Terenzo Bozzone

Terenzo Bozzone is a professional triathlete from New Zealand, born on 1 March 1985, who races mainly in long distance, non-drafting events. He was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand with his family as a young boy. At school he won national titles in cross country running, cycling, swimming and multisport, and he then concentrated on multisport, winning the Junior Men's Elite Duathlon World Championship in 2001 and 2002 and the Junior Men's Elite Triathlon World Championship in 2002 and 2003. He set the course record for the half-Ironman distance at the Wildflower Triathlon in 2006, and in 2008 he won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater, Florida. An Achilles tendon injury held him back for the next couple of years, and he finished second at the 2013 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. He also won a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2002 Oceania Championships. In July 2018 he was seriously injured when a truck hit him while he was cycling near Kumeū.