Mario Mola (born 23 February 1990 in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

), is a Spanish professional triathlete. He is the

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and 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series World Champion. He has placed 19th at the London Olympic Games 2012, 8th at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and 10th at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. In addition to his World Triathlon Series wins, he has placed second and third in

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and 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series.

Sports career

Mola began swimming at five years old in Palma de Mallorca, where he grew up. But it wasn't before the age of 15 that started riding on a racing bike. Mola started to take part in junior triathlons in 2005. From 2006 on he has been a member of the Spanish National Team. Since 2008 he belongs to the world's best triathlon athletes in the world. In France, he represented

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in the Club Championship Series

Grand Prix de Triathlon The Grand Prix de Triathlon (''Championnat de France des Clubs Division 1 (Triathlon D1)'' or ''Grand Prix F.F.TRI. - Lyonnaise des Eaux'') defines itself as the most outstanding triathlon event in France and attracts numerous internat ...

. In 2009, Mola became Triathlon Junior World Champion. In France, at the club championship series

, Mola competed for the E.C. Sartrouville. In Germany, Mola competed in the first league for the club EJOT Buschütten. In Düsseldorf (8 of July 2012) he won the gold medal. In 2012 he competed in the Olympic Games, placing 19th place in London. In June 2013 he landed in third place at the Olympic distance European Championship. Mola placed second overall

2014 ITU World Triathlon Series The 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of eight World Championship Triathlon events that lead up to a Grand Final held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, th ...

behind fellow Spanish competitor Javier Gomez. In March 2015 he won the starting race of the season in Abu Dhabi. In September in the same year, he also won the last race of the season in Chicago. Again, he placed second overall, behind Javier Gomez in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series. In March 2016, he won the ITU WTS Series race in Abu Dhabi. At the Rio Olympic Games he competed for Spain, placing 8th place.

ITU Triathlon world champion

In Mexico at the last race of the 2016 season Mola landed in 5th place and was crowned short distance triathlon world champion. He beat

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by 4 points. In 2017, the 27 year old Mola successfully defended his title with four wins in nine races and repeated as world champion in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series. and was nominated ETU athlete of the year 2017. In 2018, at the grand final in Australia, he was crowned world champion for the third time in a row. Additionally, with a total of 197.000 Us-Dollar, Mario Mola was leading the prize money ranking of the season 2018. Mola is married to the Catalan triathlon athlete

Carolina Routier Carolina Routier Cañigueral (born 23 April 1990 in Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain), also ''Caro(l) Routier,'' is a professional Spanish triathlete, the Spanish U23 Champion (Olympic Distance), Elite Sprint Champion, and the Spanish Aquathlon Champio ...

and is studying economics besides his professional career as an athlete.

ITU results

Mola's ITU race results are: DNF = ''did not finish'' · DNS = ''did not start'' · DQ = ''disqualified''

References

External links

Mario Mola's Official Homepage

Mario Mola profile at the Institut für Angewandte TrainingswissenschaftMario Mola ITU athlete profile
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