Andreas Fuchs (triathlete)

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Triathlon
AustriaAustria 0 Andreas Fuchs
at the Austria Triathlon Podersdorf, 2009
at the Austria Triathlon Podersdorf, 2009
Personal information
Date of birth 8th June 1975 (age 45)
place of birth Vienna
Nickname "Andi" or "Fuxi"
societies
Since 1989 SV Donaustadt
Current dertriathlon.com Fürstenfeld
successes
2009-2017 4 × national champion triathlon long distance
2013-2018 3 × Vice National Triathlon Long Distance Champion
status
active

Andreas Fuchs (born June 8, 1975 in Vienna ) is an Austrian triathlete . He is four times Austrian national champion on the long distance (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2017) and he is included in the best list of Austrian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

His sporting career began in 1985 at the Sports Secondary School Vienna 22 with a focus on athletics (long jump, running 60 to 5000 m) and cross-country skiing . He achieved the team victory at the Austrian school championships in 1988 in cross-country running in Radstadt as well as a couple of podium places in the cross-country cup. In 1989, Fuchs joined SV Donaustadt (athletics, running).

He celebrated his first victory in 1995 in Vienna at the Donauturm -staircase run of the juniors and a year later he ran his first marathon in 3:04 hours.

Long distance triathlon since 2001

Fuchs finished his first long-distance triathlon (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) - the Ironman Austria - in 2001 with a time of 10:22 hours.

National champion triathlon long distance 2009

From 2009 to 2011 he won the national championship title in the long distance triathlon three times in a row in Podersdorf. In August 2013 he became Vice State Champion on the long distance. In 2014 he was third and in 2015 again vice state champion.
In 2011 he started at the “Race across Australia” and in 2014 at the “Race across Russia”. In August 2017 he won his fourth national title on the long distance with second place at the Austria Triathlon .

