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Kris Gemmell

Continually Impressing

Kris Gemmell is one of New Zealand’s top triathlete’s who has been racing on the ITU World Cup circuit since 1998. Kris is based in Germany during the New Zealand winter and races around Europe and North America.

Always in the top running in any race he enters Kris is an impressive competitor and always proves his skills on his bike (Quantum Team). After recovering from a foot injury late last year the 09 season sets to be a big year for him as he takes on climbing the ITU ranking in the most impressive fashion he can.

You can visit Kris’s website at www.gemmell.co.nz .

  • 2009 - 2nd ITU World Cup Mooloolaba Australia
  • 2009 - 1st Contact Energy Series Takapuna
  • 2008 - 1st ITU World Cup Huatulco Mexico
  • 2008 - 1st French Grand Prix Beauvias
  • 2008 - 2nd ITU World Cup Kitzbuhel Austria
  • 2008 - 4th ITU World Cup New Plymouth New Zealand
  • 2008 - 4th Noosa Australia
  • 2008 - 5th NZ & Oceania Champs Wellington
  • 2008 - 5th NZ Sprint Champs Kinloch
  • 2008 - 3rd ITU European Cup Schliersee

2nd Des Moines Report - Kris Gemmell

Yes,3 seconds again was all that separated me from 200,000 US big ones! It's so hard to have that perfect race these days when the caliber of the field just keeps on getting better and better. But to come so close in the last two years just makes the fire burn even more so early ahead of next years...

21 June 2010 | Read Entry

Wellington Race Report - Kris Gemmell

Theweekends race doubled as both the Oceania and National championships, so both titles would be up for grabs all be it some foreigners were also racing. The race fell during a key phase of my current training program and so I had to be quite careful about how I approached it. I've been mainly...

17 March 2010 | Read Entry

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