Alexander Frühwirth

0 Alexander Frühwirth
Alex Frühwirth in the Wachau Marathon , 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	23rd February 1969 (age 51)
place of birth	Kirchberg an der Wild
Nickname	Iron Alex
societies
Current	URC Sparkasse Langenlois
successes
2000-2008	4 × national champion triathlon long distance
2001-2007	6 × Austria Triathlon winner
2006-2009	3 × Wachau marathon winner
2008	ITU world champion M35 winter triathlon
status
active

Alexander Frühwirth (born February 23, 1969 in Kirchberg an der Wild ) is an Austrian biathlete and triathlete . He is included in the best list of Austrian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Alex Frühwirth grew up on his parents' farm in Göpfritz an der Wild in Lower Austria .

Junior state champion biathlon

Before he started triathlon in 1994, he was a successful biathlete for six years. He became Austrian Junior State Champion in this sport and took part in the World Cup. When he was 25, he switched to triathlon.

National champion triathlon long distance 2000

In July 2000 in Klagenfurt he became national champion in the long distance triathlon with ninth place at the Ironman Austria . Between 2001 and 2007 Alexander Frühwirth won the Austria Triathlon in Podersdorf six times on the long distance triathlon (3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

In 2002 he won the Krems Triathlon for the third time and in 2008 for the fourth time the Ausee Triathlon on the Olympic short distance.

World Champion Winter Triathlon 2008

In February 2008, Frühwirth became winter triathlon world champion in the M35 category at the Coolman in Freudenstadt (5 km running, 9 km mountain bike and 7 km cross-country skiing) and in August he became national champion in the long distance triathlon for the fourth time in Podersdorf am Neusiedlersee .

In September 2009 he won the Wachau Marathon for the third time .

In 2010 he started for the eleventh time at Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt . Here he was able to qualify for a starting place at the World Championships in Hawaii in 2002 and 2007 with his placements . Frühwirth starts for the URC Sparkasse Langenlois association .

The year 2017 was marked by injuries - he suffered a fracture of the femur in a fall at the Ironman in Klagenfurt at the beginning of July and a broken finger in August.

Private

Alexander Frühwirth took over his parents' farm at the age of 20 and has been an organic farmer in the Waldviertel ever since . He lives with his wife and two children in Kirchberg an der Wild .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Alexander Frühwirth - Profile and successes of the Lower Austrian organic farmer ( Memento from January 5, 2008 in the web archive archive.today )
• Entry on Alexander Frühwirth in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Profile and results of Alexander Frühwirth in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 10, 2020 (English).
• Profile for Alexander Frühwirth at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 20, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Alexander Frühwirth in the database Gedächtnis des Landes for the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
2. ^ Person encyclopedia of Lower Austria - Alexander Frühwirth
3. ↑ After serious injuries: "Iron Alex" is back (November 29, 2017)
4. ↑ Bronze for Frühwirth (July 18, 2018)
5. ↑ Kumhofer and Birngruber new middle distance state champions (July 31, 2016)
6. ↑ Waldviertel Eisenmann in Litschau
7. ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
8. ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
9. ↑ Andreas Fuchs in Podersdorf state champion on the Ironman distance
10. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Alexander Frühwirth leads troika from Austria at the anniversary . In: 3athlon.de . August 26, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007.
11. ↑ Alexander Frühwirth: Triathlon is a doping swamp
12. ↑ Winter Triathlon World Championships - Freudenstadt Kniebis - relays and age groups. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014 ; Retrieved September 1, 2011 . 
13. ↑ Frühwirth wins Wachau Marathon  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.