Kona Start List 2022: British and Irish Age-Group women at the IM WC

It’s not just the Pro athletes who have been waiting three years for October’s IRONMAN World Championship event. For many long distance amateur athletes, the World Champs in Kona is the dream.

This year will have by far the biggest entry ever, with the racing now held over two days, in part to allow for a catch-up on all of the athletes who have Kona-qualified, but not been able to take up their place on the pier, as a result of the global pandemic.

All of the women, Pro and Age-Group, will race on Thursday 6 October 2022. We’ve already published the full Pro start lists elsewhere (WOMEN | MEN).

While the digital medium allows us to have global view on the sport, we also enjoy following the progress of athletes closer to our physical location. With that in mind – as we have for many years now in Kona – here are the full listings of all of the British and Irish Age-Group WOMEN set to race in Hawaii

(You can find the Age-Group Men on this link).

A few names to note

Linda Ashmore (W75-79) is GB’s oldest female entrant, but quite a remarkable athlete. She won in Hawaii five years ago, but that’s just a small element of her abilities. She’s also the oldest women to swim the English Channel, an age-group winner at the London Marathon, ultra-runner, sprint distance triathlon world champion and breast cancer survivor.

Barbara Holmes (W60-64) has won multiple world championship medals at Sprint, Standard, Long, Aquathlon and 70.3 level. Qualifying by winning her first IRONMAN earlier this year in Mallorca, can she add another distance to an already impressive medal collection?

Emily Freeman (W30-34) was on the podium and collected a coveted Umeke award three years ago, when she finished fifth in the 25-29 category. This time she will have the backing of the Zwift Academy Tri Team to see if she can do even better.

Best wishes to everyone racing from all at TRI247!

*** NOTE *** The athlete information below was extracted from the official race start lists, based on data as at September 7, 2022. Therefore, if there are any errors then that is probably the source!

However, we would like to ensure we have the correct information, so if you do spot any mistakes then please do get in touch with us via editor@tri247.com and we will amend.

UK & Ireland AG Women Kona 2022