Full name Natasha Méndez Bonelly | Current team La Caya & Accelerate3 | |
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Born May 29, 1990 (age 26)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic ( 1990-05-29 ) Discipline Triathlon, Road cycling, Running | ||
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Natasha Méndez Bonelly (born May 29, 1990 in Santiago de los Caballeros) is a professional triathlete and road cyclist from the Dominican Republic. She became Dominican Republic national time trial champion in 2016.
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2014
Méndez won the cycling National Championships silver medal in individual time trial with a 35:49 time in the 20k course and winning also the silver in the road race, being defeated both times by the veteran Juana Fernández.
2015
Méndez competed in march in the World Triathlon Corporation series Ironman 70.3 in Monterrey, Mexico, with a finishing time of 4:49:23. She participated in the ITU event Ibarra CAMTRI Triathlon American Cup having a 29:30 swim before ending her race. Shortly after that, she won the silver medal in time trial in the cycling National Championships, having a 31:55 and representing la Caya. She won the Olympic distance, local event at the Dominican Republic, the TRI Sports Summer Fest with a time of 2:14:32. By running the 5k category along with children and lending her image for the Casa de Campo Marathon, she supported the Hogar del Niño orphanage sponsored by local resort, located in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
2016
She started the year participating in the Ironman 70.3 in Panama, ranking in the 14th place in 4:35 and winning 80 points climbing to the 181 in the WTC world rankings. Méndez took the bronze medal in the SDQ 10k running competition held in Santo Domingo. In April she received the athlete of year award in Triathlon by the Santiago de los Caballeros Guild of Sport Writers, along with Jorge Manuel Díaz. Later, in May and June, she conquered the 19th place in Chattanooga and 11th place of Female Pros at Raleigh 70.3 both with a 4:51 time. She became Dominican Republic Time Trial Champion in June, after winning the 30k Mirador Sur Park course with a time of 30:59. She won the road race bronze medal in the National Championship two days later, riding in Santiago de los Caballeros. In July, she competed the Budapest 70.3 in Hungary, finishing in 8th place in the Female PRO category and obtaining her first Top 10 finish, with a time of 4:34.