Beatrice Lanza
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 22nd March 1982 (age 38) |
place of birth | Biella |
Nickname | Bea |
societies | |
Ironbiella | |
successes | |
2000 | National champion triathlon short distance |
2002 | National champion triathlon sprint distance |
2001 | Vice world champion triathlon juniors |
2002 | U23 European triathlon champion |
2004 | 15th place Summer Olympics |
2006 | Team world champion triathlon |
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Resigned in 2008 |
Beatrice Lanza (born March 22, 1982 in Biella ) is a former Italian triathlete , multiple national champion and Olympian (2004).
Career
In 2000 she became a triathlon state champion.
In July 2001 Beatrice Lanza became triathlon vice world champion in the junior division. In 2002, the then 20-year-old U23 European triathlon champion.
2004 Summer Olympics
Beatrice Lanza started at the 2004 Olympic Games , where she was the second best Italian in 15th place (behind Nadia Cortassa , 5th place).
In 2008 she was diagnosed with a heart problem and had to retire from professional sports.
She is the mother of two daughters (* 2011 and 2015).
Sporting successes
Triathlon
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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March 8 2008 | 3 | ATU Triathlon African Championships |
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02:07:33 | |
Nov 1, 2006 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Team World Championship |
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01:05:11 | Triathlon world champion in the team - together with Nadia Cortassa and Daniela Chmet (3 × 250 m swimming, 6.67 km cycling and 1.67 km running) |
Oct 1, 2006 | 2 | ITA National Championship Triathlon |
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01:59:32 | Vice State Champion |
May 13, 2006 | 1 | Kalterer See Triathlon |
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Sep 11 2004 | 2 | ITA National Championship Triathlon |
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02:00:52 | Vice State Champion |
Aug 25, 2004 | 15th | Olympic Summer Games |
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02: 07: 59.26 | on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
May 31, 2003 | 2 | ITA National Championship Triathlon |
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01:58:31 | Vice State Champion |
Apr 13, 2003 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
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02:01:47 | first podium for an Italian |
Oct 5, 2002 | 1 | ITA National Championship Sprint Distance Triathlon |
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01:04:07 | State champion |
July 21, 2002 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 |
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02:23:23 | Winner and European champion in the U23 class |
June 8, 2002 | 2 | ITA National Championship Triathlon |
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02:08:55 | Second behind Nadia Cortassa |
July 22, 2001 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Women |
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Vice-World Champion Junior Triathlon - second behind the Swiss Nicola Spirig | |
July 22, 2000 | 1 | ITA National Championship Triathlon |
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02:24:55 | State champion |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Italian Triathlon Federation (Italian)
- Profile for Beatrice Lanza at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 25, 2014
- Profile and results of Beatrice Lanza in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 14, 2019 (English).
- Beatrice Lanza in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beatrice Lanza (November 11, 2014)
- ↑ Beatrice Lanza è la nuova campionessa europea Under23 (July 22, 2002)
- ↑ Bea Lanza, l'atleta d'acciaio fermata dal cuore “Ma il ricordo dei Giochi di Atene è stupendo” (August 9, 2016)
- ↑ Pianeta donna: Tre domande a Beatrice Lanza (April 3, 2015)
- ↑ 2006 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships - Cancun (Mexico) ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lanza, Beatrice |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Biella , Italy |