Clemente Alonso McKernan
Clemente Alonso McKernan | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 23rd April 1978 (age 42) |
place of birth | Málaga , Andalusia |
societies | |
successes | |
1997 | 3rd place ITU World Triathlon Championship |
1998 | Winner of the ETU European Triathlon Championship |
2012, 2014, 2017 | 3 × Ironman winner |
2012 | 3rd place Ironman European Championships |
status | |
active |
Clemente Alonso McKernan (born April 23, 1978 in Málaga ) is a Spanish triathlete and Ironman winner (2012, 2014). He is included in the best list of Spanish triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
Clemente Alonso McKernan was active as a swimmer and is starting today in triathlon competitions - mainly in the medium and long distance.
His first major successes were third place at the Junior World Championships in 1997 and the title of Junior European Champion in 1998.
In 2009 he qualified for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running), where he finished 17th. Just two weeks later he finished eleventh at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) long distance world championship .
In April 2012 he won the Ironman South Africa and in July came third at the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt am Main.
In October 2014 he won the Ironman Barcelona , which he had already won in 2011, when it was still held under the name Challenge Barcelona-Maresme .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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June 11, 2011 | 1 | TriGrandPrix | Zarautz | 03:40:42 | |
May 16, 2010 | 5 | Half Challenge Barcelona | Barcelona | 03:41:23 | |
May 24, 2009 | 1 | Half Challenge Barcelona | Barcelona | 04:01:49 | ahead of the German Timo Bracht - at the first edition of the Challenge Barcelona-Maresme |
Apr 18, 2004 | 13 | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Valencia | 01:49:44 | European championship on the short distance |
4th July 1998 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men | Velden | 01:56:34 | Junior European Champion |
Nov 16, 1997 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men | Perth | 01:54:15 | Junior Triathlon World Championship |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 18, 2018 | 2 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:08:41 | |
19 Aug 2017 | 1 | Ironman Sweden | Squid | ||
May 14, 2016 | 5 | Ironman Texas | The Woodlands | 07:30:59 | The race is held on a shortened bike course (94 instead of 112 miles) |
Nov 16, 2014 | 2 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:00:32 | Second behind Canadian Brent McMahon |
Oct 5, 2014 | 1 | Ironman Barcelona | Calella | 08:04:13 | second Ironman victory with a new personal best |
June 23, 2013 | 3 | Ironman France | Nice | 08:35:53 | |
July 8, 2012 | 3 | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt | 08:14:04 | Third at the Ironman European Championship |
Apr 22, 2012 | 1 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 08:34:45 | |
Oct 2, 2011 | 1 | Challenge Barcelona-Maresme | Barcelona | 08:15:25 | |
July 10, 2011 | 2 | Ironman Switzerland | Zurich | 08:27:56 | Second behind the Swiss Ronnie Schildknecht after the fastest swimming time (51:04 min) |
Oct 25, 2009 | 11 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Perth | 03:58:21 | World championship on the long distance |
Oct 10, 2009 | 17th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:48:53 | |
June 28, 2009 | 4th | Ironman France | Nice | 08:48:59 | qualified for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Clemente Alonso McKernan's blog page
- Profile for Clemente Alonso McKernan at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed May 22, 2014
- Profile and results of Clemente Alonso McKernan in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 9, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ win Clemente Alonso and Catriona Morrison: TriGrandPrix in Zarautz
- ↑ Successful premiere - Clemente Alonso McKernan and Katja Schumacher win the first edition of the Challenge Barcelona-Maresme
- ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Tim O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow new ITU world champions on the long haul . In: 3athlon.de . October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009.
- ↑ ITU World Championship long distance: Title to Timothy O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow
- ↑ Long Distance World Championships: Gold to O'Donnell and Swallow ( Memento from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | McKernan, Clemente Alonso |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish duathlete and triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Málaga |