Bart Colpaert
  Bart Colpaert
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 2nd September 1981 (age 38) |
| place of birth | Izegem |
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| successes | |
| 2013 | Winner Challenge Almere-Amsterdam |
| status | |
| inactive | |
Bart Colpaert (born September 2, 1981 in Izegem ) is a former Belgian triathlete .
Career
Bart Colpaert mainly started in triathlon competitions over the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
As the fastest swimmer, Bart Colpaert came out of the water at the Ironman European Championship 2012 in Frankfurt after 44:17 minutes, won the age group M30-34 and, as in the previous year, finished tenth in the overall standings.
He started as a professional triathlete in 2013. In autumn 2014 he injured his Achilles tendon and had to end the race of the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam early.
He was trained by Marino Vanhoenacker and lives with his partner in his hometown Izegem in the Belgian province of West Flanders . He has not appeared internationally since 2014.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| May 11, 2014 | 8th | Challenge Rimini |
 Rimini
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04:13:20 | |
| Apr 26, 2014 | 10 | Challenge Fuerteventura |
 Fuerteventura
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| May 26, 2013 | 10 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
 St. Polten
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03:38:30 | The race was held without the swimming distance due to the weather. |
| May 11th, 2013 | 15th | Ironman 70.3 Mallorca |
Alcúdia
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04:04:55 | |
| July 25, 2010 | 9 | Ironman 70.3 Antwerp |
Antwerp
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03:59:35 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 13 Sep 2014 | DNF | Challenge Almere-Amsterdam |
 Amsterdam
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- | ended the race with an injured Achilles tendon |
| Sep 14 2013 | 1 | Challenge Almere-Amsterdam |
Amsterdam
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08:34:50 | |
| 30th of June 2013 | 6th | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt
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08:26:17 | |
| Oct 13, 2012 | 132 | Ironman Hawaii |
 Hawaii
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09:33:15 | Ironman World Championship |
| July 8, 2012 | 10 | Ironman Germany |
 Frankfurt
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08:40:18 | Winner of the M30-34 age group at the Ironman European Championship |
| Oct 8, 2011 | 232 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09:37:13 | Ironman World Championship |
| July 24, 2011 | 10 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt
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08:33:54 | fastest swimmer with 45:59 minutes |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Profile for Bart Colpaert at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 26, 2014
- Profile and results of Bart Colpaert in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 7, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Challenge Almere: Three Germans on the podium (September 15, 2013)
- ↑ Vanhoenacker shows Kienle the rear wheel (July 8, 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Colpaert, beard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Izegem |