Andreas Fuchs (triathlete)
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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 |
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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
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2nd June 2018 | 1 | Linz triathlon |
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04:10:50 | Middle distance |
May 26, 2018 | 2 | Apple Country Triathlon |
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04:03:06 | Middle distance, 2nd place Styrian championship behind Christoph Schlagbauer (4:02:19 h) |
May 27, 2017 | 10 | Linz triathlon |
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04:24:25 | Winner of the AK 40–49 |
17th May 2014 | 4th | Vienna City Triathlon |
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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 |
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- | Aborted race after the bike course |
22 Sep 2012 | 16 | Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France |
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04:20:59 | |
Sep 2 2012 | 9 | TriStar111 Monaco |
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03:53:36 | |
Aug 5, 2012 | 6th | TriStar111 Estonia |
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Oct 18, 2011 | 1 | TriStar 111 Split |
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03:49:52 | 1 km swimming, 100 km cycling and 10 km running |
2011 | 1 | Apple Country Triathlon |
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3rd victory in the middle distance in a row | |
2010 | 1 | Apple Country Triathlon |
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Victory in the middle distance ahead of Markus Strini | |
2010 | 2 | Sprint triathlon |
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2010 | 3 |
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Styrian master at Röck-See over the half distance | ||
2009 | 1 | Apple Country Triathlon |
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Middle distance | |
May 31, 2008 | 3 | Vienna City Triathlon |
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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 |
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Middle distance | |
June 16, 2007 | 4th | Vienna City Triathlon |
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Half distance | |
2007 | 2 | Koenigsdorf Triathlon |
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Middle distance | |
2006 | 1 | Koenigsdorf Triathlon |
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Sprint triathlon | |
2005 | 3 | Sprint triathlon |
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2005 | 6th |
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Styrian master over the half distance | ||
2005 | 2 |
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Short distance | ||
2004 | 2 | Styrian Cup |
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2003 | 5 | Thermal triathlon |
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Premiere of the sprint triathlon |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 12, 2019 | 543 | Ironman Hawaii |
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10:00:30 | Rank 85 in the age group 40-44 |
Dec 2, 2018 | 10 | Ironman Western Australia |
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08:47:41 | Winner in age group 40–44 |
Oct 13, 2018 | 315 | Ironman Hawaii |
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09:26:33 | Rank 45 in the age group 40-44 |
Sep 1 2018 | 2 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:49:15 | Vice national champion long distance |
Sep 2 2017 | 1 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:21:22 | as second in the Austria Triathlon with a new personal best |
Oct 2, 2016 | 16 | Ironman Barcelona |
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08:38:20 | |
4th Sep 2016 | Austria triathlon |
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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 |
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- | The race at Ironman Austria was stopped because of the consequences of hypothermia while swimming |
Oct 10, 2015 | 502 | Ironman Hawaii |
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10:20:56 | Ironman World Championships |
5th Sep 2015 | 2 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:31:49 | at the Austria Triathlon |
Oct 26, 2014 | 7th | ICAN Gandia-Valencia |
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09:03:39 | on the long distance |
6 Sep 2014 | 3 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:34:32 | |
June 29, 2014 | 36 | Ironman Austria |
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08:56:21 | |
Aug 24, 2013 | 2 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:37:50 | Vice national champion in the long distance at the Austria Triathlon |
30th of June 2013 | 17th | Ironman Austria |
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08:43:02 | |
Nov 3, 2012 | 13 | Ironman Florida |
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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 |
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27 Aug 2011 | 1 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:44:43 | National champion in the long distance at the Austria Triathlon (3rd victory in a row) |
July 10, 2011 | 21st | Challenge Roth |
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08:40:44 | |
Oct 3, 2010 | 4th | TriStar 222 Sardinia |
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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 |
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08:29:42 | Austrian national champion on the long distance at the Austria Triathlon |
4th July 2010 | 11 | Ironman Austria |
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08:43:18 | Long distance |
Oct 4, 2009 | 22nd | Challenge Barcelona-Maresme |
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08:58:13 | over the long distance |
29 Aug 2009 | 1 | ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance |
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08:53:04 | at the Austria Triathlon Austrian state champion on the long distance |
July 5, 2009 | 21st | Ironman Austria |
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08:54:45 | |
July 13, 2008 | 22nd | Ironman Austria |
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08:50:32 | |
July 16, 2006 | 26th | Ironman Austria |
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09:04:02 | 3rd place in class M30 |
Oct 21, 2006 | 260 | Ironman Hawaii |
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09:47:39 | Ironman World Championships |
July 5, 2005 | 73 | Ironman Austria |
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09:29:51 | |
4th July 2004 | 69 | Ironman Austria |
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09:31 27 | |
Aug 2001 | 22nd | Austria triathlon |
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10:08:17 | |
July 1, 2001 | 236 | Ironman Austria |
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10:22:06 | first Ironman start |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2005 | 6th | Mürzman Extreme Duathlon |
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2005 | 1 | Sprint duathlon |
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(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Homepage of Andreas Fuchs
- Triathlon Ranking Austria
- Triathlon club Fürstenfeld
- Profile and results of Andreas Fuchs (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 14, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fuchs wins qualification for 2019 at IRONMAN Australia Hawaii (December 2nd, 2018)
- ^ Andreas Fuchs sixth in Estonia (August 9, 2012)
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Vienna: Nicole Leder wins, Lothar second
- ↑ ICAN Valencia: Peter Seidel with first long distance victory (October 27, 2014)
- ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
- ↑ Andreas Fuchs in Podersdorf state champion on the Ironman distance
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Favorite victory at the Austria Triathlon in Podersdorf (August 29, 2010)
- ↑ 22nd Austria Triathlon Podersdorf: surprise victory by Andreas Fuchs
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fuchs, Andreas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuchs, Andi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8th 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |