Ariane Gutknecht

Switzerland 0 Ariane Gutknecht
Personal information
Date of birth	19th July 1964 (age 56)
societies
successes
1999	3rd place ITU World Championship Duathlon
2003	Ironman winner
status
resigned

Ariane Gutknecht (born July 19, 1964 ) is a former Swiss duathlete and triathlete .

Career

Since 1995 Ariane Gutknecht started for the Swiss national triathlon team and her first Ironman (triathlon over the distances 3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) she contested in 1996 in Zurich .

In 1999 she was third at the Duathlon World Championship on the long distance at Powerman Zofingen .

After three years in a row in third place, the athlete , who lives in Allschwil , won the Ironman in July 2003 at her sixth start in Zurich.

Awards

In 2005 she received the Sports Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft .

Sporting successes

Triathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77733829575 ♠0Sep 7 2008	19th	Ironman 70.3 Monaco	Monaco Monaco	05:17:01	Winner of AG 30–34
77651316400 ♠July 16, 2006	6th	Ironman Austria	Austria Klagenfurt	09:45:18
77536244475 ♠July 27, 2003	1	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich	09:39:48	Winner at her sixth start in Zurich
77505732275 ♠Oct 19, 2002	22nd	Ironman Hawaii	United States Hawaii	10:14:27
77496987925 ♠July 21, 2002	3	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich
77494104150 ♠June 22, 2002	3	Ironman France	France Gerardmer	10:21:11	behind the winner Karin Thürig
77459777925 ♠0Aug 5, 2001	3	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich	09:58:27
77456429025 ♠0July 1, 2001	3	Ironman Austria	Austria Klagenfurt	09:28:38
77421172550 ♠0Aug 6, 2000	3	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich
77413544500 ♠May 20, 2000	2	Ironman Lanzarote	Spain Playa del Carmen
77427870350 ♠Oct 14, 2000	24	Ironman Hawaii	United States Hawaii	10:28:05
77349264225 ♠0Oct 1, 1998		Ironman Hawaii	United States Hawaii	10:29:45
77343403650 ♠0Aug 2, 1998	2	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich	09:49:18
77304798275 ♠0Aug 3, 1997	2	Ironman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich	09:51:21
77266844075 ♠Aug 11, 1996	2	Euroman Switzerland	Switzerland Zurich	09:51:26	behind Heike Funk , thus Swiss champion on the long distance

Gigathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77822482400 ♠ 2011	4th	Gigathlon	Switzerland	23:15:17
77745085600 ♠ 2009	2	Gigathlon	Switzerland St. Gallen	21:12:46
77590292000 ♠ 2005	1	Gigathlon	Switzerland Basel	26:41:55	The 394 km long route with 8,210 meters of altitude ran from Locarno via Lucerne to Basel and could be mastered in two days.

Cross triathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77667688800 ♠ 2007	3	Inferno triathlon	Switzerland Bernese Oberland	10: 49: 25.6
77551593600 ♠ 2004	1	Inferno triathlon	Switzerland Bernese Oberland	10: 41: 05.3
77506476475 ♠Oct. 27, 2002	12	Xterra Triathlon World Championships	United States Maui	03:15:59	Xterra World Championship Cross Triathlon

Duathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77435498400 ♠ 2001	3	Powerman Austria	Austria Klagenfurt	03:51:26	in the duathlon behind the winner Erika Csomor and Karin Thürig
77358101600 ♠ 1999	3	ITU Duathlon Long Distance World Championships	Switzerland Zofingen		at Powerman Zofingen
77299216775 ♠0June 7, 1997	6th	ITU Duathlon Long Distance World Championships	Switzerland Zofingen	07:44:27	at Powerman Zofingen
77298658625 ♠0June 1, 1997	9	ITU Duathlon Long Distance World Championships	Switzerland Zofingen	07:45:13	at Powerman Zofingen

(DNF - { Did Not Finish )

Web links

Profile and results of Ariane Gutknecht in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 26, 2018 (English).
Profile for Ariane Gutknecht at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 6, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ «I can't be loud» (July 27, 2003)
↑ Baselbieter Sports Prize Awards 1986 - 2014
↑ Kai Baumgartner: Nicola Spirig confidently wins the title at the Monaco Ironman 70.3 . In: 3athlon.de . September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 11, 2008.
^ Kai Baumgartner: Ironman Switzerland: Bernhard and Gutknecht in front . In: 3athlon.de . July 27, 2003 Archived from the original on February 17, 2004.
↑ In detail: Ironman France 2002
^ Results Ironman Hawaii 1998
↑ Hürzeler and Brenn win the Gigathlon 2011 ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 5, 2011)
↑ Fischlin and Brenn again overall Gigathlon winners ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 5, 2009)
↑ Gigathlon 2005 ( Memento from October 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Gutknecht, Ariane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1964

[1] «I can't be loud» (July 27, 2003)

[2] Baselbieter Sports Prize Awards 1986 - 2014

[3] Kai Baumgartner: Nicola Spirig confidently wins the title at the Monaco Ironman 70.3 . In: 3athlon.de . September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 11, 2008.

[4] Kai Baumgartner: Ironman Switzerland: Bernhard and Gutknecht in front . In: 3athlon.de . July 27, 2003 Archived from the original on February 17, 2004.

[5] In detail: Ironman France 2002

[6] Results Ironman Hawaii 1998

[7] Hürzeler and Brenn win the Gigathlon 2011 ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 5, 2011)

[8] Fischlin and Brenn again overall Gigathlon winners ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 5, 2009)

[9] Gigathlon 2005 ( Memento from October 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )