Axel Zeebroek

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Axel Zeebroek (2010)
Axel Zeebroek (2010)
Personal information
Date of birth 25th July 1978 (age 42)
place of birth Dinant
size 183 cm
Weight 72 kg
societies
Until 2014 Pro Uplace Triathlon Team and EJOT Team TV Buschhütten
successes
2008 13th place Summer Olympics
2009, 2013 2 × winners Ironman 70.3
status
Resigned in 2014

Axel Zeebroek (born July 25, 1978 in Dinant ) is a former Belgian triathlete and Olympian (2008).

Career

Axel Zeebroek started triathlon in 1997.

Triathlon professional since 2002

He was trained by Bart Decru and started for the EJOT Team TV Buschhütten .

At the European Triathlon Championship (short distance), he finished eighth in May 2008.

2008 Summer Olympics

In September 2008 Zeebroek started in Beijing at the Summer Olympics, where he finished 13th as the best Belgian athlete.

Since 2009 he has also started the long-distance triathlon ( Ironman : 3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

At the end of 2014, the then 36-year-old declared his active time over.

Axel Zeebroek lives in Bastogne , where he works as a coach and event organizer.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
06 Sep 2014 2 Triathlon de Gérardmer FranceFrance Gerardmer 04:27:43 Second on the middle distance in the Vosges behind Frenchman Sylvain Sudrie
June 21, 2014 3 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg Remich 03:51:51
08 Sep 2013 1 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg Remich 03:49:28
18 Mar 2012 3 Ironman 70.3 San Juan Puerto RicoPuerto Rico San Juan 03:54:56
July 24, 2011 2 Antwerp Ironman 70.3 BelgiumBelgium Antwerp 03:48:24
Apr 17, 2011 7th Ironman 70.3 New Orleans United StatesUnited States New Orleans 03:27:15 Due to the weather, the race was held on a shortened course - without the swimming distance.
  2009 1 Ironman 70.3 Monaco MonacoMonaco Monaco 04:15:16
Sep 10 2008 13 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01:50:30
0June 5, 2008 31 ITU Triathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Vancouver 01:52:37 Triathlon World Championship (short distance)
May 10, 2008 8th ETU Triathlon European Championships PortugalPortugal Lisbon 01:54:44
  2007 6th Alpine triathlon GermanyGermany Schliersee 02:02:39
  2007 36 ITU Triathlon World Championships GermanyGermany Hamburg 01:46:03 Triathlon world championship
June 30, 2007 20th ETU Triathlon European Championships DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen 01:53:53 on the Olympic distance
  2000 35 ETU Triathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands stone 01:59:38 European championship on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
20th July 2014 4th Ironman UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bolton 08:53:37
23 Mar 2014 7th Ironman Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 08:12:35 personal best Ironman time
0May 5, 2012 3 Ironman St. George United StatesUnited States St. George 09:35:33
Nov 27, 2011 10 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 08:54:06
May 21, 2011 6th Ironman Texas United StatesUnited States The Woodlands 08:28:07
Nov 28, 2010 4th Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel
0Aug 1, 2010 3 Ironman UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bolton 08:49:37 Third on the Ironman distance
Nov 22, 2009 13 Ironman Arizona United StatesUnited States Tempe 08:48:14
Oct 25, 2009 19th ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Perth 04:06:52

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Axel Zeebroek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography Axel Zeebroek ( Memento from March 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), uplacetriathlon
  2. ↑ Axel Zeebroek de l'autre côté du miroir Interview (French), June 27, 2016
  3. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Title defense in San Juan (March 18, 2012)
  4. ↑ Aernouts and Goos strike again ( Memento from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 24, 2011)
  5. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Start-finish victory, Axel Zeebroek wins Monaco Ironman 70.3 Triathlon . In: 3athlon.de . September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009.
  6. ^ Ironman Cozumel 2011: Tajsich and Thomschke are best Germans
  7. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Tim O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow new ITU world champions on the long haul . In: 3athlon.de . October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009.
  8. ↑ ITU World Championship long distance: Title to Timothy O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow
  9. ↑ Long Distance World Championships: Gold to O'Donnell and Swallow ( Memento from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Zeebroek, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinant