Swim
Swim / 3.8 km
Stay in touch. Exit the water within reach of the front group and the day is alive. At Cairns 2026 he was out in 50:19, fourth from the water.
Professional triathlete, Perth WA
Nick
Thompson.
Ironman Cairns champion // 7th, Ironman World Championship // World #29
7:49:48
Ironman Cairns 2026, 1st
#29
PTO world ranking
#18
World bike ranking
7:39:42
Fastest Ironman, Texas 2025
Palmarès
Selected results
Nick races the full Ironman distance and Ironman 70.3 on the professional circuit. Every start, split by split, is on the results page.
2026Ironman CairnsCairns, Queensland. First Ironman title.1st7:49:48
2026Ironman 70.3 World ChampionshipNice, France11th3:56:04
2025Ironman World ChampionshipNice, France7th8:10:32
2025Ironman TexasThe Woodlands, Texas. Personal best.7th7:39:42
2024Ironman World ChampionshipKona, Hawaii. World Championship debut.21st8:05:04
The distance
Three sports.
One long day.
An Ironman is 3.8 km of open water, 180 km against the clock, then a marathon. Nick's races are usually decided in the middle chapter.
Bike
Bike / 180 km
The weapon. Ranked #18 in the world on the bike. At Cairns he took the lead inside 20 km and rode into the second transition six minutes clear.
Run / 42.2 km
Hold what the bike built. A 2:44:30 marathon closed out the Cairns win, his fastest Ironman run to date.
Next start
Next race to be announced
Sponsored by
The brands on the kit
Every race day, from the first stroke to the finish chute.
- HOKA
- Factor Bikes
- 2XU
- Deep Heat
About Nick
Made in Western Australia
Nick Thompson is a professional long course triathlete from Perth. He turned professional in 2023, made his Ironman World Championship debut at Kona in 2024, finished seventh in the world at Nice in 2025, and took his first Ironman title at Cairns in June 2026.
He is ranked #29 in the world and #2 in Australia by the Professional Triathletes Organisation, with the bike as his strongest discipline.