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Jan Frodeno
Jan Frodeno at the 2014 Ironman Germany in Frankfurt am Main.
Personal information
NicknameFrodo[1]
Born (1981-08-18) 18 August 1981 (age 43)
Cologne, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Other interestsBeach Volleyball, Surfing, Cooking[1]
Sport
CountryGermany
ClubTri-Sport Saar-Hochwald e. V.
Coached byDan Lorang[2]
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Men's race
Ironman World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Individual
Ironman 70.3
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mont-Tremblant Individual

Jan Frodeno (born 18 August 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.[4] He then went to Germany to compete in the Triathlon-Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in 2002.[4] 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,[3] and winning the German Championship the same year.[5] He had previously also placed second and third in various races of the World Cup from 2005 to 2008.[3]

His gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a surprise.[6] 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.[6] The victory came the day after his twenty-seventh birthday.

Jan Frodeno continued to perform strongly in 2009 and 2010, finishing 4th overall in the World Championship Triathlon Series both years. He was on course to become World Champion in 2010, needing only a 4th place in the Series Grand Final in Budapest, but due to an injury struggled to a 41st place finish, losing the Overall title to Javier Gomez.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished 6th.[7]

Frodeno retired from the shorter standard and sprint triathlon in 2013, after winning a gold medal as part of the German team in the mixed relay triathlon world championships in Hamburg.[8] He subsequently switched to longer distance endurance triathlons,[9] finishing second at the 2013 Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Wiesbaden[10] and scoring his first Ironman 70.3 win at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland.[11] He finished third on his full-length Ironman debut at the Ironman European Championship[12] and also finished third at the 2014 Ironman World Championship on his World Championship debut.[13]

He is married to the Emma Snowsill, the gold medallist in the women's triathlon at the 2008 Olympics.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Frodeno, Jan. "Characteristics". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  2. ^ "Profile". frodeno.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Athlete Biography, Frodeno, Jan". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  4. ^ a b Frodeno, Jan. "Career". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  5. ^ Frodeno, Jan. "Results". frodeno.com. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  6. ^ a b "Germany's Frodeno shocks triathlon stars". AFP. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  7. ^ http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/triathlon/individual-m?event=31738
  8. ^ "NZ triathlon team finish second at World Champs in Hamburg". 3news.co.nz. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  9. ^ Vannisselroy, Brenton (4 January 2014). "Ironman: Alexander, Frodeno sign on to Auckland 70.3". Radio Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  10. ^ Moraglia, Daniele (12 August 2013). "Alessandro Degasperi bronzo all'Ironman 70.3 European Championship di Wiesbaden". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 9 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b "Frodeno, Morrison Claim Honors at IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland". World Triathlon Corporation. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  12. ^ "38 things to know about Kona". espn.go.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Kailua-kona (United States), 12/10/2014.- Jan Frodeno of Germany celebrates his third place finish at the 2014 Ironman World Championship in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA, 11 October 2012. The Ironman competition challenges competitors with a 3.9 km swim, followed by a 180 km bike ride and is finished with a marathon (42.195 km) run. (EEUU, Estados Unidos, Alemania) EFE/EPA/Bruce Omori". news.yahoo.com. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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