Antony Costes
Antony Costes (born December 19, 1989 in Auch ) is a French duathlete and triathlete . He is the Ironman winner (2017) and has been leading the list of French triathletes on the Ironman distance since 2017 .
Career
Antony Costes started his first triathlon at the age of 11.
He started in races in the short and middle distance and since 2014 also in the triathlon long distance.
Vice-State Champion Triathlon Long Distance 2014
Antony Costes was French runner-up in the long-distance triathlon in July 2014 behind his compatriot Sylvain Sudrie . He has been a professional triathlete since 2016.
Ironman distance since 2017
In July 2017 he started his first Ironman race in Austria (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running): After a strong swim and cycling, he then fell back on the final marathon distance and finished 128th . Rank.
In September he won the Ironman Barcelona with a new course record on his second start . With his winning time of 7:49:19 h, he achieved the fastest time of a French athlete and was ranked twelfth in the list of the best triathletes on the Ironman distance .
At his third Ironman start at Ironman France , he finished second in June 2018 in Nice. At the Ironman World Championships in Ironman Hawaii , he finished 33rd in October.
In the duathlon, the 29-year-old won the Powerman Middle Distance Duathlon Asian Championships in March 2019 .
Antony Costes lives in Toulouse in the south of France .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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3rd June 2018 | 6th | Challenge - The Championship | Šamorín | 03:50:45 | Challenge World Championships; behind Lionel Sanders |
May 13, 2018 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monterrey | Monterrey | 03:40:49 | |
19 Nov 2017 | 2 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:20:29 | |
26 Aug 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Vichy | Vichy | ||
Nov 20, 2016 | 2 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:21:18 | Second on the short distance behind the German Michael Raelert |
Jan. 31, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Panama | Panama City | Second behind the Canadian Lionel Sanders | |
Sep 20 2015 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | ||
July 27, 2014 | 1 | 5150 Marseille | Marseille | ||
Nov 3, 2013 | 2 | Ekurhuleni 5150 | Ekurhuleni | Second behind Henri Schoeman at the African Championships | |
July 28, 2013 | 1 | 5150 Marseille | Marseille | 02:38 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Dec. 1, 2019 | Ironman Western Australia | Busselton | |||
Oct 13, 2018 | 33 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:36:04 | |
June 24, 2018 | 2 | Ironman France | Nice | 08:35:42 | |
Sep 30 2017 | 1 | Ironman Barcelona | Calella | 07:49:19 | personal best Ironman time |
2nd July 2017 | 128 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 09:40:34 | |
5th Mar 2016 | 12 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 08:44:40 | first Ironman start |
21 Sep 2014 | 9 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Weihai | 05:24:24 | Triathlon World Championship on the long distance (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 20 km running) |
July 6, 2014 | 2 | FRA Long Distance Triathlon National Championships | 04:08:07 | French runner-up in the long distance |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2nd Mar 2019 | 1 | Powerman Middle Distance Duathlon Asian Championships | Putrajaya | 02:41:23 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Antony Costes website
- Profile for Antony Costes at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on August 4, 2014
- Profile and results of Antony Costes in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 1, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 8 Tips from a Pro on the Rise (May 30, 2016)
- ↑ and Van Vlerken win Ironman Barcelona
- ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
- ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON: MICHAEL RAELERT HAS THE THAILAND HAT TRICK (November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon, Results 2016
- ↑ 10/13/2018 Results: IRONMAN World Championship brought to you by Amazon (October 13, 2018)
- ↑ France sweeps men's long distance medals (September 21, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Costes, Antony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Also |