Andreas di Bernardo

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AustriaAustria 0 Andreas di Bernardo
Personal information
Date of birth 22nd June 1977 (age 43)
place of birth Austria
societies
Since 2006 HSV Triathlon Klagenfurt
successes
2008 3rd place Ironman UK
status
Resigned in 2009

Andreas di Bernardo (born June 22, 1977 ) is a former Austrian triathlete.

Career

Andreas di Bernardo was active in athletics in his youth and started for the first time in 1997 as a 20-year-old at the Ironman in Klagenfurt (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

Triathlon professional since 2006

The trained chef started as a triathlon professional for the club HSV-Triathlon Klagenfurt in 2006.
In September 2008 he was third at the Ironman UK in Sherborne . He was the first and so far only Austrian to win a medal here. (As of September 2018)

In 2009 he was able to qualify for a starting place at Ironman Hawaii for the third time.
After a traffic accident in July 2009, he had to pause for some time and end his career as a professional athlete.

Andreas di Bernardo is married and lives in Klagenfurt with his wife and two children . Today he works as a coach and trainer.

Awards

  • In 2008 he was awarded the Sports Badge of Honor of the City of Klagenfurt for Active in Silver.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DNS - Did Not Start)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Portrait of Andreas Di Bernardo (May 5, 2010)
  2. High awards for Carinthian military athletes and officials (December 4, 2008)
  3. IRONMAN UK: Heike Funk strong second ( Memento from June 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Andreas di Bernardo in 3rd place at IRONMAN UK (September 9, 2008)
  5. Nicole Best is fourth at the Ironman South Africa (March 22, 2004)
  6. Wutti wins the New Year's Eve run in Klagenfurt (January 1, 2018)