The Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) is a triathlon competition. The race was created in 1994 by IMG, Laguna Phuket Resorts and PCH Sports. LPT's race distances of 1800 m swim, 55K bike and 12K run are designed to provide participants with a unique challenge and to showcase the venue. LPT's list of champions includes Mike Pigg, Paula Newby-Fraser

Paula Newby-Fraser

Paula Newby-Fraser is an Ironman triathlete and duathlete. She was born in Southern Rhodesia and raised in South Africa, where she was a nationally-ranked swimmer as a child....

, Mark Allen

Mark Allen (triathlete)

Mark Allen is the six-time Ironman Triathon World Champion. He graduated from UC San Diego,where he was an All-American swimmer, with a degree in biology....

, Simon Lessing

Simon Lessing

Simon Christopher Lessing, MBE, is a British triathlete who won five Olympic-distance world titles . He also won races at 70.3, ITU long distance and Ironman-distance events. He set an Olympic-distance world record in 1996, and is noted for his 2004 Ironman Lake Placid win, where he set a course...

, Greg Welch

Greg Welch

Gregory John Welch OAM is an Australian triathlete. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest triathletes due to his remarkable dominance in winning the "The Grand Slam" which includes the ITU Triathlon World Championships , The Ironman World Championship , the ITU Duathlon World Championships and...

, Michellie Jones

Michellie Jones

Michellie Yvonne Jones is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic Silver Medal, and the 2006 Ironman World Championship.-Athletic career:...

, Craig Alexander

Craig Alexander (triathlete)

Craig Alexander is an Australian triathlete who is the 2008, 2009 & 2011 Ironman Triathlon World Champion. He is only the fourth man to win the Ironman World Championship two years in a row; the others were Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Tim DeBoom. He is also only the fourth man to win the Ironman...

, Carol Montgomery

Carol Montgomery

Carol Montgomery is an athlete from Canada who competes in the triathlon. She won the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, and the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.Carol attended Simon Fraser University in the mid 80's where she honed...

, and Samantha McGlone

Samantha McGlone

Samantha McGlone is a Canadian triathlete.McGlone competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took twenty-seventh place with a total time of 2:10:14.24...

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Location

The Laguna Phuket Resort occupies 600 acres (2.4 km²) of tropical beachfront parkland on the northwest coast of Phuket

Phuket Province

Phuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...

island in southern Thailand.

External links

• Laguna Phuket Triathlon
• Laguna Phuket