In June 2018, Andreas Fuchs won the Linz Triathlon in the middle distance . In December, the 43-year-old finished tenth at the Ironman Western Australia , he won the age group 40-44 and thus qualified for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii 2019.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
02nd June 2018 1 Linz triathlon AustriaAustria Linz 04:10:50 Middle distance
May 26, 2018 2 Apple Country Triathlon AustriaAustria Stubenbergsee 04:03:06 Middle distance, 2nd place Styrian championship behind Christoph Schlagbauer (4:02:19 h)
May 27, 2017 10 Linz triathlon AustriaAustria Linz 04:24:25 Winner of the AK 40–49
17th May 2014 4th Vienna City Triathlon AustriaAustria Vienna 03:20:29 Due to the weather, the race had to be held as a duathlon (5 km running, 66 km cycling and 20 km running).
Oct 28, 2012 DNF Ironman 70.3 Miami United StatesUnited States Miami - Aborted race after the bike course
22 Sep 2012 16 Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence 04:20:59
0Sep 2 2012 9 TriStar111 Monaco MonacoMonaco Monaco 03:53:36
0Aug 5, 2012 6th TriStar111 Estonia EstoniaEstonia Otepää
Oct 18, 2011 1 TriStar 111 Split CroatiaCroatia Split 03:49:52 1 km swimming, 100 km cycling and 10 km running
  2011 1 Apple Country Triathlon AustriaAustria Stubenbergsee 3rd victory in the middle distance in a row
  2010 1 Apple Country Triathlon AustriaAustria Stubenbergsee Victory in the middle distance ahead of Markus Strini
  2010 2 Sprint triathlon AustriaAustria Piberstein
  2010 3 AustriaAustria Gosdorf Styrian master at Röck-See over the half distance
  2009 1 Apple Country Triathlon AustriaAustria Stubenbergsee Middle distance
May 31, 2008 3 Vienna City Triathlon AustriaAustria Vienna Third and best Austrian on the half-distance (2 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 20 km running) - behind the Czech Petr Vabroušek and the German Lothar Leder
  2008 2 Koenigsdorf Triathlon AustriaAustria Königsdorf Middle distance
June 16, 2007 4th Vienna City Triathlon AustriaAustria Vienna Half distance
  2007 2 Koenigsdorf Triathlon AustriaAustria Königsdorf Middle distance
  2006 1 Koenigsdorf Triathlon AustriaAustria Königsdorf Sprint triathlon
  2005 3 Sprint triathlon AustriaAustria Piberstein
  2005 6th AustriaAustria Graz Styrian master over the half distance
  2005 2 AustriaAustria Stubenberg Short distance
  2004 2 Styrian Cup AustriaAustria
  2003 5 Thermal triathlon AustriaAustria Fürstenfeld Premiere of the sprint triathlon
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 12, 2019 543 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:00:30 Rank 85 in the age group 40-44
0Dec 2, 2018 10 Ironman Western Australia AustraliaAustralia Busselton 08:47:41 Winner in age group 40–44
Oct 13, 2018 315 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:26:33 Rank 45 in the age group 40-44
0Sep 1 2018 2 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:49:15 Vice national champion long distance
0Sep 2 2017 1 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:21:22 as second in the Austria Triathlon with a new personal best
0Oct 2, 2016 16 Ironman Barcelona SpainSpain Calella 08:38:20
04th Sep 2016 Austria triathlon AustriaAustria Podersdorf 09:00:28 Finish with a spectator in the lead despite a fall with a broken frame
June 26, 2016 DNF ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Klagenfurt - The race at Ironman Austria was stopped because of the consequences of hypothermia while swimming
Oct 10, 2015 502 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:20:56 Ironman World Championships
05th Sep 2015 2 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:31:49 at the Austria Triathlon
Oct 26, 2014 7th ICAN Gandia-Valencia SpainSpain Valencia 09:03:39 on the long distance
06 Sep 2014 3 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:34:32
June 29, 2014 36 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:56:21
Aug 24, 2013 2 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:37:50 Vice national champion in the long distance at the Austria Triathlon
30th of June 2013 17th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:43:02
0Nov 3, 2012 13 Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City 08:35:23 Bike time 4:15 h (was among the top 10 bike times in an Ironman race)
16 Sep 2012 7th Ironman Wales United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pembrokeshire 09:16:09
27 Aug 2011 1 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:44:43 National champion in the long distance at the Austria Triathlon (3rd victory in a row)
July 10, 2011 21st Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:40:44
0Oct 3, 2010 4th TriStar 222 Sardinia ItalyItaly Arzachena 07:39:01 2 km swimming, 200 km cycling and 20 km running - on the Costa Smeralda
28 Aug 2010 1 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:29:42 Austrian national champion on the long distance at the Austria Triathlon
04th July 2010 11 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:43:18 Long distance
0Oct 4, 2009 22nd Challenge Barcelona-Maresme SpainSpain Barcelona 08:58:13 over the long distance
29 Aug 2009 1 ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf 08:53:04 at the Austria Triathlon Austrian state champion on the long distance
0July 5, 2009 21st Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:54:45
July 13, 2008 22nd Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:50:32
July 16, 2006 26th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:04:02 3rd place in class M30
Oct 21, 2006 260 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:47:39 Ironman World Championships
0July 5, 2005 73 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:29:51
04th July 2004 69 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:31 27
 Aug 2001 22nd Austria triathlon AustriaAustria Podersdorf 10:08:17
0July 1, 2001 236 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 10:22:06 first Ironman start
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2005 6th Mürzman Extreme Duathlon AustriaAustria Mürzzuschlag
  2005 1 Sprint duathlon AustriaAustria Riegersburg

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fuchs wins qualification for 2019 at IRONMAN Australia Hawaii (December 2nd, 2018)
  2. ^ Andreas Fuchs sixth in Estonia (August 9, 2012)
  3. ↑ Andreas Fuchs wins the middle distance at Stubensee  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  4. ^ Vienna: Nicole Leder wins, Lothar second
  5. ↑ ICAN Valencia: Peter Seidel with first long distance victory (October 27, 2014)
  6. ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
  7. ↑ Andreas Fuchs in Podersdorf state champion on the Ironman distance
  8. ↑ Fuchs in fourth place in Sardinia  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  9. ↑ Favorite victory at the Austria Triathlon in Podersdorf (August 29, 2010)
  10. ↑ 22nd Austria Triathlon Podersdorf: surprise victory by Andreas Fuchs
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuchs, Andi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 8th 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna