Amber Ferreira born 1982 to Gregory and Gloria Cullen, grew up in Westford, Massachusetts where she attended Westford Academy. She was recruited to run track and cross country and attended Northeastern University where she held the 10K school record despite being oft-injured. It was speculated that she never was healthy enough to achieve her full potential as a collegiate runner. After college, she married Danny Ferreira and began branching out from the standard 5 and 10k distances that she had competed in college. She competed in 24 hour road races, endurance cross-country ski races, trail marathons and 10 mile swims. After about three years of trialing various sports, she settled on triathlons and began her career as a professional triathlete.

She currently holds the fourth fastest amateur female time ever at Ironman Lake Placid(July 2010) and is currently ranked as the 48th fastest triathlete in the World.

In addition to competing at the international level in long-distance triathlons

Ironman Triathlon

An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break...

, Amber also competes in snowshoe and road running competitions.

Career Highlights

Triathlon

Triathlon

A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

• Mooseman 70.3- 2011 4th Pro Female
• Providence 70.3-2011 5th Pro Female
• Ironman Lake Placid- 2011 7th Pro Female
• Timberman 70.3- 2011 6th Pro Female
• Ironman Lake Placid- 2010 8th Female Overall, 2nd Female Amateur
• Mooseman 70.3-2010 1st Female Amateur

Mountain Running

• Mount Washington Road Race-2011 10th female overall
• Mount Washington Road Race- 2011 7th Overall, 1st NH Resident
• Mountain Goat-2007

Awards,and Recognition

• 2010 and 2009 NH Triathlete of the Year
• 2010 and 2009 USAT
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  All-American
• 2010 US Snowshoe Champion
• 2010 Granite State Snowshoe Champion
• 2010 Crossan Cup Winner
• 2009 Lord of the Flies Champion
• 2009 Bull Moose Champion
• 2008 New Hampshire Best of the U.S. Amateur Triathlon
• 2009 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Top Ten Finisher(9th Place) 3:03:51,

Website

First published in July 2009, Amber's blog contains race recaps, training tips and race photos.