable who\u2019s-who of long-course racing, including Kat Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, Holly Lawrence<\/a><\/strong> and Paula Findlay<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n On putting her legal career on hold at the end of the 2022 season to make triathlon her full-time vocation: \u201c\u2019Lawyer Tamara\u2019 is an important part of me and one I expect to come back to. But the truth is that my heart is in this sport right now and I am hungry to put everything in I can.\u201d<\/p>\n On whether rivals and spectators were shocked by her domination of the field at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside earlier this year: \u201cA few were very surprised, saying \u2018Who is this Tamara Jewett?!\u2019 If they didn\u2019t know before, everybody in the sport knows now.\u201d<\/p>\n On her resolute approach to racing: \u201cI am always aiming for the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n Although currently just outside the top 10 of the women\u2019s PTO rankings, expect Jewett to hurtle up the order at the same speed she shows on the road.<\/p>\n After two underwhelming performances at the Ironman 70.3 worlds (her highest finish is ninth), that particular crown has to be her overwhelming target.<\/p>\n And once that was achieved, it\u2019s not inconceivable that this most motivated of athletes would then set her ambitious sights on the full Ironman World Champs.<\/p>\n Top image credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images for Ironman<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <\/body><\/html>\n Helped by her record-breaking run speed, Tamara Jewett has taken her fair share of scalps over the past couple of years. Here’s how her triathlon career has unfolded so far… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24621,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"6"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-background-career-highlights-quotes.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Helped by her record-breaking run speed, Tamara Jewett has taken her fair share of scalps over the past couple of years. Here's how her triathlon career has unfolded so far...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tamara](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-racing-on-bike-2069444.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C428\" "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>How old is Tamara Jewett?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Tamara Jewett\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
![\"Tamara](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-ironman-70-3-oceanside-Donald-Miralle-9d6828b.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Athletic")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>September 2019: Her Ironman 70.3 debut<\/strong><\/h3>\n
November 2019: A first 70.3 medal<\/strong><\/h3>\n
September 2020: Jewett\u2019s coronation as national champion<\/strong><\/h3>\n
August 2021: The giants are tumbling<\/strong><\/h3>\n
September 2021: First appearance at Ironman 70.3 worlds<\/strong><\/h3>\n
![\"Jewett](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-ironman-70-3-world-champs-42b06a8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C392\" "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>June 2022: The medals keep flowing<\/strong><\/h3>\n
April 2023: Jewett\u2019s greatest day as a triathlete<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Tamara Jewett in quotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n
![\"Tamara](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2023\/08\/tamara-jewett-on-ironman-70-3-podium-e10da78.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"IRONMAN")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>What\u2019s next for Tamara Jewett?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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