Mary Beth Ellis
Ellis in transition at 2014 Ironman Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 12, 1977 Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 lb (53 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Beth Ellis (born July 12, 1977) is a retired American long-distance triathlete. She holds the record for the fastest iron-distance race by an American woman, set at Ironman Austria in 2011 with a time of 8:43:34. She is the 2015 ITU Long Distance Triathlon champion and has taken second place at both the 2008 and 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. She has been named USA Triathlon's Non-Olympic/ITU Female Athlete of the Year for both 2011 and 2012.