Anja Dittmer
  Anja Dittmer
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 Anja Dittmer at the ITU World Championship on the
triathlon sprint distance in Stockholm, 2012 |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 22nd September 1975 (age 44) |
| place of birth | Neubrandenburg, GDR
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| societies | |
| Until 2013 | B-team DTU |
| 2018 | Neustrelitz water sports club |
| successes | |
| 1994 | German champion junior triathlon short distance |
| 1994 | Vice European Champion Junior Triathlon Short Distance |
| 1995-2004 | 5 × German champion triathlon short distance |
| 1999 | European champion triathlon short distance |
| 2006 | Vice-European triathlon champion short distance |
| 2008 | German champion triathlon sprint distance |
| status | |
| Resigned in 2013 | |
Anja Dittmer (born September 22, 1975 in Neubrandenburg , Neubrandenburg district ) is a former German duathlete and triathlete . She is European triathlon champion (1999) and Olympic participant in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Career
Anja Dittmer graduated from high school and then trained as a draftsman . Since November 2001 she has been a sports soldier in the Mainz Sports Promotion Group, where she holds the rank of staff sergeant .
In 1992 she started her first triathlon, and since 1998 she has been a professional triathlete. In 1993 she was able to win the German Triathlon Championship as well as the Duathlon in the youth class. From 1995 to 2000 she was trained by Andreas Barth. This was followed by Thomas Springstein until 2002 , who then got into doping allegations, which is why she changed her trainer again. From 2003 to 2013 she was trained by Ralf Ebli. She was also looked after by the nutritionist Wolfgang Feil .
European triathlon champion 1999
In 1999 she became European champion in the short distance triathlon in Portugal. In 2001, Anja Dittmer suffered a stress fracture , which is why she was unable to take part in the World and European Championships.
In 2004 she won the overall World Cup of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) and in 2006 she was third. She started for SC Neubrandenburg and was a member of the B-team of the German Triathlon Union .
2012 Summer Olympics
In 2012, together with Svenja Bazlen and Anne Haug , she qualified for a place at the Olympic Games in London - and started for Germany for the fourth time after 2000, 2004 and 2008. She completed the race over the Olympic distance with a time of 2: 01: 38.00 h and was twelfth behind Anne Haug (eleventh place).
In December 2013 she ended her active career and then became a junior coach at the Olympic base in Potsdam .
In 2018 she started at the " Ö till Ö " Swimrun (Swedish: from island to island).
Private
Her older brother is the former canoeist Andreas Dittmer (* 1972).
Awards
- In 1996, 1997, 1998 she was named "Triathlete of the Year" by the German Triathlon Union (DTU).
- For her sporting successes, Anja Dittmer was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf of the Federal Republic of Germany in March 2003 in Berlin together with Thomas Hellriegel and Rainer Müller-Hörner .
Sporting successes
Triathlon sprint and short distance
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Sep 7 2014 | 16 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Hanover
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01:05:32 | Triathlon state championship on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) at the Maschsee Triathlon |
| 25 Aug 2012 | 23 | ITU Triathlon Sprint World Championships |
 Stockholm
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01:02:47 | Triathlon World Championship on the sprint distance |
| Aug 4, 2012 | 12 | Olympic Games 2012 |
 London
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02:01:38 | behind Anne Haug (rank 11) as the second fastest German athlete |
| June 23, 2012 | 9 | ITU World Championship Series 2012 |
 Kitzbühel
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02:06:39 | |
| Aug 21, 2011 | 3 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
 Lausanne
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Third in the team world championship - together with Rebecca Robisch , Maik Petzold and Steffen Justus | |
| Aug 20, 2011 | 12 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships |
Lausanne |
00:59:20 | World championship on the sprint distance |
| Aug 6, 2011 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
London |
02:00:49 | Anja Dittmer achieved the Olympic qualification for 2012 with the result |
| June 19, 2011 | 21st | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
Kitzbühel
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02:08:12 | |
| Apr 9, 2011 | 16 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
 Sydney
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02:03:10 | Opening event of the new season |
| Oct 17, 2010 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
 Tongyeong
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02:03:15 | Second behind the Briton Jodie Swallow |
| Aug 21, 2010 | 10 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship |
Lausanne |
00:59:45 | Tenth at the first edition of the World Cup on the sprint distance (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) |
| July 24, 2010 | 24 | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
London |
01:55:05 | at the 5th race of the series |
| July 3, 2010 | 13 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Athlone
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01:59:55 | at the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic short distance |
| June 6, 2010 | 7th | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
 Madrid
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02:07:38 | third race of the World Championship series |
| May 8, 2010 | 11 | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
Seoul
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02:02:15 | |
| 2010 | 20th | ITU World Championship Series 2010 |
Sydney |
02:06:38 | Opening race of the 2010 season |
| 2009 | 14th | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
Gold coast
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02:01:09 | Anja Dittmer achieved 11th place in the overall World Cup ranking in 2009. |
| 2009 | 5 | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
London |
01:54:55 | with only 31 seconds behind the Swiss winner Nicola Spirig |
| July 25, 2009 | 7th | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
Hamburg
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01:58:12 | |
| 2009 | 15th | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
 Washington
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02:03:41 | |
| 2009 | 12 | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
Madrid |
02:07:48 | |
| 2009 | 16 | ITU World Championship Series 2009 |
Tongyeong |
02:05:38 | |
| Aug 18, 2008 | 33 | Olympic Games 2008 |
 Beijing
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02: 05: 45.86 | 7:18 minutes behind the Olympic champion Emma Snowsill from Australia |
| June 21, 2008 | 1 | Alpine triathlon |
Schliersee
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International German Championship - German champion on the short distance | |
| Feb 3, 2008 | 1 | OCA Sprint Distance Triathlon Oceania Championships |
 Taupo
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01:07:50 | |
| 2008 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Hamburg |
01:58:48 | at the Hamburg Cityman |
| 25th Mar 2007 | 10 | BG Triathlon Word Cup |
Mooloolaba
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02:02:02 | Tenth on the Olympic distance |
| 2007 | 6th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Hamburg |
World championship on the short distance | |
| 2007 | 7th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Copenhagen
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| 2007 | 5 | BG Triathlon Word Cup |
Beijing
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02:02:43 | Fifth on the Olympic distance |
| Sep 10 2006 | 5 | BG Triathlon Word Cup |
Hamburg |
01:55:08 | |
| 2006 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Autun
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Vice European Champion | |
| Aug 25, 2004 | 11 | 2004 Olympic Games |
 Athens
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02: 07: 25.07 | |
| 2004 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Hamburg |
01: 58.29.3 | Victory in Hamburg at the Holsten Cityman |
| 2004 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Potsdam
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German champion on the short distance | |
| Sep 2003 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Hamburg |
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| 2003 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Breitenauer See
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German champion on the short distance | |
| 2002 | 3 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Frankfurt am Main
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| 2000 | 18th | Olympic Games 2000 |
Sydney |
02: 04: 36.88 | |
| Sep 11 1999 | 19th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Montreal
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01:58:15 | World championship on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| 1999 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Funchal
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02:01:07 | European triathlon champion on the short distance - and also in the team classification |
| 1999 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Frankfurt am Main |
German champion on the short distance | |
| 1998 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Frankfurt am Main |
German champion on the short distance | |
| 4th July 1998 | 22nd | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Velden
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02:09:30 | European triathlon championship on the short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| 1995 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon |
Darmstadt
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German champion on the short distance | |
| 1994 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships Junior Women | Junior Vice European Champion | ||
| 1994 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Juniors |
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German junior champion on the sprint distance |
Triathlon middle distance
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 8 Sep 2013 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg |
 Remich
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04:40:50 | |
| Aug 11, 2013 | 8th | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
Wiesbaden
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04:47:16 | Ironman 70.3 European Championship |
Running
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Dec 31, 2011 | 1 | New Year's Eve Saarbrücken |
Saarbrücken
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36:14 | Winner over 10 km |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
Commons : Anja Dittmer - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature about Anja Dittmer in the state bibliography MV
- Official website of Anja Dittmer
- Profile and results of Anja Dittmer in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 26, 2020 (English).
- Profile for Anja Dittmer at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 13, 2016
- Anja Dittmer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bazlen, Dittmer and Haug ready for the showdown (August 3, 2012)
- ↑ Results Olympia 2012 (English), accessed on August 8, 2012
- ↑ Triathlon: The grande dame of triathlon says goodbye! (nordkurier.de, December 23, 2013)
- ↑ Sports stars hot for the Ötillö swimrun (September 28, 2018)
- ↑ WTS: Nicola Spirig wins in Kitzbühel
- ↑ Findlay claims 2011 World Championship Series opener in Sydney
- ↑ Strong Dittmer . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
- ↑ ITU Triathlon World Cup: Anja Dittmer finished second
- ↑ World Cup series in London: Paula Findlay surprisingly wins, Emma Moffatt only in 9th place
- ↑ Short-distance European Championships Athlone: Spirig defends title
- ↑ Triathlon World Championship series: Jan Frodeno wins in Seoul
- ↑ Anja Dittmer: Victory at the start of the season
- ↑ “Hamburg Cityman” Triathlon 2008
- ↑ World Cup: Double home win for Aussies in Mooloolaba - Lisk fifth
- ↑ Vanessa Fernandes wins the Olympic course in Beijing ( Memento from September 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ ITU World Cup: Vanessa Fernandes continues her winning streak
- ↑ Hamburg celebrates the Triathlon Festival
- ↑ Kathrin Müller wins bronze (June 21, 2004)
- ^ New Year's Eve runs: Rank beats Raelert in Rostock
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dittmer, Anja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd September 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neubrandenburg , GDR |