Barbara Tesar

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Barbara Tesar - sixth at Ironman Austria 2010
Barbara Tesar - sixth at Ironman Austria 2010
Personal information
Date of birth 2nd March 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Graz
Nickname Barbie or Ironbarbie
societies
2009–2012 Union TriDevils Graz
successes
2007 25th place Ironman 70.3 World Championship
status
Resigned in 2013

Barbara Tesar (born March 2, 1982 in Graz ) is a former Austrian triathlete .

Career

Barbara Tesar was active in cycling for a few years and then switched to triathlon.

The first Ironman (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) she was able to finish in 2002 at the age of 20 and in October 2003 she started for the first time at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships). In 2007 she qualified in the Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten on the triathlon middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, where she finished 25th .

From 2007 to 2009 she worked as a freelance editor.

Professional triathlete since 2009

Barbara Tesar was active as a professional athlete from 2009 to 2012 and started for the Union TriDevils Graz . Their nicknames are Barbie or Ironbarbie . When she first started as a professional triathlete, she achieved ninth place at Ironman Switzerland in 2009.

In July 2010 she reached sixth place at the Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt. So she qualified for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships), where she did not finish the race.
In 2010 she also reached third place in the Austrian championship in the individual time trial.

Her two older brothers were also active triathletes and Barbara was trained by her brother Bernd. In 2013 she broke the scaphoid bone in a training fall and later declared her active career over.

Today Barbara Tesar lives in Kumberg and she works as an entrepreneur and organizer of cycling trips in Istria.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 12, 2011 6th 5150 Klagenfurt AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 02:28:43
0Aug 8, 2010 3 Trumer triathlon AustriaAustria Upper run 04:54:06 Third in the middle distance (2.1 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 20.1 km running) - behind Eva Maria Dollinger and Monika Stadlmann
  2010 1 Apple Country Triathlon AustriaAustria Stubenbergsee Olympic distance winner
  2010 1 X-trim triathlon AustriaAustria 02:12:00 Olympic distance winner
29 Aug 2009 3 Austria triathlon AustriaAustria Podersdorf Third in the middle distance behind the winner Yvonne Rüger-Krömker and the Hungarian Amelita Sved
0Aug 8, 2009 4th Waldviertel Eisenmann Triathlon AustriaAustria Litschau 05:09:00 2.3 km swimming, 84 km cycling and 21 km running
0July 5, 2008 2 Hamburg Cityman GermanyGermany Hamburg 01:15:37 on the sprint distance
  2008 2 Austria triathlon AustriaAustria Podersdorf Second in the middle distance behind Nicole Leder
  2007 25th Ironman 70.3 World Championship United StatesUnited States Florida
  2007 Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 3rd place W25 and thus qualification for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater (Florida)
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 15, 2012 6th Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 09:58:26
0July 3, 2011 DNF Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt - at the 14th start on the long distance, the race was canceled on the running track
0Oct 9, 2010 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii - Cancellation of racing due to illness on the bike course
04th July 2010 6th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:43:27 behind the winner Eva Dollinger - with the fastest bike time of the race in 04:55:59 hours
July 12, 2009 9 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich
Oct 11, 2008 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:42:26 4th place in class W25–29
July 13, 2008 12 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:45:55 first rank W25-29
Oct 21, 2006 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii Barbara Tesar finishes with her two brothers Bernd and Stefan as the first sibling trio
July 16, 2006 18th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 10:20:18
Oct 15, 2005 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 11:07 Sixth in class W18–24
Oct 18, 2003 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii first start at the World Cup - at the age of 21
0July 6, 2003 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:18:50 first place in class W18–24
0July 7, 2002 24 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 10:46:18

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Tesar - top triathlete and successful entrepreneur (September 6, 2015)
  2. ↑ Double the burden. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012 ; Retrieved July 5, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Riess and Tesar win at the Zechner X-trim  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  4. ↑ “Hamburg Cityman” Triathlon 2008
  5. ↑ Not worth the trip
personal data
SURNAME Tesar, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz