Bonn triathlon

Bonn triathlon
venue	Bonn Germany
First run	1991
organizer	PSV Bonn Triathlon e. V.
Records
distance	3.8 km 60 km 15 km
track record	Men: 2:45:35 h, 2017 Horst Reichel
Website	Official website

The Bonn Triathlon is a triathlon sporting event that has been taking place annually in Bonn since 1991. After a spectacular start from a Rhine ferry, 3.8 km of swimming with the current in the Rhine , a varied cycle route over 60 km with a demanding route profile over the Ennert , through the Pleiser Hügelland as well as the foothills of the Siebengebirge nature reserve and a 15 km long running route over three laps on the sunny side of Bonn along the Beueler Rheinuferpromenade . Five-digit audience numbers, a contingent of starting places that are quickly booked out, and internationally known professional triathletes regularly ensure a high level of media attention beyond the trade press .

organization

Start preparation on a ferry in the Rhine near the Bonner Bogen

Johann Ackermann won the 2015 Bonn Triathlon with a new course record

Swimming start in the Rhine , 2015

Bike course in the Siebengebirge Nature Park , 2015

Running track on the Rhine promenade , 2013

The history of the Bonn Triathlon goes back to 1991. The event was initially held for 1.7 km swimming, 46 km cycling and 10 km running, with 138 participants starting in 1991. As early as 1992, the Bonn Triathlon was part of the competition series of the "Crown League", from which in 1996 the Triathlon Bundesliga developed. In the years that followed, the Bonn Triathlon was often part of the North Rhine-Westphalian Triathlon League, whose clubs made up almost half of the teams in the Triathlon Bundesliga in 2016.

The first two events in 1991 and 1992 were won by Jürgen Zäck from Koblenz , who came second in the Ironman World Championship in 1998 . The Californian Mark Allen , with six wins at the Ironman Hawaii and even ten wins at the Longue Distance de Nice triathlon, the world's dominant triathlete until 1995, won in 1993 and finished second in Bonn in 1992. Other top triathletes in the Palmares of the Bonn Triathlon include a. Thomas Hellriegel , who won both the Bonn Triathlon in 1997 and the first German to win the Ironman Hawaii, Faris Al-Sultan , the third German winner at the Ironman Hawaii in 2005 and second twice at the Bonn Triathlon, Lothar Leder , who became the world's first triathlete in 1996 Stephan Vuckovic , who was the first German triathlete to win a medal at the Olympic Games, undercut the eight-hour mark on the Ironman distance , Timo Bracht , with ten victories over the Ironman distance, the most successful German triathlete from this point of view, Andreas Böcherer , Bert Jammaer , Clemens Coenen , Stefan Holzner , Jan Sibbersen , Maik Twelsiek , Nils Goerke and professional triathletes from the region such as Johann Ackermann , Oliver Strankmann and Olaf Sabatschus .

There were also numerous multiple winners over the Ironman distance for women, such as Nicole Leder , Andrea Steinbecher , Lucie Reed , Ute Mückel , Nina Kraft , Virginia Berasategui , Ulrike Schwalbe , Ute Schäfer , Katja Schumacher and others. v. a. at the Bonn Triathlon.

The Bonn Triathlon was organized by the Police Sports Association PSV Bonn until 2017 and quael-dich.de GmbH since 2006, which celebrated the event's twenty-fifth anniversary in 2015. Since 1995 the Bonn-Triathlon has had its present face with a distance of 3.8 km swimming in the Rhine, 60 km cycling in the hilly country on the right bank of the Rhine and 15 km running.

138 participants started the first event in 1991, which was still held as a short distance with 1.7 km swimming, 46 km cycling and 10 km running. In the following year (due to the integration into the Kronen League) 500 participants were counted. In 1995 150 athletes started, in 1996 300 and 1999 400 participants. From the turn of the millennium, the number of participants increased: over 650 starters in 2001, 950 participants in front of 15,000 spectators in 2002 and 2003 for the first time over a thousand triathletes were in the race. In 2005, the Bonn Triathlon was fully booked for the first time with 1150 participants. In 2006 and 2007, all starting places were already allocated on the Internet within a few minutes. In 2008 the transition area was relocated from the traditional location at the Kennedy Bridge to the Bonner Bogen due to construction work and increased to 1,750 participants on the train; 20,000 spectators were counted. In 2011 the transition area moved back to the Kennedy Bridge, the swim start from Oberdollendorf to the Bonner Bogen.

Since 2013, the cycle route no longer leads in one round to the mountain region of Oberhau and the Komper Heide nature reserve as the south-easternmost point, but runs on an 80% car-free route via Ennert , Pleiser Hügelland and the foothills of the Siebengebirge nature park .

