Dan Empfield Explained

Dan Empfield (born 1957) is an American entrepreneur in the world of multisport, creator of the triathlon wetsuit in 1987, and the triathlon-specific racing bike in 1989. The original designs were manufactured by the Quintana Roo,[1] which he founded in 1987.

Empfield sold Quintana Roo in 1995 to Saucony[2] and managed that company's bicycle division until June 1999. He left to start the popular on-line triathlon news and commentary web site Slowtwitch.com, which he owned and managed from 1999 to 2022.[3]

His FIST-based protocol of road and triathlon bicycle fitting[4] was the first among today's dynamic bike fit protocols, and he coined the bicycle geometry terms "stack" and "reach" - corresponding, respectively, to the vertical and horizontal distance between the bottom bracket center and head-tube top; these terms helped normalize bike geometries across manufacturers.[5]

Today, Empfield remains an editor-at-large at slowtwitch.com.

Empfield has been inducted into the Triathlete Magazine Hall of Fame (2004)[6] and the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame (2014),[7] has received the World Open Water Swimming Association's (WOWSA) lifetime achievement award (2010),[8] and was named by Inside Triathlon as one of the ten most influential people in United States triathlon for 2012[9] and 2013. He received Interbike’s Triathlon Industry Leader of the Year award in 2014.[10] He is a former board member of USA Triathlon.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Williams, Jayne. Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now. 2004. Marlowe and Company. registration. dan empfield.. New York. 1-56924-467-7. 165.
  2. Web site: Saucony sells Quintana Roo, Merlin to Litespeed. June 30, 2000. October 3, 2012. Slowtwitch.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117104445/http://www.slowtwitch.com/headings/sciencebiz/industryold1.html. January 17, 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Time to Pass the Baton. Slowtwitch.com. October 1, 2022. December 24, 2023.
  4. Web site: Instant Interview: Dan Empfield. June 15, 2007. October 3, 2012. Tri247.
  5. Web site: Empfield . Dan . Stack & Reach Primer: Chapter One . Slowtwitch.com . Slowtwitch.com . 24 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Triathlete Announces New Inductees to Hall of Fame. Triathlete Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20031202233030/http://triathletemag.com/story.cfm?story_id=2894&publicationID=92&pageID=1705. December 2, 2003. October 3, 2012.
  7. Web site: Six named to USAT Hall of Fame. Slowtwitch.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150205141339/http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Six_named_to_USAT_Hall_of_Fame_4871.html. February 5, 2015. March 21, 2015.
  8. Web site: Lifetime Achievement Awards Winners. June 6, 2010. October 3, 2012. OpenWaterSwimming.com.
  9. Web site: Inside Triathlon's 10 Most Influential People For 2012: #6 Dan Empfield. Murphy. TJ. December 14, 2012. December 28, 2012. Inside Triathlon.
  10. Web site: 2014 Interbike Awards . Gottlieb . Justin . September 15, 2014 . September 16, 2014 . Interbike.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140916041156/http://www.interbike.com/events/awards-night.htm . September 16, 2014 .
  11. Web site: USAT Board of Director Meeting: Thursday Sunday, November 18-21, 2004. November 18, 2004. October 3, 2012. USA Triathlon. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019061057/http://www.usatriathlon.org/~/media/8a46e92ac2f14e5fbf8c0c492f8fc40c.ashx. October 19, 2013. dead.

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