Sam Laidlow

[2] He showed promise finishing 8th at his first Ironman World Championships at the age of 23[3] (the youngest athlete in the professional field).

Other results include a 2nd Place Finish at Ironman UK, and a win at the Spanish Irondistance race in the Girona Province (140.6INN)[4] In 2001, his parents decided to move from the UK to the South of France in order to set up a triathlon training business – Sancture Sportifs.

[5] At the age of 13 he decided to leave his home in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda for the National Altitude Training Centre in Font Romeu.

[6] He won the Bearman Xtreme Iron distance race in 2017[7] and the Lakesman in 2019, setting the fastest iron-distance time ever recorded in the United Kingdom.

In late 2024, on the run up to the Ironman World Championships his training base in France suffered a fire, destroying some of his equipment.