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Professional Triathlete & Coach
Filipe Azevedo 
Portugal's top-ranked professional triathlete, a four-time IRONMAN 70.3 champion, and head coach of FAWZ Concept.
About
Filipe Azevedo is a Portuguese professional triathlete and coach, and the highest-ranked Portuguese athlete in the PTO world rankings. Based in Dubai, he has raced professionally across Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East since 2017.
A middle-distance specialist, he has won four IRONMAN 70.3 titles, has finished the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship five times with a best of tenth in 2021, and has moved up to the full distance, finishing fourth at IRONMAN Malaysia in 2024 and racing the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice in 2025.
Alongside racing he is head coach of FAWZ Concept and of the Dubai Police Triathlon Team, where the work covers athlete development and growing the triathlon community in the UAE.
Career highlights
- PTO world ranking: 78th overall, 1st in Portugal
- IRONMAN 70.3 champion: Shanghai 2018 and 2019, Augusta 2021, Davao 2023
- 2nd, IRONMAN 70.3 Brasilia 2026 and IRONMAN 70.3 Aracaju 2025
- 4th, IRONMAN Malaysia 2024
- 10th, IRONMAN Sweden 2026 in 7:49:09
- 10th, IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2021
- 1st, Caminha long-distance triathlon 2026 (3h46) and Ajman triathlon 2026
- IRONMAN World Championship, Nice 2025; Challenge Roth 2025; Dubai T100 2025
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At a glance
- Sport
- Triathlon
- Represents
- Portugal
- Based
- Dubai, UAE
- Coaching
- Head coach, FAWZ Concept and Dubai Police Triathlon Team
Upcoming races
2026: World Triathlon Long Distance Championships, Abu Dhabi (22 November); IRONMAN Western Australia (6 December). 2027: IRONMAN 70.3 Vilamoura, Portugal (3 April); IRONMAN 70.3 Brasília (18 April); Challenge Brazil (24 April); IRONMAN Brasil (13 June); IRONMAN Kalmar (21 August); IRONMAN World Championship, Kona (9 October, to be confirmed).
Photo credit
Caminha photo by Triatlo Longo Caminha.
