Felix Schumann (triathlete)
Felix Vatlach-Schumann (born June 11, 1982 in Greifswald as Felix Schumann) is a German triathlete who is particularly successful in cross triathlon ( Xterra ). Among other things, he won the bronze medal at the Xterra European Championships in 2008 and twice the gold medal at the German championships in cross triathlon (2007 and 2009).
Career
The Tübinger started his triathlon career at the age of twelve. From 2005, Schumann studied medicine at the University of Tübingen, where he passed his state examination in 2010. In February 2011 he started working as an orthopedic assistant at the Vulpius Clinic in Bad Rappenau.
In 2007 he became German Cross Triathlon Champion in Olbersdorf and was able to secure this title for the second time in 2009.
He partly trains with the Roth winner Michael Göhner . Schumann has been starting for the German team champion of the EJOT Team TV Buschhütten since 2009 . The nutritionist Wolfgang Feil , who hired him for the world championships in Hawaii in particular, is part of his team.
Schumann is 1.79 meters tall, with a competition weight of 68 kilograms. In August 2013 he won the Inferno Triathlon in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland .
He has not appeared internationally since 2015.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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July 27, 2014 | 3 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:01:47 | |
July 8, 2012 | 11 | Challenge Roth | Roth | 08:34:14 | |
May 6, 2012 | 13 | Siegerland Cup | Bush huts | 01:45:59 | |
Nov 5, 2011 | 10 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 08:35:08 | |
July 10, 2011 | 4th | Challenge Roth | Roth | 08:18:05 | |
May 29, 2011 | 4th | City triathlon Heilbronn | Heilbronn | 03:06:46 | behind the winner Andreas Böcherer |
Aug 1, 2010 | 1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | The competition had to be held as a duathlon. | |
June 6, 2010 | 5 | Challenge Kraichgau | Kraichgau | 04:00:04 | |
Dec 6, 2009 | 5 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon | Phuket | 02:36:43 | Best German |
Aug 3, 2009 | 2 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | ||
2009 | 2 | BASF Triathlon Cup Rhein-Neckar | Second in the overall ranking (Cup ranking with results from four races) behind Sebastian Kienle | ||
July 27, 2008 | 3 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | ||
May 6, 2007 | 15th | Siegerland Cup | Bush huts | 01:48:30 | |
July 21, 2007 | 2 | DTU German Championship Triathlon | Immenstadt | 04:14:58 | German runner-up in the middle distance at the Allgäu Triathlon |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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19th July 2015 | 7th | ETU TNatura Cross Triathlon European Championships | Schluchsee | 02:37:06 | 1.5 km swimming, 30 km MTB and 10 km cross-country run |
23 Aug 2014 | 3 | Inferno triathlon | Bernese Oberland | The first discipline, swimming, had to be canceled - too low water temperatures made it impossible; as a replacement, a running distance of 3 km was completed | |
Oct 27, 2013 | 19th | Xterra Triathlon World Championships | Maui | 02:49:07 | World championship cross triathlon |
17th Aug 2013 | 1 | Inferno triathlon | Bernese Oberland | 08: 42: 57.7 | |
Oct 28, 2012 | 13 | Xterra Triathlon World Championships | Maui | World championship cross triathlon | |
May 30, 2010 | 3 | Xterra Triathlon European Championships | Cala Ginepro | 02:25:29 | Third at the European Championships in Sardinia, despite falling on the bike |
Oct 25, 2009 | 7th | Xterra Triathlon World Championships | Maui | 02:42:57 | Best German in Hawaii |
23 Aug 2009 | 7th | Xterra Austria Championships | Klopeiner See | 02: 32: 52.966 | European championship cross triathlon |
Apr 18, 2009 | 1 | Xterra South Africa Championships | Grabouw | Victory at the first start after the winter break | |
Aug 15, 2009 | 1 | DTU German Championship Cross Triathlon | Olbersdorf | 02:24 | German champions; as second at Xterra Germany |
July 6, 2008 | 3 | Xterra France Championships | Auron | 02:35:30 | |
June 1, 2008 | 3 | Xterra Triathlon European Championships | Sardinia | 02:28:45 | Third at the European Championship behind the Swiss Olivier Marceau and Nicolas Lebrun at Xterra Italy |
Oct 28, 2007 | 6th | Xterra Triathlon World Championships | Maui | 1.5 km swimming, 30 km mountain bike and 11 km cross-country run | |
8 Sep 2007 | 1 | DTU German Championship Cross Triathlon | Olbersdorf | at the Xterra Germany Championships | |
Apr 14, 2007 | 2 | Xterra South Africa Championships | Grabouw |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Felix Schumann third of the Xterra-EM ( 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.
- ↑ HeidelbergMan 2010: Critical flow velocity of the Neckar
- ↑ HeidelbergMan 2010: No swimming, Schumann and Schulz win
- ↑ Challenge Kraichgau: Normann Stadler the best triathlete in the land of 1,000 hills
- ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon, Thailand - men and women ( Memento from February 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ 21st Siegerland Cup Buschhütten ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Middle DM: Reiners and Böcherer win the title (July 22, 2007)
- ↑ Felix Schumann German runner-up ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Xterra Maui: Nicky Samuels and Ruben Ruzafa win the world title (October 2013)
- ↑ Felix Schumann takes bronze at the Xterra Triathlon European Championship in Sardinia
- ↑ Xterra WM Maui
- ↑ Xterra South Africa - Felix Schumann wins
- ↑ Felix Schumann third of the Xterra-EM
Web links
- Official website
- Profile and results of Felix Schumann (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 27, 2014 (English).
- Profile for Felix Schumann (triathlete) at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on November 27, 2014
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schumann, Felix |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schumann-Vatlach, Felix |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald , GDR |