Jan Frodeno

Jan Frodeno
	Jan Frodeno at the 2006 German Championship in Schliersee.
Personal information
Nickname	Frodo
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Other interests	Beach Volleyball, Surfing, Cooking
Sport
Country	Germany
Club	Tri-Sport Saar-Hochwald e. V.
Coached by	Wolfgang Thiel
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing Germany
Olympic Games

Jan Frodeno (born August 18, 1981) is a German triathlete. He won gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Born in Cologne, Frodeno started out as a swimmer in South Africa at the age of 15, and he entered triathlon in 2000.^[3] He then went to Germany to compete in the Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in 2002.^[3] He currently trains at the Olympic Training Centre in Saarbrücken.^[1] Before his Olympic victory, his best result was placing sixth in the 2007 World Championships,^[2] and winning the German Championship the same year.^[4] He had previously also placed second and third in various races of the World Cup from 2005 to 2008.^[2]

His gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a surprise.^[5] He beat the 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield in a sprint finish, while the hot pre-race favorite and 2008 World Champion Javier Gómez finished in fourth place.^[5] The victory came the day after his twenty-seventh birthday.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Frodeno, Jan. "Characteristics". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Athlete Biography, Frodeno, Jan". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ ^a ^b Frodeno, Jan. "Career". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ Frodeno, Jan. "Results". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ ^a ^b "Germany's Frodeno shocks triathlon stars". AFP. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-19.