Greg Welch

Greg Welch
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  Australia
ITU World Championships
1990 OrlandoElite
ITU Long Distance World Championships
1996 MuncieElite
ITU World Cup
1991Overall
Ironman World Championship
1994Elite
1991Elite
1989Elite
1996Elite
Men's duathlon
ITU World Championships
1993 ArlingtonElite

Gregory John Welch OAM (born in 1964 in Campsie, Sydney), known as Greg Welch, is an Australian triathlete. He is known for having won "The Grand Slam", which includes the ITU Triathlon World Championships (1990), The Ironman World Championship (1994), the ITU Duathlon World Championships (1993) and the Long Course Triathlon World Championship (1994). Greg was an ambassador to the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in 2000.

Due to his being diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, he has undergone nine open-heart surgeries from 2001 until 2003 and has retired from sports. He maintains contact with triathlon through his work as an advisor, coach and commentator with the World Triathlon Corporation.

He is married to fellow Ironman triathlete Sian Welch.