Hunter Kemper

Hunter Kemper competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games coming seventeenth and at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, finishing ninth place.

Kemper was named the 2005 USOC Sportsman of the Year and is the only American male triathlete to ever be ranked world #1 by the International Triathlon Union (ITU). In July 2006, he won the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis, MN, winning what was at the time the largest purse in professional triathlon competition.

2006 was a successful year for Hunter as his goal was to focus more on the "big" races of the season. He accomplished this goal by winning the grand prize at the Lifetime Fitness "Battle of the Sexes" Triathlon in July.

After finishing the 2005 racing season ranked #1 in the world, Hunter climbed his way back up to the #1 position for a majority of the 2006 season finishing on the podium in 3 out of his first 4 World Cups. At the Long Beach Triathlon in June, Hunter won his 6th Pro National Championship Title.

Significant Results to date
2006	Lifetime Fitness "Battle of the Sexes" Triathlon Champion 1st Long Beach Triathlon - Pro National Championships 2nd Mooloolaba ITU World Cup - Australia 2nd Ishigaki ITU World Cup - Japan 3rd Edmonton ITU World Cup - Canada 7th ITU World Championships - Lausanne, Switzerland
2005	Escape from Alcatraz Champion - San Francisco, CA 1st Beijing ITU World Cup - China 1st Mazatlan ITU World Cup - Mexico 1st Bellingham, Washington Continental Cup - Pro National Championships 2nd Honolulu ITU World Cup - Hawaii 2nd Ishigaki ITU World Cup - Japan 2nd Edmonton ITU World Cup - Canada
2004	2004 Athens Olympics - 9th place, Top American (male) 1st Bellingham, Washington ITU International Triathlon (Olympic Trials #3) 1st ITU Pan Am Regional Championships - Acapulco, Mexico 2nd ITU Cancun World Cup - Mexico

Contact

Olympic Games Team

Atos Origin

email:

Athlete's Personal Website

www.hunterkemper.com

Personal interview from Beijing

Hunter Kemper spoke to Atos Origin during his preparation for the Men’s Triathlon event.