Eric Van der Linden
  Eric Van der Linden
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 17th April 1974 (age 46) |
| place of birth | Schagen, Belgium |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 68 kg |
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| successes | |
| 2000, 2001 | 2 × Third European Triathlon Championship |
| 2000, 2001 | 2 × state champion triathlon |
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| inactive | |
Eric Van der Linden (born April 17, 1974 in Schagen ) is a former Belgian triathlete and Olympian (2000).
Career
Eric Van der Linden has been a professional triathlete since 1996 and started in Sydney in 2000 at the Olympic Games.
In 2000 and 2001 he became Belgian triathlon state champion and finished third in the European Triathlon Championships in both years.
During his active time he was able to win the Alpine Triathlon on the Schliersee four times .
In 2002 he announced his retirement from professional sport, but returned the following year. His last international start was in 2004. Today he is active as a trainer. He trained z. B. the Dutch athlete Rachel Klamer .
Sporting successes
Triathlon
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| July 3, 2004 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Cup |
Holten
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01:50:07 | Victory ahead of the Dane Rasmus Henning |
| Apr 18, 2004 | 20th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Valencia
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01:50:23 | |
| Apr 9, 2004 | 51 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Madeira
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01:46:40 | |
| June 26, 2004 | 1 | Alpine triathlon |
 Schliersee
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02:00:26 | |
| Dec 7, 2003 | 40 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Queenstown
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02:00:02 | |
| Sep 2 2001 | 2 | ETU European Triathlon Cup |
 Gerardmer
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03:46:47 | |
| Aug 4, 2001 | 1 | Alpine triathlon |
Schliersee |
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| June 23, 2001 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Carlsbad
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02:04:20 | |
| 2001 | 1 | BEL Triathlon National Championships |
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| 2000 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
stone
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01:54:40 | Third at the European Championships on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| 16 Sep 2000 | 42 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
 Sydney
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01: 54: 32.04 | |
| 2000 | 1 | BEL Triathlon National Championships |
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| Aug 30, 1998 | 18th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Lausanne
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01:58:09 | |
| Nov 16, 1997 | 18th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Perth
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01:51:31 | Triathlon World Championship on the short distance |
| Aug 15, 1997 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Embrun
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02:03:01 | Victory ahead of the Swiss Jean-Christophe Guinchard |
| Aug 2, 1997 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Cup |
Schliersee
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Victory at the Alpine Triathlon | |
| 5th July 1997 | 18th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Vuokatti
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02:03:09 | |
| Aug 24, 1996 | 21st | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Cleveland
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01:43:22 | |
| July 7, 1996 | 9 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Szombathely
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01:43:59 | |
| 1996 | 1 | Alpine triathlon |
Schliersee |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Homepage of Eric Van der Linden
- Profile for Eric Van der Linden at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 28, 2014
- Profile and results of Eric Van der Linden in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 11, 2018 (English).
- Eric Van der Linden in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Withdrawal canceled - Van der Linden is grooving with the triathlon rhythm again ( page can no longer be accessed , 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. (January 5, 2003)
- ↑ 2004 Holten ETU Triathlon European Cup
- ^ ETU Triathlon Cup - Gerardmer, France
- ↑ Triathlon European Championship 2001: Filip Ospalý and Michelle Dillon become European triathlon champions in Karlsbad / Czech Republic
- ↑ 1997 Embrun ITU Triathlon World Cup
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| SURNAME | Van der Linden, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beating |