Christian Prochnow

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Triathlon
GermanyGermany 0 Christian Prochnow
Personal information
Date of birth 19th June 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Potsdam, Germany
societies
Until 2013 Triathlon Team TG Witten and German Triathlon Union
successes
2002 German U23 champion duathlon
2012 German champion triathlon sprint distance
status
Resigned in 2013

Christian Prochnow (born June 19, 1982 in Potsdam ) is a former German triathlete and Olympian (2008).

Career

Christian Prochnow started triathlon in 1997 and was a member of the B-team of the German Triathlon Union . He started for the Stadtwerke Team Witten and was trained by Ron Schmid .

In 2001 the Potsdam-based man won the title with the team at the European Junior Championships and was sixth in the individual as in the World Junior Championships. In 2002 he became the German U23 duathlon champion. In 2005 Christian Prochnow finished eleventh at the U23 World Championship in Japan and the following year Prochnow finished sixth at the German championship.

His best year so far was 2007. He was runner-up with the team and German team champion with his club. He also finished ninth in the World Cup races in Hungary. In 2008 Prochnow finished second at the European Cup races in Pontevedra and fifth at the World Cup races in Madrid . With that he prevailed against the favored Maik Petzold and Andreas Raelert in the fight for the last Olympic ticket to be awarded . At the games, he finished 15th.

In 2013 Prochnow announced his retirement as a professional triathlete. He was a member of the German Triathlon Union for twelve years . The ITU World Triathlon Hamburg marked his departure from the international stage as part of the ITU World Championship Series , after which he took part in competitions in the Triathlon Bundesliga and smaller competitions such as the Frankfurt City Triathlon .

Prochnow has been a trainer in Paralympic swimming in Potsdam since 2013. There he supervises the athletes during country training in order to train athletics, strength and coordination.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
31 Aug 2013 4th DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance GermanyGermany Hanover 00:56:07 German triathlon championship on the sprint distance
June 22, 2013 21st Alpine triathlon GermanyGermany Schliersee 01:48:10
08 Sep 2012 2 Alpine triathlon GermanyGermany Schliersee 02:00:59
Aug 19, 2012 1 DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance GermanyGermany Witten 00:51:05 German triathlon champion on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running)
0June 1, 2012 3 5150 Berlin GermanyGermany Berlin 01:50:00
Aug 20, 2011 9 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 00:52:55 at the world championship on the sprint distance as second best German behind Jonathan Zipf (7th place)
0Apr 9, 2011 12 ITU World Championship Series 2011 AustraliaAustralia Sydney 01:51:30
26th Mar 2011 17th ITU Triathlon World Cup AustraliaAustralia Mooloolaba 01:53:22 as the only German starter next to Kathrin Müller in the women
Sep 18 2010 6th Alpine triathlon GermanyGermany Schliersee 02:01:20 as the fifth-best German at the International German Championship in triathlon over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
Aug 19, 2008 15th 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01: 50: 33.90
July 22, 2001 6th ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men CanadaCanada Edmonton 01:52:51 Junior World Championships
June 23, 2001 6th ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 01:08:23 Junior European Championship in the Czech Republic
marathon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2013 1 Potsdam Palace Marathon GermanyGermany Potsdam 01:13:55 half marathon
Dec 31, 2011 3 Potsdam New Year's Run GermanyGermany Potsdam 7.1 km

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olympic survey: Most people typed wrong ( Memento from May 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Jan Sägert In: Tri-Mag , 2008
  2. ↑ Christian Prochnow ends triathlon career. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 30, 2017 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maz-online.de
  3. ↑ Michael Meyer: Farewell and a new beginning . In: Potsdam's latest news . October 17, 2013 ( pnn.de [accessed March 4, 2017]).
  4. ^ Haug and Zipf German Masters for the first time , Tri-Mag, August 31, 2013
  5. ↑ Christine Waitz: German Sprint Triathlon Championship 2012: Knapp and Prochnow ahead. August 19, 2012, accessed October 13, 2014 .
  6. ^ New Year's Eve runs: Rank beats Raelert in Rostock ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Jan Sägert In: Tri-Mag , January 2012
personal data
SURNAME Prochnow, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam , German Democratic Republic