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Cameron Wurf (born 3 August 1983) is an Australian professional triathlete and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. He was a national champion and Australian representative rower – a 2004 Olympian who won a World Rowing U23 Championships title in 2003.
Career
= Rowing
=Born in Hobart, Wurf was educated at Hutchins School, Hobart where he took up rowing. He won the national Schoolboy Sculling title at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2001.
Aged eighteen Wurf first represented Australia in a coxless four at the 2001 Junior World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany where the Australian four placed seventh. Then at the 2003 World Rowing U23 Championships in Belgrade he rowed in the lightweight coxless four to a gold medal victory.
From 2004 to 2006 Wurf was selected to represent Tasmania in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. All three of those Tasmanian crews were victorious
At the 2004 Athens Olympics Wurf contested the men's lightweight double scull and finished with a sixteenth placing. He continued to represent Australia at the highest level in rowing until 2006 competing at World Championships. At Gifu 2005 he raced the lightweight double scull to a twelfth place and at Eton Dorney 2006 he stroked a coxless pair to a fourth place in the final. It was Wurf's last representative rowing appearance.
= Cycling
=Wurf left the Champion System team at the end of the 2012 season – having joined the squad at the start of the season – and joined Cannondale for the 2013 season.
In February 2015, after finishing third in the time trial at the 2015 Oceania Road Championships, Wurf announced that he would take a year out from his professional cycling career, explaining that he felt he had not found his niche in the sport.
= Triathlon
=During his time off Wurf competed in triathlon, finishing ninth overall and winning the 30–34 age group on his Ironman debut at Whistler in July 2015.
Wurf made his professional triathlon debut at the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championships in Cairns in June 2016. In December 2016 he announced he would race for Cylance Pro Cycling in the 2017 season, combining bike racing with Ironman competitions. However, he only contested the Australian National Road Race Championships for the team.
In 2022, it was announced that Wurf would make his Super League Triathlon debut at SLT Malibu. Wurf finished 18th in the event, after being eliminated in stage 1, however has expressed interest in returning to Super League Triathlon in the future.
= Return to cycling
=On 31 January 2020, Wurf signed with Team Ineos to fill the vacancy left by the recently retired Vasil Kiryienka.
By 2024, he was the oldest rider on the WorldTour circuit. Because of his commitment to competing for Ineos, he competed in fewer Ironmans in 2024, but did compete in the Ironman World Championships, where he placed seventh.
Major results
= Grand Tour general classification results timeline
=References
External links
Media related to Cameron Wurf at Wikimedia Commons
Cameron Wurf at ProCyclingStats
Cameron Wurf at Cycling Archives (archived)
Cameron Wurf profile at Liquigas-Cannondale
Official website
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- List of multi-sport athletes
- Australian National Track Championships
- 2024 Ineos Grenadiers season
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