TRIATHLON 2015 ยท ITU 190
HALL OF FAME
ITU announced seven inductees for the second
annual Hall of Fame. These athletes and lifetime
achievement honorees were officially inducted into
the ITU Hall of Fame at a gala held as a part of the
ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago.
The women honourees included 2000 Sydney
Olympic Games silver medallist Michellie Jones
(AUS), 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist
Vanessa Fernandes (POR) and 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games gold medallist Emma Snowsill (AUS).
The men inductees were 2004 Athens Olympic
Champion Hamish Carter (NZL), three-time ITU
World Champion Peter Robertson (AUS), and Simon
Whitfield (CAN), the 2000 Sydney Olympic Champion
and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist.
Chiharu Igaya (JPN) was also inducted as the
Lifetime Achievement nominee. He was the Japan
Triathlon Union President from 1994-2009, an IOC
Member and made countless contributions toward
the development of triathlon, including the addition
of triathlon in the Olympics when he was an IOC
Executive Board Member.
