Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava) is a Basque triathlete.
Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48.35. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Llanos competed again, moving up in the ranking to twentieth place. His time on the more difficult Athens course was 1:54:52.37.[citation needed]
He has also has been a top 10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on 3 occasions.[citation needed]
2008 was the year in which Eneko finally would become a recognized competitor for the Ironman Hawaii Crown. After a fierce dual 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 now mentioned on many occasions as one of the pre-favourites, up there with Mccormack, Craig Alexander and Normann Stadler.[citation needed]
Unfortunately, again it was only a 2nd place, and again it was to a pittance of a time difference of only 3 minutes and 5 seconds, which in an 8 hour+ race, is not a whole lot. So, even though Eneko had a whole year of second places, we can only hope that this mysteriously economic triathlete can prove his worth in 2009.[citation needed]
He is vegetarian.[1]
Champion of first Abu Dhabi International Triathlon
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Llanos, Eneko |
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30 November 1976 |
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Spain
