Guy Leech, Date of Birth

    

Guy Leech

Australian triathlete

Date of Birth: 29-Feb-1964

Profession: surfer, triathlete

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Guy Leech

  • Guy Leech (born 29 February 1964) is a former Australian Ironman surf lifesaving champion.
  • Now retired from formal competition, he won seven Uncle Toby's Super Series races and twice won The Coolangatta Gold.
  • Leech remained undefeated over surf's toughest event and in 1989 won the Uncle Toby's version titled the "Gold Coast Gold" which made it his third victory over that distance.
  • By 1989 the sport had now gone professional, making the field assembled for the 1989 race far more elite than when he had won in 1984 and 1985.
  • He also won the World Ironman Championships in Vancouver, Canada, in 1986 and the World Ocean Paddling Championship in Hawaii in 1994.
  • Leech was once dubbed Australia's Fittest Athlete by the Australian Institute of Sport (1993).In 1994, Leech retired from surf Iron Man and turned his attention to triathlon.
  • Years of being involved in a sport which was mostly upper-body made it difficult for him to adapt to triathlon, and he retired from professional sport in 1995.In 2006, Leech appeared on the Seven Network's Australian Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu, the second edition of Australian Survivor.
  • He and 11 other celebrities were vying for a cash prize of A$100,000 to be donated to their nominated charity.
  • Leech was initially voted out sixth (i.e.
  • seventh place in the game) and his charity, Ride Aid Inc; however, he returned to the game along with Justin Melvey due to a twist to the show which took Leech to the finals.
  • Ultimately Leech won, taking home an extra A$95000 for his charity.
  • The money was used to build two schools in North Cambodia. Leech still trains daily, and delivers training sessions with paddling and cross-training strength exercises.

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