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Triathlon At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's
The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from 31 nations competed. The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon. Competition format The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of swimming, , road cycling, and road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triathlon Venue
The Ming Tombs Reservoir or the Shisanling Reservoir (十三陵水库) is a dam in Changping District of northern Beijing. Named for the Ming tombs nearby, it is the lower reservoir of the Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station. The earth-fill embankment dam is high and long. The dam creates a reservoir that can store of water and contains a controlled chute spillway A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself. In the United Kingdom, they may be known as overflow channels. Spillways ensure tha .... In 2008, the reservoir was one of the nine temporary venues of the Beijing Olympics. It was used for the Triathlon events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, during which it was known as the Triathlon Venue (). References Beijing2008.cn Triathlon Venue profile External links * Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic triathlon venues Changping District Defu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Kemper
Hunter Craig Kemper (born May 4, 1976) is a triathlete from the United States. He won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, behind Venezuela's Gilberto González, followed by winning gold four years later at the 2003 Pan American Games. Kemper was on four U.S. Olympic teams as a triathlete, competing at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. College He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was a 4-year member of the Men's Cross Country and Track & Field teams. Kemper graduated in 1998 with a degree in Business Administration. Triathlete career Kemper competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He took seventeenth place with a total time of 1:50:05.56. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kemper competed again. He moved up to ninth place with a time of 1:52:46.33 on the more rigorous course. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished in seventh place w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Ospaly
Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include: ; Given name * Filip Barović (born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player * Filip Đorđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Filip Filipović (born 1987), Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion * Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer * Filip Cristian Jianu (born 2001), Romanian tennis player * Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer * Filip Mișea (1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician * Filip Petrušev (born 2000), Serbian basketball player * Filip Ugran (born 2002), Romanian race car driver * Filip Verlinden (born 1982), Belgian kickboxer * Filip Višnjić (1757–1834), Bosnian Serb poet and guslar * Filip Zubčić (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier ; Surname * Miroslav Filip (1928–2009), Czech chess grandmaster * Ota Filip (1930-2018), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Marceau
Olivier Marceau (born 30 January 1973 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine) is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon. A member of the ''Poissy Triathlon Club'' he competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took seventh place with a total time of 1:49:18.03. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Marceau competed again. This time he competed on the Switzerland, Swiss team, placing eighth with a time of 1:52:44.36. Referencessports-reference 1973 births Living people People from Fontenay-aux-Roses French male triathletes Olympic triathletes for France Olympic triathletes for Switzerland Swiss male triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine 21st-century French people 20th-century French people {{Switzerland-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Shoemaker
Jarrod Shoemaker (born July 17, 1982) is a professional triathlete based in Maynard, Massachusetts. He is the 2009 ITU Duathlon World Champion. Athletic career Raised in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Shoemaker began his running career while attending the Fenn School in Concord, where he graduated from 8th grade. In 2000, Shoemaker graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School where he earned ten varsity letters in cross-country (4), swimming (4), and track (2); served as captain of each team; and contributed to the school's state high school swimming championship in 1998. He continued his athletic career as a cross-country and track star at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 2004 with a major in history. While at Dartmouth, Shoemaker competed twice in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships and once in the Division I Outdoor Track Championships. In 1999, Shoemaker was a Boston Globe All-Scholastic in cross country running and qualified for the Footlocker N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Pais
