Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in

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, Alava) is a

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. Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48.35. Four years later, at the

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, Llanos competed again, moving up in the ranking to twentieth place. His time on the more difficult

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course was 1:54:52.37. He has also been a top-10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on three occasions. In 2008 Eneko became a recognized competitor for the Ironman Hawaii crown. After a fierce duel with Chris Mccormack in Wildflower, where he finished 19 seconds behind Mccormack, and when the scenario repeated itself in Frankfurt, it was clear that Eneko was a serious contender. He was then mentioned on many occasions as one of the pre-favourites, with Mccormack, Craig Alexander and Normann Stadler. Again it was a 2nd place, and again it was to a time difference of 3 minutes and 5 seconds. He is

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.Eneko Llanos: "Pensé que el Ironman no era lo mío"
He was champion of the first Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

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* * * Ironman Arizona 1st place 11/18/2018 1976 births Living people Spanish male triathletes Triathletes from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Spain Sportspeople from Vitoria-Gasteiz {{Spain-triathlon-bio-stub