Pedro Ribeiro Silva Gomes (born 6 December 1983, Lisbon, Portugal), is a Portuguese professional triathlete. He finished second at Ironman Florida in 2010 on his first official Ironman World Circuit professional race,[1] setting a national record at the time with a time of 8:19:26.
Early in his career, Pedro was included in the London 2012 Olympic hopefuls program after his top 10 result at Eilat ITU Premium European Cup [2] and 11th place at Baeza ITU European Cup & Iberoamerican Championship.[3] Pedro went on to live for three years at the National Training Center in Lisbon, Portugal with focus on obtaining qualification for London 2012 Olympic Games. After a unsuccessful qualification process, Pedro switched to long distance triathlon.
In long distance international competition, he placed 5th at the European ITU Long Course Championship in Vitoria-Gasteiz and 12th at the ITU World Championship in Immenstadt in 2010.[4] When switching focus to the 140.6 distance, he also placed 6th in a time of 8:25:53 at Challenge Barcelona that same year.[5]
In 2013, Pedro became the first Portuguese - male or female - to ever win an official Ironman event as a professional athlete with his win at Ironman Kalmar 2013 in a time of 8:19:30.[6] Over the course of his career he has finished on the podium of a professional Ironman event another 6 times with podiums at Ironman Canada, Austria, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona and more recently at Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2021.[7]
Some result highlights include: