Dede Griesbauer

0 Dede Griesbauer
Personal information
Date of birth	22nd September 1970 (age 49)
place of birth	Boston, USA
societies
1989-1994	US national team swimming
successes
2006-2015	3 × Ironman winner
2014	Winner Ironman 70.3
2020	Ultraman Florida winner
status
active

Dede Griesbauer (* 22. September 1970 in Boston as Dede Trimble ) is an American triathlete and Ironman -Siegerin (2006, 2009, 2015).

Career

In her youth, Dede Trimble was active as a swimmer, was able to achieve numerous national and international successes and twice just barely missed participation in the Olympic Games. From 1989 to 1994 she started for the US national team.

Triathlon professional since 2004

Dede Griesbauer started her first triathlon in 2002 and has been a professional since 2004. In August 2006 she won the Ironman UK after 9:37:44 h with a new course record .

In November 2014, Griesbauer won her first victory in the middle distance in Taiwan ( Ironman 70.3 : 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running). In April 2015 she won the first Ironman Taiwan event . The then 47-year-old finished third in the Ironman Boulder in June 2018.

In February 2020, the 49-year-old won the Ultraman Florida and set a new record for this distance for women in this three-day competition over 10 km swimming, 421 km cycling and 84 km running with her winning time of 10:48:31 hours.

Griesbauer is trained by the multiple triathlon world champion Karen Smyers (* 1961) and now lives with her husband in Boston .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Website of Dede Griesbauer
• Profile for Dede Griesbauer at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 16, 2014
• Profile and results of Dede Griesbauer in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 26, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NCAA Women's Swim Meet: Stanford Overcomes Texas and Wins National Title (March 19, 1989)
2. ^ Dede Griesbauer - The Road from Wall Street to Alii Drive
3. ↑ Dede Griesbauer Breaks Records at Ultraman Florida (February 20, 2020)
4. ↑ Ironman 70.3 New Orleans: Potts wins superior, Warriner manages to catch up
5. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Ironman World Champion Wellington with victory at the Timberman IRONMAN 70.3 Triathlon . In: 3athlon.de . August 23, 2009. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009.
6. ↑ Gaylia Osterlund recaps the day of racing at Timberman 70.3
7. ↑ Dede Griesbauer Breaks Records at Ultraman Florida (February 20, 2020)
8. ^ A chat with Dede Griesbauer