Christian Haupt

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Christian Haupt in Hawaii, 2016
Christian Haupt in Hawaii, 2016
Personal information
Date of birth 30th May 1980 (age 40)
place of birth Hanover, Germany
societies
2004-present Hannover 96
successes
2011 Vice world champion M30-34 duathlon
2016 Vice European Champion M35-39 Triathlon middle distance
2016, 2017 2 × Winner Ironman Hawaii M35-39
2017 3 × AK winner Ironman 70.3
status
active

Christian Haupt (born May 30, 1980 in Hanover ) is a German triathlete and Ironman age group winner (2016 and 2017).

Career

Mountain bike since 1995

His sporting career began in 1995 in mountain biking. There he became Vice District Champion, Vice Lower Saxony Champion and fourth in the North German Junior Championship in Cross Country. He also took part in the German championships in cross country and downhill. After that, he stopped doing competitive sport for some time due to injury. In 2002 he started again with competitive sports, but in the field of athletics. In the following year he was able to make his debut for TV Langen in the Bundesliga finals at the German team championships . In 2004 he switched to his current club Hannover 96 , to which he is still associated.

Duathlon since 2011

In 2011 Christian Haupt was looking for a new sporting challenge and switched to duathlon. In the first year he was able to record the success of becoming vice world champion over the sprint distance in the age group area. In 2012 he had to take time off due to illness.

In 2013 he developed into a triathlete and was able to make his comeback in competitive sports. In 2014 he was able to set an example with a victory in the middle distance in a time of 4:07:36 at the Wasserstadt Limmer Triathlon in Hanover. Furthermore, in Wilhelmshaven he became Lower Saxony's national champion over the middle distance with a new course record of 4:03:27 h. In addition, he became second overall and Lower Saxony's national champion in the age group on the Olympic distance in Peine.

In the 2015 season he achieved second place in the M35 age group at the Ironman 70.3 in Sankt Pölten. In addition, he defended his national championship title in the middle distance. On his long distance debut at Ironman Mallorca , he won the age group with a time of 8:52:30 h and was best amateur and ninth overall. In addition, with this performance he qualified for the 2016 Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. In 2016, he became Lower Saxony's national champion in the middle distance for the third time in a row. He also became vice-European champion at the Challenge Walchsee on this route . In addition, he was able to win the world title at Ironman Hawaii (40th overall) in the age group 35-39.

2017 was his best so far in his sporting career. He was able to win the age group in all Ironman 70.3 races. He was also always among the top three amateurs. In addition, he was 35th overall at the Ironman Hawaii. With this he could not only defend his title in the age group, but also celebrate the overall victory of all age groups.

Triathlon professional since 2018

Christian Haupt has been a professional triathlete since the 2018 season.

Sporting successes

Triathlon

Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 14, 2017 35 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:55:25 Age group world champion
26 Sep 2015 9 Ironman Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 08:52:30 Winner age group and qualification for the Ironman Hawaii 2016
 Oct. 2016 40 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:00:35 Age group world champion 35-39
04th Sep 2016 25th ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships AustriaAustria Walchsee 03:49:31 Vice European champion age group 35-39 on the half-distance as part of the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl

Duathlon

Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Sep 24 2011 2 ITU Duathlon World Championships SpainSpain Gijón 00:56:45 Vice world champion age group 30-34

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Main in training in Hawaii 2017

Achievements in 2017

  • 1st place in age group as well as 2nd age grouper and 19th place overall at Ironman 70.3 Rügen in 4: 05: 23h
  • 1st place in age group and 1st age group and 12th place overall at the Ironman 70.3 Gdynia in 4: 03: 55h
  • 1st place in age group, 3rd age group and 27th place overall at Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg in a time of 4: 05: 56h
  • Overall victory and regional champion Lower Saxony at the Maschsee triathlon on the Olympic distance

Achievements in 2016

  • 1st place and national champion at Nordseeman Wilhelmshaven
  • 1st place with course record at the Bodenfelde Triathlon

Achievements in 2015

  • National champion and 2nd place overall in the middle distance at Nordseeman Wilhelmshaven
  • 2nd place in age group and 25th place overall at the 70.3 Ironman in Sankt Pölten and qualification for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Zell am See
  • 1st place overall with a course record over the Olympic distance at the Altwarmbüchen Triathlon with a new personal best of 1: 54: 29h

More Achievements 

  • 2014 overall winner and national champion in the middle distance at Nordseeman Wilhelmshaven
  • 1st place at the Wasserstadt Limmer Triathlon on the middle distance with a time of 4: 07: 36h; June 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Results. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  3. ↑ ETU-EM Walchsee 2016: Nine gold medals for DTU age group national team . In: Deutsche Triathlon Union eV ( dtu-info.de [accessed on November 13, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Results. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Results. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ IRONMAN Official Site | IRONMAN triathlon 140.6 & 70.3. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Eichels Event: https://www.triathlon-hannover.de/meldung/doppelsieg-am-maschsee.html. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Wilhelmshaven newspaper - www.WZonline.de: WZonline.de - news, photos and videos from Wilhelmshaven and Friesland. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Deactivate ad blocker - Why can't I see the content? In: RUNNER'S WORLD . ( runnersworld.de [accessed on November 13, 2017]).
  10. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: Wasserstadt - 1300 triathletes are in their element. Retrieved on November 13, 2017 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Haupt, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover