Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Looking back: Bevan Docherty, Taupō's most successful Olympian

Taupo & Turangi Herald
23 Jun, 2021 09:24 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Hamish Carter (left) and Bevan Docherty with the gold and silver double in the Olympic Games men's triathlon at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Photo / Mark Mitchell New Zealand Herald

Hamish Carter (left) and Bevan Docherty with the gold and silver double in the Olympic Games men's triathlon at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Photo / Mark Mitchell New Zealand Herald

Bevan Docherty is undoubtedly Taupō's most successful Olympian.

Educated at Waipahihi Primary School and Tauhara College, Bevan first came to prominence when he was named the young sports player of the year at the Lakeland Sports Awards in 1995.

An ever-determined multi-sport athlete and member of the Taupō Association of Registered Triathletes (appropriately known as TARTS), Bevan was given every encouragement to develop in his chosen sport by his parents Ray and Irene Docherty, who were also members of that organisation.

Bevan's older sister Fiona was also a more than talented triathlete who found success at the top level overseas and who won 2003 Zofingen ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships in Switzerland.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Among Bevan's earlier achievements was winning the European Cup in the nine-race series during 2000 when just 23, while Fiona gained a podium placing for women.

While Bevan continued to have incredible success at home and abroad over the years, including gold and silver medals in the ITU World Championships, the triathlete's greatest achievements were the pinnacle of them all, the Olympic Games.

Bevan Docherty on the run stage of the Olympic Games men's triathlon at Hyde Park in London, 2012. New Zealand Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell
Bevan Docherty on the run stage of the Olympic Games men's triathlon at Hyde Park in London, 2012. New Zealand Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell

Competing at the Athens Olympics in 2004 Bevan finished second behind fellow Kiwi Hamish Carter to take the silver medal, while at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he finished third for a bronze. He also competed at the London Olympics, placing 12th.

Bevan also took home a silver medal from the Melbourne Commonwealth Games to add to his medal collection and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 following the Athens Olympics.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Bevan Docherty's achievements at World Cup events and Commonwealth Games were equally as impressive and he was a popular winner of the Ironman New Zealand event in Taupō in 2013, where he also set a new course record. But was his Olympic Games efforts that shot him to stardom.

Discover more

Student boogie-woogies way to piano victory

16 Jun 09:42 PM

"Skinny-legged teen" to boss - building's been good to him

16 Jun 09:52 PM

Taupō hockey player another step closer to Black Sticks

16 Jun 09:46 PM

Big TV moment: 'I was so nervous I was about to spew'

16 Jun 09:45 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

02 Jul 11:55 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Popular Waikato walkway fully reopens after major upgrade

02 Jul 05:00 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Wet, wet, wet: Rain warning for BoP as more tropical weather looms

01 Jul 11:38 PM

There’s more to Hawai‘i than beaches and buffets – here’s how to see it differently

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

02 Jul 11:55 AM

BoP public buses are being modified after national concerns over night-driving visibility.

Popular Waikato walkway fully reopens after major upgrade

Popular Waikato walkway fully reopens after major upgrade

02 Jul 05:00 AM
Wet, wet, wet: Rain warning for BoP as more tropical weather looms

Wet, wet, wet: Rain warning for BoP as more tropical weather looms

01 Jul 11:38 PM
Road reopens after person hit by truck

Road reopens after person hit by truck

01 Jul 11:24 PM
From early mornings to easy living
sponsored

From early mornings to easy living

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP