Francisco Javier Gómez Noya

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Javier Gómez Noya

Javier Gómez on winning the 2006 Madrid World Cup
Country	Spain
Date of birth	25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 27)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Club	Ferrol Swimming Club (Club Natación Ferrol) Triathlon Sartrouville
Medal record Men's Triathlon Competitor for  Spain ITU World Championships Gold 2008 Vancouver Elite Silver 2007 Hamburg Elite ITU World Cup Gold 2006 Overall Gold 2007 Overall Gold 2008 Overall

Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (born 25 March 1983 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Spanish triathlete.

Born to Spanish immigrants(both Galicians) in Switzerland, he soon returned to Spain and now lives in Ferrol, Galicia. He won the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Vancouver.

The pre-race favourite to win the 2008 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday, August 19, Gómez, suffering from a stitch, placed 4th, 20.64 seconds behind Jan Frodeno of Germany, who won the gold. With 300 meters to go, Frodeno was the leader of the group made of 2008 world champion Javier Francisco Gomez of Spain, Athens 2004 silver medalist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand and Sydney 2000 gold medalist Simon Whitfield of Canada. Whitfield opened up the sprint to test the hearts of his competition. Only Frodeno could respond and sprinted away with 50 meters from the finish to claim the gold medal in a time of one hour, 48 minutes and 53 seconds. Canadian Simon Whitfield took the silver medal five seconds behind, and New Zealand's Bevan Docherty won the bronze medal 12 seconds back.

[edit] References

• Triathlon men's official results, beijing2008.com

[edit] External links

• Javier Gómez Noya's official website

v • d • e ITU Triathlon World Championships – Men's Champions Mark Allen (1989) • Greg Welch (1990) • Miles Stewart (1991) • Simon Lessing (1992) • Spencer Smith (1993-1994) • Simon Lessing (1995-1996) • Chris McCormack (1997) • Simon Lessing (1998) • Dmitriy Gaag (1999) • Olivier Marceau (2000) • Peter Robertson (2001) • Iván Raña (2002) • Peter Robertson (2003) • Bevan Docherty (2004) • Peter Robertson (2005) • Tim Don (2006) • Daniel Unger (2007) • Javier Gómez (2008) • Alistair Brownlee (2009) (women)

v • d • e ETU Triathlon European Championships – Men's Champions Rob Barel (1985-1988) • Yves Cordier (1989) • Fons Hamblock (1990) • Simon Lessing (1991) • Spencer Smith (1992) • Simon Lessing (1993-1994) • Rainer Müller-Hörner (1995) • Luc Van Lierde (1996) • Spencer Smith (1997) • Andrew Johns (1998) • Reto Hug (1999) • Andrew Johns (2000) • Filip Ospalý (2001) • Iván Raña (2002-2003) • Rasmus Henning (2004) • Frédéric Belaubre (2005-2006) • Javier Gómez (2007) • Frédéric Belaubre (2008) • Javier Gómez (2009) • Alistair Brownlee (2010) (women)

v • d • e ITU Triathlon World Cup – Men's Winners Leandro Macedo (1991) • Andrew MacMartin (1992, joint winner) • Brad Beven (1992-1995) • Miles Stewart (1996) • Chris McCormack (1997) • Hamish Carter (1998) • Andrew Johns (1999) • Dmitriy Gaag (2000) • Chris Hill (2001) • Greg Bennett (2002-2003) • Dmitriy Gaag (2004) • Hunter Kemper (2005) • Javier Gómez (2006-2008) (women)

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