Karin Thürig (born 4 July 1972 in Rothenburg) is a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial. In 2011, she took second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.

Palmarès

Cycling

; 2001 : 2nd, Individual time trial, National Road Championships ; 2002 : 3rd, Individual time trial, World Road Championships : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships ; 2003 : 2003 Track World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Cape Town ; 2004 : 2004 Track World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Moscow :: 2nd, Pursuit, Sydney : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships : 1st, Stage 1, Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen : 3rd, Individual time trial,

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, Athens : 1st Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen : 1st, Individual time trial, World Road Championships ; 2005 : 2004–2005 Track World Cup :: 3rd, Pursuit, Manchester : 3rd, Pursuit, Track World Championships, Los Angeles : 1st, Souvenir Magali Pache :

Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Oc ...

:: 1st, Stage 5 :: 1st, Stage 8 : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships : 1st, Individual time trial, World Road Championships ; 2006 : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships : 1st, L'Heure D'Or Féminine / The Ladies Golden Hour (with

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any ...

, Priska Doppmann, Christiane Soeder and Joanne Kiesanowski) : 1st, Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen : 2nd, Individual time trial, World Road Championships ; 2007 : 3rd, Souvenir Magali Pache :

Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale Various professional women's cycle stage races across France have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, with the first of these races staged as a one off in 1955. From 1984, a women's Tour de France was staged consistently, ...

:: 1st, Stage 1 :: 2nd, Stage 3b : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd, Open de Suède Vårgårda : 1st, Memorial Davide Fardelli – Cronometro Individuale : 1st, 2007 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen : 2007–2008 Track World Cup :: 3rd, Pursuit, Sydney ; 2008 : 3rd, Individual Time Trial,

, Beijing : 1st, 2008 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen

Multisport

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Triathlon 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 ...

: 1st, Ironman France 2002 : 1st, Ironman Zürich 2005 : 1st, Ironman Lanzarote 2006 : 1st, Ironman 70.3 Monaco 2006 : 2nd, Ironman 70.3 Switzerland 2007 : 1st, Ironman Zürich 2010 : 1st, Ironman 70.3 Austria 2011 : 1st, Ironman 70.3 European Championship 2011 : 2nd, Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2011 ;

Duathlon Duathlon is an sports, athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The World Triathlon governs the sport internationally. Distance and format Duathlon ...

: World champion, long distance: 2001, 2002 : Swiss champion: 2001, 2002, 2003 : Overall World Cup champion: 2001, 2002

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurig, Karen 1972 births Living people People from Hochdorf District Swiss female cyclists Swiss female triathletes Swiss track cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic cyclists for Switzerland UCI Road World Champions (women) Duathletes Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the canton of Lucerne