Bruno Pais (born 10 June 1981) is a Portuguese triathlete who represents S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be .... Pais finished 17th in the men's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He placed 41st at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon, on 7 August. References 1981 births Living people Portuguese male triathletes Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Portugal S.L. Benfica (triathlon) 20th-century Portuguese people 21st-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Kahlefeldt
Bradley Kahlefeldt (born 27 July 1979) is an Australian triathlete born in Temora, NSW. Kahlefeldt has lived in the city of Wagga Wagga since 1982. Brad now splits his time between the Gold Coast and France during the European summer. He won the gold medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Triathlon. Brad has three World Championship Bronze Medals (2005, 2007, 2010) twice while it was called the World Championship and once while it was called the World Championship Series (see ITU World Triathlon Series for details) and also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2012 London Olympic Games. Kahlefedlt was chosen as the 2008 Australia Day Ambassador for his home city of Wagga Wagga. He is an Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Prochnow
Christian Prochnow (born 19 June 1982 in Potsdam) is a duathlete and triathlete from Germany. He is currently ranked no. 23 in the world by the International Triathlon Union (ITU), and also, a member of Deutsche Triathlon Union since 2002. Prochnow started out his sporting career in 1997, and then, he had won several local and national duathlon and triathlon championships, including the 2001 European Junior Triathlon Championship title for his national team. Prochnow was selected to the German national triathlon team, along with his teammates Daniel Unger and Jan Frodeno, for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... He placed fifteenth in men's triathlon with a time of 1:50:33, just nearly two minutes from Frodeno, who won gold in thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Clarke (triathlete)
William Clarke (born 31 January 1985 in Cambridge, England, Great Britain) is a professional triathlete, World and European U23 triathlon champion 2006, Beijing Olympian and British National Champion 2008 and 2009. He is now racing for Uplace-BMC on the Pro 70.3 An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting o ... circuit. Results External links Will Clarke's official websiteBritish Triathlon Federation athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profileWill Clarke's Beijing Olympics blog for the BBCCorus Triathlon athlete profile 1985 births English male triathletes Sportspeople from Cambridge Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of Great Britain Living people Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Zeebroek
Axel Zeebroek (born 25 July 1978) is a triathlete from Belgium. He has won two triathlon race in his career, including the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Monaco. He is a member of the Pro Uplace Triathlon Team, coached by Bart Decru. Born in Dinant, Zeebroek started out as a swimmer at the very young age. He had won several Belgian league titles for the 400 m freestyle and individual medley, and the 1500 m freestyle. At age 17, Zeebroek advised his coach and his personal doctor to begin with triathlon. Zeebroek made his international debut in triathlon when he won the Belgian Junior Triathlon Championships in 1998, and finished sixth at the European Junior Championships in Velden on the same year. In 2002, Zeebroek became a professional triathlete. During his career, Zeebroek took part in 65 ITU and ETU competitions, and achieved eight Top 10 positions. His best result was in the 2003 ITU Triathlon World Cup in Athens, where he finished fifth at a duration of 1:54:46. He qualified for the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Brownlee
Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is a British triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triatlon being Triathlon World Champion twice (2009, 2011) and World Team Champion (2011, 2014) twice, a four-time European Champion (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019), and the 2014 Commonwealth champion. Brownlee is the only athlete, male or female, to have completed a grand slam of Olympic, World, continental and Commonwealth championships. Brownlee is also a one-time world champion in aquathlon. His brother Jonathan Brownlee is also a decorated triathlete. Along with long time Spanish rivals Mario Mola and Javier Gómez, and Frenchman Vincent Luis, the Brownlee brothers were considered the dominant male Olympic distance triathletes of the 2010s, and the Brownlees were particularly dominant in the Olympic triathlon races. Brownlee was appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Atkinson
Courtney Atkinson (born 15 August 1979) is a professional Australian triathlete born in Mackay, Queensland. Atkinson was a member of Australia's 2008 Olympic triathlon team, where he finished 11th in men's triathlon, and the 2012 Olympic triathlon team where he placed 18th. Additionally in his career Atkinson won the Men's International Triathlon Union (ITU) 2009 World Cup races in Mooloolaba Mooloolaba is a coastal suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is part of the Maroochydore urban centre. In the , Mooloolaba had a population of 7,730 ... and Ishigaki and had won four consecutive Australian Junior Triathlon Championships from 1996 to 1999. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 he was Australia's Triathlete of the Year. Atkinson moved to the 70.3 IRONMAN distance in 2013 and won his first event in Cairns References External links Courtney Atkinson's Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
