IRONMAN World Champion Michellie Jones Joins Roster of IRONMAN U Master Coaches

August 20, 2024

TAMPA, Fla. (August 20, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – IRONMAN, together with TriDot, has announced that IRONMAN Hall of Famer Michellie Jones, an Olympic medalist and the first Australian woman to win the IRONMAN World Championship, has joined the IRONMAN U team as a Master Coach. IRONMAN U Master Coaches serve a fundamental role in the development and evolution of educational content designed for coaches training athletes specifically for long distance triathlons.

“Michellie Jones brings not only a wealth of top-caliber experience and a coaching pedigree of the highest level, but also an enthusiasm for the athlete experience that aligns with the values that IRONMAN U has always embraced. Michellie’s exuberance and joyous personality bring so much energy to the sport. We believe that Michellie will not only further raise the bar for IRONMAN U, but she’ll also ensure everyone remembers to enjoy the journey,” Marieka Barnard, Chief Marketing Officer for The IRONMAN Group.

Michellie is one of the most diversely accomplished triathletes of all-time, leaving an undeniable mark on the sport and on IRONMAN racing. As a two-time ITU Triathlon World Champion (1992 and 1993) and XTERRA Triathlon World Champion (1996), Jones carried her immense success into the 2000 Olympic Games, taking home a silver medal in triathlon. She continued to showcase her talent in 2005 with a win at the IRONMAN Florida triathlon and a second-place finish in her first appearance at the IRONMAN World Championship. She followed this with a win at the 2006 IRONMAN Arizona triathlon and ultimately, winning the 2006 IRONMAN World Championship. Michellie returned to the global stage again when, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, she served as a guide for para triathlete Katie Kelly, taking home the gold medal. In addition to her induction into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame in 2019, Jones has also been inducted into the ITU Hall of Fame and the Triathlon Australia Hall of Fame. She continues to give back to the sport of triathlon as an IRONMAN U Certified Coach at Giddy Up Multisports Coaching, as well as serving as head coach for the University of California San Diego Triton triathlon team.

“As one of the most successful triathletes in the history of the sport, we’re thrilled and honored to have Michellie join the IRONMAN U Master Coach team. Athletes and coaches alike will benefit from her incredible accomplishments in the sport, her passion for helping athletes and coaches on their triathlon journeys, and her deep experience and knowledge about what it takes to become a successful athlete or coach,” Jeff Booher, Founder and CEO of TriDot. “Michellie’s unique pioneering mindset always strives to find better ways to improve and raise the bar for herself and those around her.  As a Master Coach, her impact on our coaching community will help coaches worldwide deliver higher quality services to athletes on their journey to success.”

“There is no athlete in the history of the sport as diversely successful as Michellie Jones,” said eight-time IRONMAN World Champion, IRONMAN Hall of Famer, and IRONMAN U Master Coach Paula Newby-Fraser. “From Olympic medals to World titles across all distances and disciplines. The key to her success has always been professionalism and preparation. From dedicating herself to learning the technical skills of mountain biking to perfecting nutrition of IRONMAN racing and everything in between – no stone was left unturned in pursuits of knowledge and understanding, and how to turn it into results.”

IRONMAN U is an innovative online education and certification platform that offers instruction for coaches specifically catering to the needs of IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 athletes. It features an industry leading coaching certification course led by an elite team of Master Coaches, an international coach community, and the Find a Coach tool. This new global standard for endurance sports and education is focused on fostering a community of well-trained coaches who are better prepared to handle the physical and mental challenges that endurance events present to athletes.

IRONMAN U has recently launched a freshly updated IRONMAN U Certification Course in collaboration with and hosted by TriDot, the Official Training Platform of IRONMAN. This is a project that newly-appointed Master Coach Michellie Jones will play a large role in overseeing, alongside her peers, including long time IRONMAN U Master Coach Mark Allen.

For more information on IRONMAN U visit www.tridot.com/ironman-u/become-a-certified-coach. IRONMAN U Program inquiries can be directed to casey.taker@ironman.com. For more information on IRONMAN and the global event series, visit www.ironman.com. Media inquiries may be directed to press@ironman.com.

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About TriDot

TriDot is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology and performance science division of Predictive Fitness, Inc. that provides Optimized Triathlon Training^® for triathletes. Leveraging almost two decades of ongoing research, TriDot’s patents-pending technology uses athlete biometrics, training data, and coach inputs along with its own proprietary dataset, artificial intelligence engine, and other advanced analytics to optimize training for each individual athlete. TriDot is the Official Training Platform of IRONMAN and the platform of choice for elite coaches like Mark Allen, Michellie Jones, Timothy O’Donnell and Mirinda Carfrae. TriDot handles the analytics and training program design, giving coaches more time to work with their athletes. It produces substantially greater results in up to 30% less training time. www.TriDot.com

About The IRONMAN Group

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN^® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll^® Running Series, IRONKIDS^®, World Triathlon Championship Series, premier running events including the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon™ and City2Surf^®, UTMB^® World Series trail-running events including the Canyons Endurance Runs™ by UTMB^®, Tarawera Ultra-Trail™ by UTMB^® and Ultra-Trail Australia™ by UTMB^®, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic^®, road cycling events, and other multisport races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world, providing participants the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast offerings. Catering to the full athlete experience, the company portfolio also includes FulGaz^® virtual cycling, the most realistic indoor riding experience connected fitness application aimed at preparing athletes for real-world events. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN^® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE^® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. The IRONMAN Group is owned by Advance, a private, family-owned business, and Orkila Capital, a growth equity firm focused on building great brands. For more information, visit www.ironman.com/about-ironman-group.

About Advance 

Advance is a private, family-held business that owns and invests in companies across media, entertainment, technology, communications, education and other promising growth sectors. Our mission is to build the value of our companies over the long-term by fostering growth and innovation. Advance’s portfolio includes Condé Nast, Advance Local, Stage Entertainment, The IRONMAN Group, American City Business Journals, Leaders Group, Turnitin, and Pop. Together these operating companies employ more than 14,000 people in 29 countries. Advance is also among the largest shareholders in Charter Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery and Reddit. For more information visit www.advance.com.