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ROBYN BENINCASA
 Age: 37
Occupation: Firefighter
Home: San Diego, CA

A firefighter by day, Robyn Benincasa moonlights as one of the world’s premier adventure racers. Since 1994, Robin has raced all over the world, most recently winning the Cal-Eco Adventure Series Final and series title with Team EarthLink, winning the Expedition BVI 2001 (British Virgin Islands), placing forth with Team EarthLink in the 2001 Eco-Challenge New Zealand, and winning the Eco-Challenge 2000 in Borneo.

The epitome of "over-achiever" and "multi-sport athlete," Benincasa holds a Pac-10 Diving Championship gold medal from her college days, and a 1998 National Judo Championship (-78 kilo division), for which she cross-purpose trained for 3 years.

 

2002 Cal-Eco Adventure Series (Team EarthLink), 1st Place
2002 Gorge Games, Hood River (Team EarthLink), 4th Place
2001 Discovery Channel World Championship , 2nd Place
2000 Eco-Challenge Borneo (Team Eco-Internet), 1st Place
1999 Eco-Challenge Argentina (Team Atlas), 4th Place
1997 Eco-Challenge Australia (Team Dew), 22nd Place
1996 Eco-Challenge British Columbia , 8th Place
1995 Eco-Challenge Utah , 2nd Place



"One of the great things about racing with other female athletes is sharing the highs and lows of the race. It's a great bonding experience."

Robyn talking about her all-female team during the '94 Raid Gauloises adventure race.