Andrea Steinbecher
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 29th November 1976 (age 43) |
place of birth | Goslar, Germany |
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successes | |
2004 | German champion triathlon middle distance |
2004 | German vice-champion triathlon middle distance |
2006 | Winner of the Ironman European Championships |
2007 | Second Ironman European Championships |
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inactive |
Andrea Steinbecher (* 29. November 1976 as Andrea Brede in Goslar ) is a former German triathlete , German Triathlon Champion in the middle distance (2004) and winner of the Ironman European Championships (2006).
Career
Triathlon since 1998
After trying different sports in her youth - such as swimming , tennis and rhythmic gymnastics - she got into triathlon in 1998. The occasion was a stay as an au pair in the USA, more precisely in Memphis in the state of Tennessee. According to Brede, because of the high-calorie American food, he put on weight considerably in a short time. She wanted to counteract this by joining a swimming training group. Most of the members of this group were triathletes, so they soon took up running and cycling too.
Back in Germany, she joined the triathlon department of the Krefeld Canoe Club . For the triathlon team of this club she started first in the second and from 2000 in the first triathlon Bundesliga .
Triathlon professional since 2004
In 2004 Brede switched to the professional camp. In the same year she became German champion over the middle distance, took second place at the Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt and successfully took part in other competitions.
The following year Brede just missed defending his title. She came second behind Katja Schumacher at the German championships over the middle distance . She also took second place at the Ironman Lanzarote in 2005. In the same year she won the triathlon competitions over the middle distance in Bonn and Cologne.
Winner Ironman Germany 2006
Brede achieved her breakthrough when she won Ironman Germany in Frankfurt in 2006 . With some distance in the same year, she was voted German triathlete of the year by the readers of a specialist magazine.
In an attempt to defend the Ironman European Championship 2007 in Frankfurt, Brede was overtaken by Nicole Leder after an overall exceptionally fast race on the home straight and was relegated to second place. In 2008 she was unable to compete in Frankfurt due to an injury.
Brede studied sports science at the German Sport University in Cologne. She focused on the areas of management and economics. On August 1, 2009, she married Eric Steinbecher in Paris.
From spring 2009 she was a member of the Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team around Faris Al-Sultan - but left the team in March 2010.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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July 18, 2010 | 1 | Braunschweig Triathlon |
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02:17:57 | Lower Saxony state championship in short triathlon |
June 13, 2010 | 3 | Bonn triathlon |
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03:15:59 | 3.8 km swimming, 60 km cycling and 15 km running |
June 6, 2010 | 3 | Mönchshof Triathlon |
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04:36:22 | International German Championship middle distance (2 km swimming, 85 km cycling, 20 km running) behind the winner Diana Riesler |
6 Sep 2009 | 1 | Cologne Classic |
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Middle distance victory | |
Aug 16, 2009 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
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June 2009 | 2 | Bonn triathlon |
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Aug 10, 2008 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
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04: 49: 26.7 | Second place - behind Virginia Berasategui-Luna |
Aug 19, 2007 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
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June 2007 | 1 | Bonn triathlon |
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June 2006 | 1 | Bonn triathlon |
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Winner in the middle distance (3.8 km swimming, 60 km cycling and 15 km running) | |
13 Sep 2005 | 2 | DTU German Triathlon Championship middle distance |
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German Vice-Champion at the Mönchshof Triathlon | |
2005 | 1 | Cologne Classic |
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Triathlon over the middle distance | |
Sep 14 2004 | 1 | DTU German Triathlon Championship middle distance |
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04:48:06 | German champion |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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4th July 2010 | DNF | Ironman Germany |
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- | Race stopped on the bike course |
Oct 10, 2009 | 38 | Ironman Hawaii |
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10:17:00 | |
July 5, 2009 | 4th | Ironman Germany |
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09:13:56 | |
Apr 5, 2009 | DNF | Ironman South Africa |
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July 1, 2007 | 2 | Ironman Germany |
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09:04:16 | only 5 seconds behind the winner Nicole Leder |
July 23, 2006 | 1 | Ironman Germany |
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Ironman European Championship | |
May 21, 2005 | 2 | Ironman Lanzarote |
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4th July 2004 | 2 | Ironman Austria |
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09:20:46 | Silver medal behind the Hungarian Erika Csomor |
(DNF - Did Not Finish)
Web links
- Andrea Steinbecher in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Official sports advisor to Andrea Brede
- Profile and results of Andrea Brede in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 18, 2018 (English).
- Profile for Andrea Brede at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on November 28, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Tuesday, November 15, 2005.
- ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Tuesday, July 19, 2005.
- ↑ a b Homepage of Andrea Brede.
- ^ Triathlon, March 2007.
- ↑ Steinbecher leaves Team Abu Dhabi Triathlon. (No longer available online.) In: tri-mag.de. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 10, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Results middle triathlon
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden 2009: Kienle and Van Vlerken win
- ^ Mittel-DM Kulmbach 2004: Victories for Brede and Bracht. In: Tri2b.com. August 15, 2004, accessed November 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Ironman: Wellington wins with a new record
- ↑ Ironman Hawaii 2009 - result women. In: Live Radsport.ch. October 11, 2009, accessed November 28, 2014 .
- ^ Ironman South Africa: Vanhoenacker before Göhner ( Memento from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Tri-Mag, April 5, 2009
- ↑ Leder and Bracht win EM thriller in Frankfurt
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Steinbecher, Andrea |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brede, Andrea (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goslar , Germany |