Joanna's Bio
Wellington born, Auckland raised, Lawn has taken a roundabout route to the top of triathlon racing. She played every sport ever invented during high school. Joanna was a member of the New Zealand cycling team for the Commonwealth Games in 1998. For the past four years she has been improving from a 4th placed in her first attempt at the distance to winning Ironman New Zealand for the past six years. She also holds the course record at 9:16. In 2007 she finished 4th in the world championship held in Kona, Hawaii.
Joanna and her husband Armando Galarraga are now living in Auckland, New Zealand.
Achievements
New Zealand Ironman Championships
7 x IMNZ Championships
- 2010 1st Pro Women (Course record) - 9:14:32
- 2009 2nd Pro Women
- 2008 1st Pro Women (Course record) - 9:16:00
- 2007 1st Pro Women
- 2006 1st Pro Women
- 2005 1st Pro Women
- 2004 1st Pro Women
- 2003 1st Pro Women
- 2002 2nd Pro Women
- 2001 4th Open Women (first race as a pro)
- 2000 1st 25-29yr Women
New Zealand Long distance Championships
3 x New Zeland Long diantace Champ
- 2010 4th Pro Women
- 2009 2nd Pro Women
- 2008 1st New Zealand Champ
- 2007 1st New Zealand Champ
- 2006 1st New Zealand Champ
- 2003 4th Pro Women
- 2000 1st 25-29yr Women
Ironman World Triathlon Championships
6 Top 10 x Ironman Hawaii
- 2009 7th Pro Women
- 2008 14th Pro Women
- 2007 4th Pro Women
- 2006 7th Pro Women
- 2005 4th Pro Women
- 2004 5th Pro Women
- 2003 13th Pro Women
- 2002 10th Pro Women
- 2001 11th Pro Women
- 2000 1st 25-29yr Women
Quelle Challenge Roth
- 2007 2nd Pro Women (Under 9 Hours) - 8:58
- 2006 1st Pro Women - 9:01
Other Ironman/Triathlon Championships
- 2010 1st TRIGRANDPRIX UK - 1/2 ironman (Kent, UK)
- 2010 1st Ligue Caledonienne International Triathlon (Noumea)
- 2010 1st Contact series Erin Baker trophy (New Zealand)
- 2010 1st Contact series Whangamata (New Zealand)
- 2010 4th TRIGRANDPRIX Zarautz - 1/2 ironman (Zarautz, Spain)
- 2010 6th Ironman Germany (Frankfurt, Germany) - Due mechanical.
- 2009 3rd 70.3 Kansas (USA)
- 2009 8th Revolution 3, N.Y (USA)
- 2009 2nd 70.3 Florida, Orland. (USA)
- 2009 8th 70.3 St. Croix, USA Virgin Islands. (USA)
- 2009 12th St. Anthonys, Florida. (USA)
- 2009 3rd 70.3 Lubbock, Texas. (USA)
- 2008 3rd 70.3 Lubbock, Texas. (USA)
- 2008 2th 70.3 Kansas (USA)
- 2007 4th Open Women Escape from Alcatraz triathlon (USA)
- 2006 4th Wildflower Triathlon (USA)
- 2005 4th Open Women Australia Ironman (USA)
- 2004 3rd Open Women Lake Placid Ironman (USA)
- 2003 3rd Open Women Lake Placid Ironman (USA)
- 2002 2rd Open Women Lake Placid Ironman (USA)
- 2001 5th Open Women Wildflower International Triathlon (USA)
- 2001 11th Open Women Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon (USA)
- 2001 7th Open Women Boulder Peak Triathlon (USA)
- 2001 9th Open Women San Jose Pro Challenge (USA)
- 2000 3rd 25-29yr Women Kona Half Ironman (Hawaii, USA)
- 2000 1st Overall Women Sado Island Triathlon (Japan)
- 2000 6th 25-29yr Women Tauranga Half Ironman (New Zealand)
- 1999 1st Overall Women Kona - Keauhou
Cycling
- 1998 2nd New Zealand Games Selection Race
- 1998 9th Road Race Commonwealth Games Malaysia
- 1998 Represented NZ at World Champs in Holland
- 1997 GOLD MEDAL 3000m Pursuit New Zealand Cycling Champs
- 1997 SILVER MEDAL Time Trial Oceania Games
- 1997 3rd Road Race New Zealand Road Cycling Champs
- 1997 4th Time Trial New Zealand Road Cycling Champs
- 1995 BRONZE MEDAL Time Trial Oceania Games
Other
- 1999 10th BMW Marathon (first ever marathon)
- 1994 SILVER MEDAL 20-24yr Women World Duathlon Champs (Tasmania, Australia)