The races in 1999, 2013 and 2016 had to be held as a duathlon (10 km running, 60 km cycling and 5 km running) due to the weather due to the flooding of the Rhine. In 2017, 1638 athletes were registered for the start. Since 2018, the newly founded PSV Bonn Triathlon e. V. sole organizer. The last race was here on June 10, 2018.

The Bonn Triathlon is part of the international Triathlon Nations Cup, which will be held for the first time in the 2019 season . In this new series, the times from the competitions in Bonn (Germany), Oud Gastel (Netherlands) and Aarschot (Belgium) are added to a total result. The 29th triathlon will be held here on June 9, 2019 and the individual starting places were already allocated at the beginning of March.

Route

• The 3.8 km swim takes place in the Rhine . Since 2011, the start has been in several start groups from a Rhine ferry that is firmly anchored at the height of the Bonn Arch . The exit is at the Kennedy Bridge . Since swimming takes place along the current of the Rhine, the swimming times cannot be compared with those in standing water.

• The 60 km cycle route in the Siebengebirge has been an 80% car-free turning point route since 2013. It first leads from the transition zone on the Rhine below the Kennedy Bridge over the historic route of the Bröltalbahn, which has been converted into a cycle path, up the Ennert to Holtorf . After a descent to Stieldorf there is an ascent to Bockeroth , past Oberpleis in the direction of Nonnenberg and a long slope in the direction of Brüngsberg and on via Aegidienberg to the first turning point in Ittenbach . Back via Aegidienberg, the athletes reach the second turning point in the Schmelztal . After a long descent, the route extends over Berghausen to the third turning point just before the Hünerberg . Back through the Pleiser Hügelland and over the Ennert, the athletes reach the transition area at the Kennedy Bridge. The bike route includes a total of around 750 meters in altitude over 60 km, especially on climbs and in several through town passages, the participants encounter atmospheric nests with many spectators.

• The 15 km running route, on the other hand, is almost completely flat and stretches from the Kennedy Bridge over the Rhine promenade on the sunny side of Bonn to the Rheinaue .

The course record was set by Horst Reichel in 2:45:35 hours in 2017 .

Winners list

The greatest number of wins at the Bonn Triathlon was achieved by Jürgen Zäck , who crossed the finish line first four times.

Lothar Leder , local hero Olaf Sabatschus as well as Andrea Steinbecher , Beate Görtz and most recently Verena Walter have three wins each in Bonn, Maik Twelsiek , Oliver Strankmann , Johann Ackermann and Nina Kraft were each successful twice.

Men

Women

N ° Date / year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 29 0June 9, 2019 Ruben Zepuntke Luca Heerdt Julian Fritzenschaft 28 June 10, 2018 Horst Reichel -2- Paul Schuster Tobias Drachler 27 June 11, 2017 Horst Reichel (SR) Simon Black Simon Jung 26th June 12, 2016 * Luca Heerdt Diederik Scheltinga Marek Jaskółka 25th June 14, 2015 Johann Ackermann -2- Martijn Dekker Oliver Strankmann 24 0June 8, 2014 Johann Ackermann Christian Kramer Oliver Strankmann 23 0June 9, 2013 * Clemens Coenen Sebastian Zeller Stephan Vuckovic 22nd June 10, 2012 Oliver Strankmann -2- Faris Al-Sultan Niclas Bock 21st June 12, 2011 Oliver Strankmann Eike Carsten Pupkes Tim Brydenbach 20th June 13, 2010 Konstantin Bachor Nils Goerke Oliver Strankmann 19th June 14, 2009 Maik Twelsiek -2- Faris Al-Sultan Nils Goerke 18th June 15, 2008 Maik Twelsiek Markus Forster Olaf Sabatschus 17th June 17, 2007 Olaf Sabatschus -3- Konstantin Bachor Andreas Böcherer 16 June 18, 2006 Timo Bracht Andreas Böcherer Konstantin Bachor 15th June 19, 2005 Nils Goerke Olaf Sabatschus Markus Fachbach 14th June 20, 2004 Stefan Holzner Olaf Sabatschus Gerrit Riemer 13 June 22, 2003 Olaf Sabatschus -2- Stefan Holzner Thomas Hellriegel 12 June 16, 2002 Lothar leather -3- Thomas Hellriegel Olaf Sabatschus 11 June 17, 2001 Lothar leather -2- Andreas Low Olaf Sabatschus 10 June 18, 2000 Lothar leather Olaf Sabatschus Andreas Low 9 May 30, 1999 * Olaf Sabatschus Jürgen Zäck Michael Kruger 8th 0June 7, 1998 Jürgen Zäck -4- Andreas Low 7th 1997.  Thomas Hellriegel Jürgen Zäck Heiko Tewes 6th   1996 Jürgen Zäck -3- Joachim van der Auwera 5   1995 Bernd Meyer Frank Kugelmeier Frank Füssl 4th June 26, 1994 Frank Helldorn 3 May 22, 1993 Mark Allen Jürgen Zäck 2   1992 Jürgen Zäck -2- Mark Allen 1   1991 Jürgen Zäck

