Dan Empfield competed in this type of event in Kona back in 1981 & created the first wetsuit made for it
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As the story goes, Dan did his first Ironman in 1981, the first year it was held in 
Kona,... [DOC] [TLE] Our Story | Quintana Roo [PAR] QR was founded in 1987 on the strength of a swim-ready wetsuit that, in one 
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