Barbara Warren

Infobox Person
name =Barbara Warren


caption =
birth_date =birth date and age|1943|04|09
birth_place = St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
death_date =August 26, 2008
death_place =Santa Barbara, California
other_names =Barbara Angely, Barbara Mueller, Barbara Muller, Barbara Muné, Barbara Alvarez
known_for =Ultra-distance athlete
education =Ph.D (1978)Kvinta, Paul (May 1997). [http://outside.away.com/outside/magazine/0597/9705overacheiver.html So What Did You Do Today?] "Outside"]
alma_mater =
occupation =Psychologist, author, model, actress and triathlete
nationality =flag|Austria
spouse=Tom Warren (previous husband, Armando Alvarez)
children=2 daughters

Barbara Warren (April 9, 1943 - August 26 2008) was an Austrian-American psychologist, author, model, actress, and triathlete.Weber, Bruce (August 29, 2008 ). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/sports/othersports/30warren.html Barbara Warren, Winner of Endurance Competitions, Dies at 65.] "New York Times"]

Life and career

Born Barbara Mueller in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria to Hans and Ingrid Mueller, she and her identical twin sister, Angelika Drake, left their farmhouse at 14 for high school in Innsbruck and then, at age 17, went on to study art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze in Florence, Italy. They took occasional modeling work before moving to Mexico City in 1965, where they began modeling fulltime, eventually opening a school, agency and design boutique. Barbara began performing under the stage name Barbara Angely, [ [http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dwilt/dicta.htm] Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers] abruptly ending that career out of dissatisfaction with a jet-set lifestyle. She and her sister began investigating different spiritual and therapeutic approaches to life, and Barbara eventually married importer Armando Alvarez, which led to a separation from her sister for four years.

Her family moved to Brownsville, Texas in 1980, and she pursued a graduate degree in psychology. In 1983, Barbara began running recreationally. By 1985, Angelika and her family moved to San Diego, California. Barbara, with her family, moved later the same year.

Calling themselves "The Twin Team," [ [http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/arcc/services/fbn/search.aspx?FBNNum=2007039400] The TwinTeam business license ] the sisters began participating in a number of endurance sports, including their first standard triathlon in 1987 and their first Ironman Triathlon in 1988. All told, Barbara completed 13 Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii, winning her age group in the 2003 Ironman Kona. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20080828-9999-1s28trideath.html Endurance sports lose one of legendary twins] ] [ [http://ironman.com/holdingcell/2004/september-2004/barbara-warren-2003-womens-60-64-age-group-champion] Barbara Warren: 2003 Women's 60-64 Age Group Champion, Ironman.com]

In the early 1990s, she met triathlete Tom Warren, who won the second Ironman competition in 1979, and the two married in 1995.

In addition to her at-home counseling practice in Pacific Beach, a suburb of San Diego, Warren self-published several motivational books, including "Unleash the Power to Complete Your Goals," "Become Exceptional," and "Do What You Don’t Want to Do".Carlson, Timothy (August 30 2008). [http://www.slowtwitch.com/Features/Endurance_sports_legend_Barbara_Warren_dies_after_Santa_Barbara_bike_accident__495.html Endurance sports legend Barbara Warren dies after Santa Barbara bike accident.] Slowtwitch.com] [ [http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/BookStoreSearchResults.aspx?SearchType=smpl&SearchTerm=barbara+warren] AuthorHouse]

Death

On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Warren broke her odontoid process and the cervical vertebra 2 and was diagnosed as paralyzed from a bicycle crash that happened on a descent during the Santa Barbara, California, triathlon. [ [http://santabarbaratriathlon.com/noHeader/Index.cfm] SantaBarbaraTriathlon.com] According to what her family told the San Diego Union-Tribune, she communicated through blinking that she wanted her ventilator turned off, and, at the request of the family, a doctor removed her ventilator on August 26. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20080828-9999-1s28trideath.html] "San Diego Union-Tribune" obituary]

elected publications

*Warren, Barbara (2003). "Do What You Don't Want to Do: Achieving Excellence as a Procrastinator." 1st Books Library, ISBN 978-0759690974
*Warren, Barbara, Angelika Drake (2003). "Unleash the Power to Complete Your Goals: Six Phases of Awareness Exercises." 1st Books Library, ISBN 9780759690936
*Ash, Henry, Barbara Warren, and Ferdinand Ash (2003). "Lifelong Training: Triathlon: Advanced Training for Masters." Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, ISBN 9781841261041
*Ash, Henry and Barbara Warren (2004). "Lifelong Success, Triathlon: Training for Masters : Ironman Edition." Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, ISBN 9781841261034
*Warren, Barbara (2006). "Why Wait? Kick the Procrastination Habit And Start Managing Your Life." Writers' Collective, ISBN 9781594111310
*Warren, Barbara (2003). "Become Exceptional: Reaching Personal Greatness." AuthorHouse, ISBN 9780759690950

Notes

External links

* [http://www.twinteam.com/ The Twin Team official site]
*imdb name|0029750|Barbara Angely