year 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 2019 Leonie Konczalla Beatrice White Verena Walter 2018 Verena Walter -3- Sara Baumann Beate Goertz 2017 Verena Walter -2- Sandra Wassink-Hitzert Kristina Ziemons 2016 Verena Walter Jenny Schulz Celia Kuch 2015 Tine Holst Verena Walter Ulrike Schwalbe 2014 Beate Goertz -3- Isa Roth Kathrin Mannweiler 2013 Debbie Verstraeten Annika Vössing Beate Goertz 2012 Beate Goertz -2- Debbie Verstraeten Verena Walter 2011 Beate Goertz Debbie Verstraeten Isa Roth 2010 Ulrike Schwalbe Nicole Woysch Andrea Steinbecher 2009 Virginia Berasategui Andrea Brede Linda Schücker 2008 Lucie Zelenková Ulrike Schwalbe Linda Schücker 2007 Andrea Brede -3- Wenke Kujala Linda Schücker 2006 Andrea Brede -2- Linda Schücker Stefanie Loeb 2005 Andrea Brede Linda Schücker Isa Roth 2004 Astrid Osterburg Tina Walter Diana Kohzer 2003 Nina Kraft -2- Kerstin Lohmeyer Ute Mückel 2002 Nina Kraft Nicole leather Katja Schumacher 2001 Nicole leather Nina Kraft Kerstin Lohmeyer 2000 Kerstin Lohmeyer Ute Schäfer Stefanie Glasenapp 1999 Kirsten Brandenburger Susanne Fußel Diana Kohzer 1998 Carina Henning 1997 Susanne Fußel 1996 Astrid Benöhr 1995 Hildegard Kass Irina Euteneuer 1994 Jitske Cats 1993 1992 1991 Monika Walbröhl

^* In 1999, 2013 and 2016 the race had to be held as a duathlon due to the weather (15 km running, 60 km cycling and 7 km running).

Web links

• Official website of the Bonn Triathlon
• Official website of the Triathlon Nations Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} event booklet Bonn Triathlon 2015
2. ↑ Bonn invites you to test your strength again . In: tri2b.com . April 22, 2003.
3. ^ Kai Baumgartner: Bonn Triathlon . In: 3athlon.de . June 15, 2008. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008.
4. ↑ Bonn Triathlon: First and second place for the Leder Family . In: tri2b.com . June 16, 2002.
5. ^ Bonn Triathlon . In: 3athlon.de . Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
6. ^ ^{A b} René Penno: Bonn Triathlon Jammaer against two Germans . In: tri2b.com . June 10, 2010.
7. ^ René Penno: Stefan Holzner wins the Bonn Triathlon . In: tri2b.com . June 20, 2004.
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Bonn Triathlon: Twelsiek and Zelenkova win . In: tri2b.com . June 16, 2008.
9. ↑ Nis Sienknecht: Ackermann and Holst cannot be beaten . In: tri-mag.de . June 15, 2015.
10. ↑ Philipp Görgen: Bonn Triathlon: Neo-professional Strankmann beats father Al-Sultan . In: tri2b.com . June 10, 2012.
11. ↑ the endurance classic In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) of June 10, 2015
12. ↑ Christoph Krause: Somehow always with the head with the other . In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) . June 17, 2001.
13. ^ Kai Baumgartner: Bonn Triathlon . In: 3athlon.de . June 23, 2003. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
14. ↑ Bonn Triathlon: A difficult task for Sabatschus and Kraft . April 7, 2004.
15. ↑ Sabatschus doesn't want to lose too much time in the Rhine . In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) . June 15, 2001.
16. ^ Bonn Triathlon on June 18, 2006 . In: tri2b.com . December 1, 2005.
17. ↑ Sports records in Bonn (PDF) In: Top Magazin Bonn . S. June 18, 2007.
18. ^ Bert Mark: Transition area again at the Kennedy Bridge . In: Kölnische Rundschau . April 26, 2011.
19. ↑ 23rd SWB Energy and Water Triathlon becomes a Duathlon (June 4, 2013)
20. ^ Peter Freitag: Bonn triathlon becomes duathlon . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger . 4th June 2013.
21. ↑ 29th edition - Triathlon attracts 1,500 athletes to Bonn
22. ↑ Martin Sauerborn: 40 vertical meters more . In: Kölnische Rundschau . March 19, 2013.
23. ↑ Bonn is crazy about triathlon (June 11, 2017)