Dathan Ritzenhein
Dathan Ritzenhein (born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ) is an American former long-distance runner .
Dathan Ritzenhein is 1.70 m tall and has a competition weight of 55 kg. He is married to the long-distance runner Kalin Toedebusch, with whom he has a daughter.
Career
He celebrated his first international success with third place in the junior race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships in Ostend.
In 2004 he took part in the Olympic Games in Athens in the 10,000 meter run , but had to give up the race due to injury. In 2005 he won the US cross-country championships, among other things .
In 2006 he made his debut in the New York City Marathon on the marathon distance . He finished eleventh in a time of 2:14:01 h. In 2007 he won the Healthy Kidney 10K .
At the World Athletics Championships in 2007 in Osaka, he finished ninth in the 10,000-meter run. On November 3, 2007, he secured himself a starting place in Beijing in the US elimination race for the 2008 Summer Olympics in a time of 2:11:07 h as second behind Ryan Hall . There he finished ninth as the fastest American in a time of 2:11:59 h.
In 2009 he achieved second place behind Mebrahtom Keflezighi in the US half marathon championships in a personal best of 1:01:35 h . In the London Marathon , he also set a personal best with 2:10:00 h and finished eleventh. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, he finished sixth over 10,000 m in another personal best of 27: 22.28 min. A little later he set a new continental record in the 5000 meter run at the world class athletics meeting in Zurich with a time of 12: 56.27 minutes . He experienced another highlight of the season at the World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham , where he won the bronze medal in exactly 60 minutes and undercut his previous best performance over this distance by over a minute and a half.
After undergoing an operation on the Achilles tendon in 2011 , he could not qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games for the marathon, but for the 10,000-meter run. There he was 13th in 27: 45.89 min. At the Chicago Marathon 2012, he improved his personal best to 2:07:47 h and was the best non-African runner in ninth place.
At the beginning of May 2020, Ritzenhein announced the end of his sporting career.
Top performances
- 1500 m : 3: 42.99 min, May 10, 2002, Palo Alto
- 3000 m : 7: 39.03 min, July 15, 2007, Sheffield
- 5000 m: 12: 56.27 min, August 28, 2009, Zurich
- 10,000 m: 27: 22.28 min, August 17, 2009, Berlin
- 10K road run : 28:08 min, May 20, 2007, New York City
- Half Marathon : 1:00:00, October 11, 2009, Birmingham
- Marathon: 2:07:47 h, October 7, 2012, Chicago
Web links
- Dathan Ritzenhein in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Dathan Ritz Heins official blog (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Dathan Ritzenhein - Hellishly good , Leichtathletik.de, September 26, 2009
- ↑ Dathan Ritzenhein biography ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Yahoo! Sport, accessed November 2, 2012
- ↑ Tsegaye Kebede wins Chicago marathon with record time The Magic Step, October 7, 2012, accessed on November 2, 2012
- ↑ David Monti: Dathan Ritzenhein Retires: The Last Of The “Big Three” From The HS Class of 2001 Calls It A Career at Age 37 , on: letsrun.com, May 7, 2020, accessed May 9, 2020 (Note: with CV)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritzenhein, Dathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grand Rapids, Michigan |