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Triathlon At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's
The men's triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at Fort Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August. A total of 55 men from 31 nations competed in the race. Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain became the first man to defend his Olympic triathlon title after his previous win at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brother Jonathan Brownlee finished in second place and added another Olympic medal to his collection after his bronze one from 2012. Henri Schoeman took the bronze and became the first South African to win an Olympic triathlon medal. Course The event took place in Fort Copacabana. It consisted of a single 1.5 kilometres swim lap along the Copacabana beach. The competitors then completed a 38.48 kilometres bike leg consisting of eight 4.81 kilometres laps. The triathletes then ran four 2.5 kilometres laps to the finish line. Results ;Key * # denotes the athlete's bib number for the event * Swimming denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Copacabana
Fort Copacabana ( pt, Forte de Copacabana, ) is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The base is open to the public and contains the ''Museu Histórico do Exército'' (Army Historical Museum) and a coastal defense fort that is the actual Fort Copacabana. History The fort is built on a headland that originally contained a small chapel holding a replica of the Virgen de Copacabana, the patron saint of Bolivia. In 1908 the Brazilian army started to build a modern coastal defense fort on the headland to protect both the beach of Copacabana and the entrance to the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. The fort, completed in 1914, consists of two armoured cupolas, one holding a pair of Krupp cannons, and the other a pair of Krupp cannons. The name of the turret with the 305mm guns is "Duque de Caxias", and the guns are named "Barroso" and "Osório". This cupola is behind and above that of the 190 mm guns so that it can fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Luis
Vincent Luis (born 27 June 1989 in Vesoul, France) is a French professional triathlon, triathlete. Besides his many World_Triathlon_Series, WTS wins and participations to the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the ITU World Triathlon Series, ITU World Championship in 2019 and 2020, and the Mixed Relay Team World Championship with the French national team in 2015, 2018 and 2019. He won the Junior World Championship and Junior European Championship in 2008, as well as multiple French national titles over the years. Luis also competes in Super League Triathlon. He was dominant in the early years of the league, winning both the 2018 and 2019 Super League Triathlon Championship. He finished 5th in the 2021 Championship Series. His dominance, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid, were the subject of the 2021 docuseries ''Invincible'' Early career In the six years from 2006 to 2010, Luis took part in 23 International Triathlon Union, ITU compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Riederer
Sven Riederer (born 27 March 1981) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ... with a time of 1:51:33.26, 25.5 seconds behind the leader after the nearly two-hour race. References * http://www.svenriederer.ch 1981 births Living people Swiss male triathletes Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic triathletes of Switzerland Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Alarza
Fernando Alarza (born 23 March 1991) is a Spanish triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2015 he was part of ECS Triathlon Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon or ECS Triathlon is a French sports club based in the suburbs of Paris, commune of Sartrouville. The club's specialization is triathlon for elite level athletes, especially Olympians. Team members have ... team. References External links * 1991 births Living people Spanish male triathletes Olympic triathletes of Spain Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Talavera de la Reina Sportspeople from the Province of Toledo European Games competitors for Spain Triathletes at the 2015 European Games Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Spain-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Sissons
Ryan Sissons (born 24 June 1988) is a New Zealand triathlete. Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Sissons represented New Zealand at the 2012 London Olympics in the triathlon where he finished 33rd. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished in 13th in the individual event and was part of the New Zealand mixed relay team that finished in 5th. At the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ..., he finished in 17th. At the 2017 ITU World series in Hamburg, Ryan finished 3rd. At the age of 32, Ryan retired in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed, with no guarantees that the games would go ahead in 2021. References 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Bulawayo Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Salvisberg
Andrea Salvisberg (born 1 February 1989 in Rüegsauschachen, Rüegsau) is a professional Swiss triathlete and a member of the National Team (Team Olympic Distance). Salvisberg is the Swiss Junior Champion of the years 2007 and 2008, and the Swiss U23 Champion of 2010. In Switzerland, Andrea Salvisberg, like two of his three brothers (Florin and Lukas Salvisberg), is a member of ewz power team. Andrea Salvisberg lives in Hasle-Rüegsau. ITU Competitions The following list is based upon the official ITU The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ... rankings and the ITU ''Athletes's Profile Page.''See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NjIwMw# . Retrieved 18 August 2011. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Mislawchuk
Tyler Mislawchuk (born August 19, 1994) is a Canadian triathlete. Mislawchuk's hometown is Oak Bluff, Manitoba. Career In 2015, Mislawchuk raced in the 2015 Pan American games in Toronto, finishing in 10th place with a time of 1:49:54. In 2016, he was named to the Canadian Olympic team. He finished the triathlon in 15th place with a time of 1:47:50. In November 2017, Mislawchuk was named to represent Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. In 2019, Mislawchuk won the 2020 Summer Olympics test event. In June 2021, Mislawchuk won the last race before the Olympics as part of the ITU World Cup stop in Mexico. In July 2021, Mislawchuk was officially named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team where he came in 15th place 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Fabian
Alessandro Fabian (born 7 January 1988) is an Italian triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t .... Biography At the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday 7 August he placed tenth. Fabian also competes in Super League Triathlon. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabian, Alessandro 1988 births Living people Italian male triathletes Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of Italy Triathletes of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Blummenfelt
Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete and Olympic and World Champion Gold medalist, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is the 2021 Ironman World Champion at the first World Championship held at Saint George, Utah on May 7, 2022. On 5 June 2022, Blummenfelt became the first person to complete an Ironman-distance triathlon in under seven hours during the Pho3nix Sub-7 Sub-8 event at the Lausitzring race track in Germany. Blummenfelt set a new unofficial world record for the Ironman-distance triathlon, in a time of 6:44:25. Career Blummenfelt is the world record holder for the 70.3 distance, setting a time of 3:29:04 in 2018 and both repeating the feat and bettering his own mark in 2019 with a time of 3:25:21. This was the third victory for him in as many years at the Ironman 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisanto Grajales
Crisanto Grajales Valencia (born 6 May 1987) is a Mexican triathlete who won gold medals at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2015 Pan American Games. He placed 28th at the 2012 Olympics and 12th at the 2016 Rio Games. Grajales took up triathlon aged nine. He served as the flag bearer for Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games and won the Mexican National Sports Award in 2015. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He also won the bronze medal in the mixed relay event. In 2021, he competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... held in Tokyo, Japan. References 1987 births Living people Mexican male triathletes Triathletes at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Varga (triathlete)
Richard Varga (born 28 January 1989) is a Slovak triathlete. He is the winner of the 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015 ITU Aquathlon World Championship and is considered as the fastest swimmer among triathletes. Varga represented Slovakia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in men's triathlon. He had the fastest swim split of the event before ultimately finishing in 22nd place. He represented Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... as well, where he had the fastest swim split like in London and was able to ride along the leading pack on bike, but finally finished in 11th place. References External links * Richard Vargaat the ''Slovenský Olympijský Výbor'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Varga, Richard 1989 births Living people Slovak male tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
