Clean Air Champions

Champion profile - Lisa Bentley

	Sport:
		Triathlon - Ironman Triathlon
	Community:
		Caledon, ON
	Languages:
		English
	Why the environment is important to me:
		The cleaner the air we breathe, the easier it is for me to breathe and to do my sport. by default, a cleaner environment is one that encourages walking and cycling which means that there are sidewalks and bike lanes and again, by default, less traffic.
	Why I'm a Clean Air Champion:
		I believe that a healthy environment makes for a healthy body, mind and spirit. A healthy environment is a sporting environment - it has to be - and if a city and province and country embraces sport than we are all going to be healthier and happier.


Career Highlights

	Introducing Lisa Bentley:
		I have been racing since 1989. I raced in the olympic distance triathlon until 1997 - in 1995 I represented Canada at the Pan American Games in olympic distance triathlon. In 1997, I did my first Ironman competiton (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, 42 km run). In 2000, I won my first Ironman race in New Zealand. Since then, I have won an Ironman race every year including 2007. I have won 11 Ironman events - 5 Ironman Australia (2002 to 2006), 2 Ironman New Zealand (2000 and 2001), 3 Ironman Canada (2003, 2004, 2007) and 1 Ironman Frankfurt (2005). I have finished 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii - my best finish, 3rd place, occurred in 2006. I hold the marathon course record for Ironman Australia (2:58) and I have run three sub 3-hour Ironman marathons.
	Top performances:
		Winner of 11 Ironman competitions 3rd in the 2006 Hawaii Ironman World Championships Member of the 1995 Pan American Team Triathlete of the Year 2004
	Career and interests:
		Full time professional athlete some coaching, mentoring young athletes
	Contact:
		Send a message to Lisa
	Visit Lisa's web site:
		www.lisabentley.com
	To learn more about Lisa's sport, visit:
		www.triathloncanada.com

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