In an evening aimed at celebrating ‘Our Greatest Triathlon Team’, national governing body British Triathlon captured the achievements across the board of the British tri community in 2012.
Alistair Brownlee and Helen Jenkins were recognised for their outstanding achievements during 2012 at British Triathlon’s Annual Awards Ceremony at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Olympic Champion, Alistair Brownlee, was awarded the Olympic Athlete of the Year Award and GE British Triathlon Male Elite Triathlete of the Year for the fifth successive year. Meanwhile, Helen Jenkins was recognised for the best ever Olympic finish by a British woman following her fifth place finish at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
In what has been Britain’s most successful ever year in the sport, the men’s Olympic Triathlon Team of Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Stuart Hayes collected the prestigious Peter Holmes Award for Inspirational Performance in International Competition.
Alistair Brownlee delighted hundreds of thousands in Hyde Park this summer, and inspired millions more with his dominant gold medal-winning performance. At an evening designed to celebrate outstanding success, over 400 guests stood to recognise the Olympic Champion and British triathlon’s six Olympians.
Brownlee said, “Until the Olympics I never understood it when someone would say it takes a while to sink in, but it’s definitely taken a while to sink in. I didn’t know how I would feel when I crossed the finishing line because it’s a dream I’ve had since I was eight years old, but it’s finally sunk in now and I’m ready to move on and achieve some more targets.
“I’ve never had the chance to race in the Commonwealth Games, so I’m looking forward to that and lots of other new things.”
The British Triathlon Awards also celebrated Paratriathlon, junior triathletes, long distance elite triathletes and duathletes. It also awarded the male and female age group triathletes of the year and went on to recognise the volunteers, officials and coaches – and the British Triathlon team itself – who are all vital in ensuring the continued success of triathlon.
There were also a few drinks consumed on the night, as the triathlon community took the opportunity to let its hair down!
British Triathlon 2012 Annual Award Winners
- Olympic Athlete of the Year –Alistair Brownlee
- GE British Triathlon Female Elite Triathlete of the Year – Helen Jenkins
- GE British Triathlon Male Elite Triathlete of the Year – Alistair Brownlee
- British Triathlon Female Elite Junior Triathlete of the Year – Georgia Taylor-Brown
- British Triathlon Male Elite Junior Triathlete of the Year – Gordon Benson
- GE British Triathlon Female Elite Long Distance Triathlete of the Year – Leanda Cave
- GE British Triathlon Male Elite Long Distance Triathlete of the Year – Stephen Bayliss
- GE British Triathlon Female Elite Duathlete of the Year – Lucy Gossage
- GE British Triathlon Male Elite Duathlete of the Year – Mark Buckingham
- British Triathlon Event of the Year – CELTMAN
- Tata Steel British Triathlon Female Paratriathlete of the Year – Faye McClelland
- Tata Steel British Triathlon Male Paratriathlete of the Year – Iain Dawson
- British Triathlon Female Age-Group Triathlete of the Year – Peggy Crome
- British Triathlon Male Age-Group Triathlete of the Year – Roger Witz Barnes
- Leigh Day & Co. British Triathlon Volunteer of the Year – Aimee Stocker
- Leigh Day & Co. British Triathlon Official of the Year – Sarah Taylor
- Leigh Day & Co. British Triathlon Coach of the year – Andrew Bullock
- Peter Holmes Award for Inspirational Performance in International Competition – Men’s Olympic Triathlon Team
- Gold Pin Awards: Catriona Morrison, Jack Maitland, Glenn Cook, Dave Bellingham, John Lunt and Andrew McBarnet
