Hayley Bateup

Hayley Bateup is an Australian professional ironwoman, surf life saver and fire fighter. She won the Coolangatta Gold three times.[1]

Career

She joined the Nippers when she was 12.[2] She qualified for her first Ironwoman competition when she was 16.[3]

In 1998, Bateup won the Under 18 Ironwoman and Board Championships at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa, and won both titles again in 2001.[4] In 2001, Bateup won the open Ironwoman.[5]

At the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa, she won three silver medals in 2002. In 2003, she won two gold meals and two silver medals.[4] She was Australian board champion in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2009.[2]

In 2003, Bateup competed with three teammates to paddle from Florida to Cuba.[4] The 112-mile crossing on paddleboards took the team 25 hours and 44 minutes.[6]

Bateup appeared on the 2008 series of Australian Gladiators as 'Nitro'.[7]

She won her final Coolangatta Gold title in 2008, but was unable to compete in 2010 and during the 2010-2011 ironwoman season due shoulder and bicep surgery.[8] Bateup advocated to make the distance and prize money for women in the Coolangatta Gold the same as the men's.[1] Bateup stopped competing as a professional athlete in 2012.[9]

In 2012, she began Hayley Bateup's Body Blitz, a personal training business, with April Zekulich.[10] Bateup competed in the GC Celebrity Pro-Am in 2019.[11] In 2016, Bateup completed training with the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and was posted as a firefighter to Southport.[9]

Personal life

Bateup and Zekulich married in 2019.[12] They have two sons[13] and live in Currumbin.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Lulham, Amana (9 September 2024). "Coolangatta Gold historic moment for women as surf legends gather with 40th anniversary looming". The Daily Telegraph. ProQuest 3102191740.
  2. ^ a b c "Gold Coast Beach Marthon with Legendary Ironwoman Hayley Bateup". TravMedia (Press release).
  3. ^ Morris-Grant, Brianna (15 November 2018). "Former Ironwoman now living firefighter dream". The Gold Coast Bulletin.
  4. ^ a b c Horscroft, Duncan (14 June 2003). "She's maid of iron". The Daily Telegraph. ProQuest 358897086.
  5. ^ "2011 DHL Aussies: Flashback to the 2001 Aussies". Surf Life Saving Australia.
  6. ^ "Women Paddle Their Way Into World Record Books". The Tampa Tribune. 11 July 2003.
  7. ^ "Australian Gladiators". Gladiators. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  8. ^ Stolz, Greg (24 September 2011). "Gold warriors back to battle". The Courier-Mail. ProQuest 893725800.
  9. ^ a b Harbour, Jack (13 January 2016). "Qld fire chief dismisses rumours Hayley Bateup posting to Coast was favouritism". goldcoastbulletin. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Life. After. Sport". The Courier-Mail. 29 April 2016. ProQuest 1784841999.
  11. ^ "GC Celebrity Pro-Am to Bring Star Power to the Gold Coast". Gold Australia. 3 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Gold Coasst ironwoman Haley Bateup and April Zekulich marry at Currimbin Vikings Surf Club". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ Greenwood, Emma (18 August 2017). "Gold Coast's Hayley Bateup and April Zekulich celebrate arrival of second child". goldcoastbulletin. Retrieved 7 July 2025.


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