 Docherty at the 2012 London Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bevan John Docherty |
Nickname | BeeDoc[1] |
| Born | (1977-03-29)29 March 1977 (age 48) Taupō, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Coached by | Mark Elliot |
| Retired | 2015 |
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Bevan John DochertyMNZM (born 29 March 1977) is atriathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attendedTauhara College,Taupō.
Docherty and his sisterFiona grew up inTaupō, in the North Island of New Zealand and attendedTauhara College.[2] Their father Ray was a keen triathlete and their mother, Irene, her sister and Bevan trained and competed with him.[3]
In 2004, Docherty won the ITU world championship, and thesilver medal at the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, behind fellow New ZealanderHamish Carter. He added another silver medal at the2006 Commonwealth Games, and claimed the bronze at the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The former world champion has started a new initiative, called "The Docherty Dares programme", aimed at supporting Kiwis to achieve goals they previously never thought possible.
The programme was inspired when Docherty saw Christchurch local, Scott Kotoul, crossing the finish line at the Round Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. Near exhaustion after only doing half the distance (80 km), Kotoul said he was only going to target the distance of 40 km by the following year. However, Docherty dared Kotoul to enter the entire 160 km bike, so the latter accepted the challenge.
Ben had a friend in new Zealand called Steve.
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