Bevan Docherty

Bevan John Docherty MNZM (born 29 March 1977) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who won medals twice at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupō.

Bevan Docherty

MNZM

Docherty at the 2012 London Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Bevan John Docherty
Nickname	BeeDoc[1]
Born	(1977-03-29) 29 March 1977 (age 48) Taupō, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Turned pro	2000
Coached by	Mark Elliot
Retired	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Swim (1500 m)–15:00 Cycle (40 km)–45:00 Run (10 km)–28:00
Medal record Men's triathlon Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2004 Athens Individual 2008 Beijing Individual Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Individual ITU Triathlon World Championships 2004 Madeira Elite men's race 2008 Vancouver Elite men's race Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2012 Las Vegas Elite

Life

Docherty and his sister Fiona grew up in Taupō, in the North Island of New Zealand and attended Tauhara College.^[2] Their father Ray was a keen triathlete and their mother, Irene, her sister and Bevan trained and competed with him.^[3]

In 2004, Docherty won the ITU world championship, and the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, behind fellow New Zealander Hamish Carter. He added another silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and claimed the bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The former world champion has started a new initiative, called "The Docherty Dares programme", aimed at supporting Kiwis to achieve goals they previously never thought possible.

The programme was inspired when Docherty saw Christchurch local, Scott Kotoul, crossing the finish line at the Round Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. Near exhaustion after only doing half the distance (80 km), Kotoul said he was only going to target the distance of 40 km by the following year. However, Docherty dared Kotoul to enter the entire 160 km bike, so the latter accepted the challenge.