Amber Ferreira

Amber Ferreira (née Cullen, born 1982) is an American triathlete, coach and endurance athlete. She is the 2010 and 2014 United States Snowshoe Champion[1][2] and the 2012 World Snowshoe Championship runner-up.[3]

Athletic career

Ferreira was born to Gregory and Gloria Cullen, and grew up in Westford, Massachusetts where she attended Westford Academy. She was recruited to run track and cross country and attended Northeastern University where she held the 10K school record. After college, she married Danny Ferreira and began branching out from the standard 5 and 10k distances that she had competed in college. She competed in 24-hour road races,[4] endurance cross-country ski races, trail marathons[5] and 10 mile swims.[6] After about three years of trialing various sports, she settled on triathlons and began her career as a professional triathlete. In 2014 she won Ironman Lake Placid and finished 2nd at Ironman Mont Tremblant and Ironman Texas.

In addition to competing at the international level in long-distance triathlons, Ferreira also competes in snowshoe and road running competitions as well as coaches endurance athletes herself.

Notable results

Triathlon

Event Year Place
Ironman Austria 2016 4th
Ironman Couer d'Alene 2015 4th
Ironman Lake Placid 2014 1st
Ironman Texas 2014 2nd
Ironman Mont Tremblant 2014 2nd
Timberman 70.3 2013 3rd
Eagleman 70.3 2013 3rd
Mont Tremblant 70.3 2013 4th
New Orleans 70.3 2012 9th
Oceanside 70.3 2012 9th
Mooseman 70.3 2012 4th
Eagleman 70.3 2012 5th
Pumpkinman 70.3[7] 2012 1st
Pocono Mountains 70.3[8] 2012 2nd
Iroman Arizona 2012 11th
Rhode Island 70.3 2011 5th
Ironman Lake Placid 2011 7th
Timberman 70.3 2011 6th
Ironman Lake Placid 2010 2nd Female Amateur
Mooseman 70.3 2010 1st Female Amateur

Other results and recognitions

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 United States National Snowshoe Championship - Race Results". snowshoeracing.com. March 7, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Dreier, Whitney (March 2, 2014). "2014 Snowshoe National Championships". Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Duluthian Hartmark second in World Snowshoe Championships". Northland Outdoors. March 12, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. "24 Hour Around the Lake Races". Somerville Road Runners. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. "Odyssey Trail Running Rampage". Odyssey Adventure Racing. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  6. "2009 Kingdom Swim Times". Kingdomswim.org. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  7. "Brown wins Pumpkinman Triathlon". Seacostonline.com. September 16, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  8. "2012 Results: Pocono Mountains". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  9. http://mountwashingtonroadrace.com/joe-gray-and-kim-dobson-win-56th-northeast-delta-dental-mount-washington-road-race-jim-johnson-and-amber-ferreira-top-new-hampshire-finishers. Missing or empty |title= (help)/
  10. Labore, Mark (June 18, 2011). "Gates, Dobson win run to top of Mount Washington". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  11. Smith, Phillip Gary (March 14, 2010). "2010′s Tenth Women's USSSA Championships: A 10!". Snowshoe Magazine. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  12. "Individual Standings" (PDF). Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  13. "Andy Schachat: Shining the spotlight on triathletes". Geo. J. Foster Company. August 15, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

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