Guy Leech

Career

Leech was once dubbed Australia"s Fittest Athlete by the Australian Institute of Sport (1993). In 1994, Leech retired from surf Iron Manitoba and turned his attention to triathlon. Years of being involved in a sport which was mostly upper-body made it difficult for him to adapt to triathlon, and he retired from professional sport in 1995.

Leech was initially voted out sixth (ie seventh place in the game) and his charity, Ride Aid Incorporated.

However, he returned to the game along with Justin Melvey due to a twist to the show which took Leech to the finals. The money was used to build two schools in North Cambodia.

Leech still trains daily, and delivers training sessions with paddling and cross-training strength exercises.

Achievements

• Now retired from formal competition, he won seven Uncle Toby"s Super Series races and twice won The Coolangatta Gold. Leech remained undefeated over surf"s toughest event and in 1989 won the Uncle Toby"s version titled the "Gold Coast Gold" which made it his third victory over that distance. By 1989 the sport had now gone professional, making the field assembled for the 1989 race far more elite than when he had won in 1984 and 1985. He also won the World Ironman Championships in Vancouver, Canada, in 1986 and the World Ocean Paddling Championship in Hawaii in 1994. Ultimately Leech won, taking home an extra A$95000 for his charity.