This post looks at the previous Kona results by the 2018 Pro field.
A few observations:
- Ronnie Schildknecht has the longest active Kona streak and the most Kona starts in the current field, he’s been racing Kona since 2006 (12 races).
- Cam Brown has been racing even longer – his first race was in 2000! He also has 12 starts in Kona.
- On the female side, Linsey Corbin has the most starts. She also the most finished in the whole Pro field (10 finishes out of 11 starts).
- With 9 finishes, Luke McKenzie and Andy Potts have the most finishes on the male side.
- The longest active streak on the female side is by Michelle Vesterby, she has been racing the last six races in Kona.
I am going to provide a lot more details on the race and the participants in my free “Kona Rating Report” which you can already pre-order at https://gum.co/Kona2018 (donations welcome).
Male Participants
| Athletes | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | # of Races | Highest Finish |
| Bart Aernouts | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 of 6 | 8 | ||||||||
| Josh Amberger | 29 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Igor Amorelli | 13 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 4 of 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| Nick Baldwin | |||||||||||||||
| Terenzo Bozzone | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 of 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cameron Brown | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 of 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kyle Buckingham | 24 | 30 | 26 | 3 of 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Tyler Butterfield | 28 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 4 of 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Denis Chevrot | 23 | 32 | 2 of 3 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Matt Chrabot | 37 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Will Clarke | 41 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Maurice Clavel | |||||||||||||||
| Simon Cochrane | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Collington | 0 of 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Antony Costes | |||||||||||||||
| James Cunnama | 51 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Braden Currie | 30 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Alessandro Degasperi | 20 | 20 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Tim Don | 15 | 1 of 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Andreas Dreitz | |||||||||||||||
| Marc Duelsen | 18 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Jan Frodeno | 3 | Win | Win | 35 | 4 | Win | |||||||||
| Javier Gomez | |||||||||||||||
| Romain Guillaume | 17 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Matt Hanson | 34 | 1 of 2 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Ben Hoffman | 55 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 7 of 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Nick Kastelein | 0 of 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sebastian Kienle | 4 | 3 | Win | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Win | |||||||
| Philipp Koutny | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Lange | 3 | Win | 2 | Win | |||||||||||
| Luke McKenzie | 54 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 35 | 9 of 10 | 2 | ||||
| Brent McMahon | 9 | 30 | 2 of 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
| David McNamee | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Callum Millward | 36 | 1 of 2 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Giulio Molinari | 28 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Patrik Nilsson | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Timothy O’Donnell | 8 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 6 of 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Jens Petersen-Bach | 0 of 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Phillips | |||||||||||||||
| David Plese | 27 | 17 | 2 of 4 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Andy Potts | 7 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Ivan Rana | 6 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tim Reed | 21 | 23 | 2 of 3 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Russell | 23 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 5 of 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| Lionel Sanders | 14 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Schildknecht | 15 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 8 of 12 | 4 | |||||
| Joe Skipper | 13 | 41 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Starykowicz | 19 | 1 of 2 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Boris Stein | 20 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| Ivan Tutukin | 0 of 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jan van Berkel | 32 | 22 | 2 of 3 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Tim Van Berkel | 7 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| Frederik Van Lierde | 34 | 14 | 3 | Win | 8 | 25 | 10 | 7 of 10 | Win | ||||||
| Cyril Viennot | 15 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 6 of 7 | 5 | |||||||
| Thiago Vinhal | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Weiss | 25 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 5 of 7 | 13 | ||||||||
| Ruedi Wild | 21 | 16 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Cameron Wurf | 17 | 1 | 17 |
Female Participants
| Athletes | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | # of Starts | Highest Finish |
| Corinne Abraham | 11 | 16 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Teresa Adam | ||||||||||||||
| Jen Annett | ||||||||||||||
| Liz Blatchford | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Lauren Brandon | 26 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Melanie Burke | 26 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Mirinda Carfrae | 2 | Win | 2 | 3 | Win | Win | 2 | 7 of 8 | Win | |||||
| Lucy Charles | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Susie Cheetham | 6 | 6 | 2 of 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Linsey Corbin | 23 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 of 11 | 5 | ||
| Sarah Crowley | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tine Deckers | 12 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 4 of 6 | 12 | ||||||||
| Gurutze Frades Larralde | 33 | 22 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Helle Frederiksen | ||||||||||||||
| Manon Genet | ||||||||||||||
| Anne Haug | ||||||||||||||
| Melissa Hauschildt | 14 | 1 of 2 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Lisa Huetthaler | ||||||||||||||
| Mareen Hufe | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 of 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| Heather Jackson | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Kirsty Jahn | ||||||||||||||
| Meredith Kessler | 26 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 4 of 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| Katja Konschak | 36 | 30 | 31 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| Carrie Lester | 23 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
| Asa Lundstroem | 17 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Annabel Luxford | 12 | 9 | 2 of 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rachel McBride | ||||||||||||||
| Jocelyn McCauley | 10 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Beth McKenzie | 15 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Emma Pallant | ||||||||||||||
| Sarah Piampiano | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 of 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| Lisa Roberts | 20 | 16 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jodie Robertson | 20 | 1 of 2 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Daniela Ryf | 2 | Win | Win | Win | 4 | Win | ||||||||
| Kaisa Sali | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Laura Siddall | 15 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lesley Smith | ||||||||||||||
| Maja Stage Nielsen | 12 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Sara Svensk | ||||||||||||||
| Sarah True | ||||||||||||||
| Michelle Vesterby | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 of 6 | 4 |