Ainhoa Murúa
  Ainhoa Murúa
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 18th July 1978 (age 42) |
| place of birth | Zarautz , Spain |
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| Until 2016 | TCG 79 Parthenay |
| successes | |
| 2012 | 7th place Olympic Games |
| 2012 | Vice European Triathlon Champion |
| 2013 | Spanish champion triathlon |
| status | |
| inactive | |
Ainhoa Murúa Zubizarreta (born July 18, 1978 in Zarautz ) is a former Spanish triathlete . She is a four-time Olympic athlete (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and Vice European Champion on the Olympic short distance (2012).
Career
2004 Summer Olympics
Ainhoa Murúa started in 2004, 2008 and 2012 in the triathlon for Spain at the Summer Olympics. In 2012, she achieved her best placement with seventh place.
Vice European Triathlon Champion 2012
In April 2012, she became European triathlon champion on the Olympic short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in Israel. In France she starts in the championship series Grand Prix de Triathlon for the TCG 79 Parthenay club .
In September 2013 Murúa became the Spanish triathlon champion. In July 2015 Murúa was third in the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic distance in Geneva.
2016 Summer Olympics
Ainhoa Murúa qualified for a place at the Summer Olympics for the fourth time in 2016; she competed for Spain with Carolina Routier and Miriam Casillas García in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, but could not finish the race. It has not appeared internationally since 2016. Ainhoa Murúa lives in her birthplace Zarautz .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Aug 20, 2016 | DNF | 2016 Summer Olympics |
 Rio de Janeiro
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| Apr 24, 2016 | 11 | ITU World Championship Series 2016 |
 Cape Town
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01:00:36 | |
| July 11, 2015 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Geneva
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02:09:16 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
| 7th Mar 2015 | 34 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 |
 Abu Dhabi
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01:00:55 | in the first race of the season on the sprint distance |
| July 13, 2014 | 14th | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships Team |
 Hamburg
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01:22:19 | at the Team World Championship - together with Carolina Routier , Mario Mola and Fernando Alarza |
| Sep 7 2013 | 1 | ESP Triathlon National Championships |
Los Narejos |
02:05:49 | Triathlon state champion |
| Aug 4, 2012 | 7th | 2012 Summer Olympics |
 London
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02:00:56 | |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Eilat
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02:07:20 | Vice European champion on the Olympic short distance |
| June 24, 2011 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Pontevedra
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02:05:40 | European Championship |
| Aug 18, 2008 | 28 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
 Beijing
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02:04:48 | |
| Nov 1, 2006 | 3 | ITU Triathlon Team World Championships |
 Cancun
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01:07:14 | in a team with Zurine Rodriguez and Ana Burgos (3 × 250 m swimming, 6.67 km cycling and 1.67 km running) |
| Aug 25, 2004 | 24 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
 Athens
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02:09:27 | |
| June 21, 2003 | 19th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Carlsbad
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02:15:02 | European Championship over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| Nov 9, 2002 | 21st | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Cancun
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02:06:09 | World Championship |
| June 6, 2002 | 28 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Győr
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02:03:54 | European Triathlon Championship on the Olympic distance, behind the winner Kathleen Smet |
| May 13, 2001 | 10 | ITU Triathlon European Cup |
 Funchal
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02:21:52 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Ainhoa Murúa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Website Ainhoa Murúa (Spanish)
- Profile and results of Ainhoa Murúa in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 4, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olympics Day 10 - Triathlon
- ↑ 2006 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships - Cancun (Mexico) ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Murúa, Ainhoa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ainhoa Murúa Zubizarreta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zarautz |