David Hauss (born 1 February 1984, in

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) is a French professional triathlete and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010. Thanks to his 7th position at the World Championship Series triathlon in London (7 August 2011), together with

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, he qualified for the

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, where he finished in 4th place, eighteen seconds behind bronze medalist

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. David Hauss is number 6 in the World Championship Series ranking 2011 and thus the best French elite triathlete. At the French Championship (Olympic Distance) in Villiers-sur-Loir (24 September 2011) he placed 10th. Like

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and other top triathletes, Hauss belongs to the Military Triathlon Team ''Equipe de France militaire de triathlon.'' Hauss also takes part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series ''Lyonnaise des Eaux''. Like many of the French top triathletes, e.g.

, he represents ''Lagardère Paris Racing.'' At the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011) he placed 6th in the individual ranking and was the second best of his club behind

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. At Dunkirk and Paris, Hauss was not present. In 2015, he is part of

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club. David Hauss lives in Les Avirons,

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, and in

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. The Swiss triathlete Melanie Annaheim is his fiancée.

ITU Competitions

In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, David Hauss took part in 55 ITU competitions and achieved 29 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU ''Athletes's Profile Page.''See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NDUz. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the ''Elite'' category. DNF = did not finish · BG = the sponsor ''British Gas''

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External links

Hauss' Website
in French
French Triathlon Federation
in French * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hauss, David 1984 births Living people French male triathletes Sportspeople from Paris Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of France