Bettina Ernst

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Bettina Ernst (born December 14, 1968 in Rapperswil ) is a former Swiss gymnast , multiple Swiss champion and triathlete .

Career

Bettina Ernst was active in artistic gymnastics and was part of the Swiss national team at the age of 14. In 1984 she started in Los Angeles in gymnastics at the Olympic Games. She finished 51st in the all-around competition and eighth with the team. In 1983 and 1985 she started at the World Championships in Budapest and Montreal and in 1985 Bettina Ernst also took part in the European Championships in Helsinki. She is nine times Swiss champion in artistic gymnastics.

After ten years of artistic gymnastics, Bettina Ernst switched to triathlon. In 1996 she started the long-distance triathlon at Ironman Hawaii (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running), finished 18th overall and she was able to win the age group of 25 to 30 year olds. In 1998 she was able to repeat this success again.

Today Bettina Ernst works as a natural scientist in immunology .

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2001 2 Inferno triathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernese Oberland
0Oct 3, 1998 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii Winner of the age group W25-30
09 Mar 1997 7th Ironman New Zealand AustraliaAustralia Auckland 10:34:09
  1996 1 Superfrog triathlon United StatesUnited States Coronado 1.9 km swimming, 87 km cycling, 21.1 km running
Oct 26, 1996 18th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:06:28 Winner of the age group W25-30
03rd Mar 1996 6th Ironman New Zealand AustraliaAustralia Auckland 10:38:49
July 29, 1995 Half Vineman Triathlon United StatesUnited States Sonoma County 04:35:23

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The deep hole after the competition high
  2. ↑ All- around women at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles (1984)
  3. ↑ Portrait Bettina Ernst (Team Salomon Suisse)
  4. Jump up to the summit with big steps
  5. ↑ 1996 IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
personal data
SURNAME Ernst, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss gymnast
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Rapperswil