Dirk Bockel

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Triathlon
LuxembourgLuxembourg 0 Dirk Bockel
at Ironman Florida 2010
Personal information
Date of birth 18th October 1976 (age 43)
place of birth Waiblingen , Germany
size 189 cm
Weight 80 kg
societies
2014-2016 Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team
successes
2009 Vice European champion long distance
2009 Winner Ironman 70.3
2011 4th place Ironman World Championship
2012 Winner Ironman Regensburg
2013 Winner Challenge Roth
status
Resigned in 2017

Dirk Bockel (born October 18, 1976 in Waiblingen ) is a former German triathlete who has also had Luxembourg citizenship since 2005 .

Career

Dirk Bockel grew up in Germany, then studied in the United States and started for Luxembourg. He originally had German citizenship and since 2005 Luxembourgish citizenship . Bockel was trained by Michael Krueger.

In 2007 he won the Siegerland Triathlon .

2008 Summer Olympics

In 2008, he took part in the Olympic Games in triathlon over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and finished 25th in Beijing .

Vice-European Champion Long Distance 2009

In 2009 he was runner-up in the European long distance championship in Prague.

From January 2012 to 2014 Dirk Bockel was under contract with the Leopard-Trek Continental Team , which was also the first time in the history of triathlon that an athlete was part of a professional cycling team . In June 2012, he won his first Ironman distance victory in Regensburg (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

Winner Challenge Roth 2013

At the Challenge Roth in July 2013 he was able to win again on the long distance and with his winning time of 7:52 h, he set the fifth fastest time ever achieved on the long distance.

In 2014, after an injury, he decided not to start at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii in October. Since 2014 he has been riding for the Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team.

In February 2015 he was expelled from the Luxembourg Triathlon Federation after eight years. In June he suffered a double fatigue fracture in his foot. In January 2017, the then 40-year-old declared his career over due to his persistent foot injury.

Bockel was married from September 2005 to April 2017 and lived partly in St. Augustine (Florida, USA). His current place of residence is Ehnen in Luxembourg and he works as a consultant and commentator in the triathlon.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 13, 2015 1 Challenge Denmark DenmarkDenmark Billund 03:51:16
May 19, 2013 3 Ironman 70.3 Florida United StatesUnited States Orlando 03:48:16
0July 1, 2012 1 Chiemsee Triathlon GermanyGermany Chieming 03: 45: 03.8 Middle distance winner
Apr 17, 2011 6th Ironman 70.3 New Orleans United StatesUnited States New Orleans 03:26:22 Due to the weather, the race had to be held on a shortened course - without the swimming distance.
July 25, 2010 3 Antwerp Ironman 70.3 BelgiumBelgium Antwerp
May 30, 2010 5 Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 03:51:29
May 16, 2010 3 Ironman 70.3 Florida United StatesUnited States Orlando 03:52:55 third place behind the winner Timothy O'Donnell
Apr 18, 2010 5 Ironman 70.3 New Orleans United StatesUnited States New Orleans 03:54:02
May 17, 2009 1 Ironman 70.3 Florida United StatesUnited States Orlando 03:54:25
Aug 19, 2008 25th 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01:51:31
0May 6, 2007 1 Siegerland Cup GermanyGermany Bush huts 01:42:42
Nov 12, 1995 19th ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men MexicoMexico Cancun 02:01:10 Junior World Championship
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
20th July 2014 6th Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:22:41
23 Mar 2014 1 Ironman Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 08:01:02
Oct 12, 2013 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii - Resignation due to health problems
July 14, 2013 1 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 07:52:01 With a new personal best - and the sixth fastest time ever achieved on a long distance - Bockel wins the race in Roth.
01st June 2013 3 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Belfort 04:11:51 Third in the world championship on the long distance triathlon
Oct 13, 2012 10 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:36:21
July 29, 2012 3 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships SpainSpain Vitoria-Gasteiz 05:34:54 Third in the world championship on the long distance triathlon
17th June 2012 1 Ironman Regensburg GermanyGermany regensburg 08:11:59 with a new course record
0Oct 8, 2011 4th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:12:58 in the Ironman World Championship with the fourth fastest bike time (4:24:17 hours)
March 12 2011 3 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 06:43:42 3 km swimming, 200 km cycling and 20 km running
0Nov 6, 2010 3 Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City 08:21:23
13 Mar 2010 2 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 06:35:30 behind the winner Eneko Llanos
06th Mar 2010 3 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 08:27:12 Dirk Bockel achieved third place on his first start over the long distance.
Oct 10, 2009 7th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:29:55 first start at the Ironman World Championship
0Aug 8, 2009 2 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague 05:38:38 Vice European champion in the long distance over 4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Awards

Publications

  • Dirk Bockel: The Art Of Triathlon Training: A Proven Guide For Your Triathlon Journey , Kindle Edition, September 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dirk Bockel: I'm aiming for a top ten place in Hawaii ( memento of the original from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tri2b.com
  2. ↑ RTL.lu article: Den Dirk Bockel fir 2 Joer at Leopard-Trek ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (January 16, 2012)
  3. ↑ Uplace-BMC website -Athletes: Dirk Bockel ( Memento from July 4th, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) (July 4th, 2015)
  4. ↑ Dirk Bockel excluded from the Federatioun (February 5, 2015)
  5. ↑ Luxembourg: Dirk Bockel is thrown out of the squad (February 6, 2015)
  6. ↑ Broken metatarsus: Bockel cancels all starts (June 26, 2015)
  7. ↑ Den Dirk Bockel holds op (January 6, 2017)
  8. ↑ End of career: Dirk Bockel retires after 27 years of triathlon sport (January 8, 2017)
  9. ↑ Ironman 70.3 New Orleans: Potts wins superior, Warriner manages to catch up
  10. ↑ 21st Siegerland Cup Buschhütten ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Frederik van Lierde steals the show from the top guys (March 12, 2011)
  12. ↑ Ironman Florida 2010: Cunnama and Jacobs win in Panama City
  13. ↑ Triatlonový Šampion trénoval v Praze na Havaj
personal data
SURNAME Bockel, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Waiblingen