ROKA Sports has announced a multi-year partnership with 5x IRONMAN Champion, 4x IRONMAN 70.3 Champion and IRONMAN American Record Holder, Linsey Corbin.
This latest deal adds to ROKA’s significant roster of sponsored pro triathletes in tandem with the brand expanding its international footprint, with ROKA now sold in leading UK and international online retailer Wiggle.
Commenting on the new endorsement deal, Linsey Corbin said “The basis of my sponsorship philosophy is to only work with brands I truly believe in and whose product I would purchase on my own. I’m really excited to add ROKA to this line-up.
“I have been fascinated by their product innovation and growth since they entered the triathlon market and am super excited about the opportunity to work with them this year. I have been working hard on my swim this off-season, and I am excited for a fast & fun year with the ROKA team. Partnering with a company like ROKA motivates me as an athlete to continuously improve.”
ROKA’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing Ryan Dolan said, “We are thrilled to partner with Linsey Corbin. She is the fastest American woman ever at the full IRONMAN distance and is universally respected for her professionalism off the course. Linsey is also one of the most approachable and recognizable figures in the sport of triathlon. We are honoured to partner with her and we believe she’ll be an excellent ambassador for ROKA.”
Linsey Corbin grew up in Bend, Oregon with dreams of winning Olympic Gold in downhill ski racing. She ran track and cross country in high school and her early college years before transferring to the University of Montana in Missoula where she found triathlon.
Corbin is the IRONMAN American Record Holder with a time of 8:42:42. She is also a 5x IRONMAN champion, a 4x IRONMAN 70.3 champion and has also finished on the podium at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships.
ROKA’s growing team of partner coaches and sponsored athletes includes:
- Current and 4x ITU World Champion & 2012 Olympic Silver Medallist Javier Gómez;
- ITU World Champion Gwen Jorgensen;
- Six-time Hawaii Ironman World Champion, coach, award-winning author, motivational speaker and ESPN’s ‘Greatest Endurance Athlete of All-Time’ Mark Allen and Mark Allen Coaching;
- 2x Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack;
- Siri Lindley and Team Sirius;
- Mat Steinmetz and 51 Speed Shop;
- 2x ITU World Champion and Olympic Bronze Medallist Emma Moffatt;
- 2x Ironman 70.3 World Champion Melissa Hauschildt;
- IM 70.3 World Champion & 3x XTERRA World Champion Julie Dibens
- 2013 Kona Runner-up & Challenge Roth winner Rachel Joyce
- 7x IRONMAN Champion Meredith Kessler and 4x Wildflower Champion Jesse Thomas
- 5x IRONMAN winner Jordan Rapp and others.
ROKA was founded in 2011 by two former All-American swimmers from Stanford University, who, after being frustrated by the offering on the market, set out to make the fastest wetsuits on the planet. After two years of intense R&D, and testing by athletes of all abilities, ROKA launched its patent-pending Maverick wetsuit, Viper swimskin and SIM short training line.
ROKA products were immediately sought out by elite and developing swimmers alike. Over the past two years, professional athletes in ROKA finished ‘First Out of the Water’ at back-to-back Ironman World Championships, Ironman 70.3 World Championships, and ITU WTS Grand Finals, as well as many other races around the world.
In 2014, ROKA athletes Javier Gómez and Gwen Jorgensen won three World Championship titles. ROKA is based in Dallas, Texas with employees in Southern California, Boulder, Colorado and athletes around the world.
