Desirée Ficker

0 Desirée Ficker
the Statesman Cap 10K (March 2009)
Personal information
Date of birth	9th December 1976 (age 43)
place of birth	Potomac, Maryland , USA
size	170 cm
Weight	57 kg
societies
successes
2002-2004	3 × winner Powerman Alabama
2006	2nd place Ironman World Championships
2007, 2008	2 × winner Ironman 70.3
status
Resigned in 2013

Desirée Ficker Berry (born December 9, 1976 in Potomac as Desirée Ficker ) is a former American long-distance runner, duathlete and triathlete . a. a second place at Ironman Hawaii (2006) belongs.

Career

Desirée Ficker was active as a runner and cross-country runner in her youth.

She started triathlon training in early 1999 and qualified for the World Cup in Hawaii that same year, where she was second in her age group at the age of 22.

Professional athlete since 2001

Desirée Ficker has been a professional athlete since 2001.

In 2006 she finished second behind the Australian Michellie Jones at the Ironman World Championships (Ironman Hawaii) . The year 2012 was marked by injuries and in 2013 she declared her active time over.

Private

She has been married to Matthew Berry since November 2012 . In 2013 she had her first child and in 2015 her second child. Desirée Ficker lives with her family in Austin .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Desirée Ficker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Desirée Ficker
• Profile for Desirée Ficker at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 14, 2014
• Profile and results of Desirée Ficker in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 13, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Video / Interview Desirée Ficker (February 18, 2013)
2. ↑ Desiree Ficker Berry leaves triathlon success to race on down the road (January 20, 2017)
3. ↑ Michael Raelert, Julie Dibens Win 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
4. ^ Bozzone and McGlone win Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas
5. ^ Bozzone and Carfrae take Eagleman
6. ↑ IM 70.3 South Africa: Desirée Ficker makes a strong comeback
7. ↑ Lessing, Ficker run to wins at Timberman ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
8. ↑ Ironman Hawaii 2006  ( 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.  
9. ^ New York Marathon: Desirée Ficker Tenth