Julie Dibens

Julie Dibens is a former professional triathlete from Salisbury, England, born on 4 March 1975, who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics and placed 30th. She began as a swimmer, competed for Great Britain as a junior in 1991 and swam at Louisiana State University, where she earned All American honors and degrees in kinesiology and exercise physiology, before taking up triathlon in 1997. She won the 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship and the XTERRA Triathlon World Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009, was third at the 2010 Ironman World Championship and won Ironman Coeur d'Alene in 2011. She retired from racing, became a full-time triathlon coach and lives in Boulder, Colorado.