Fernanda Keller

0 Fernanda Keller
Fernanda Keller, 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	4th October 1963 (age 56)
place of birth	Niterói , Brazil
Nickname	Queen of Brazil
size	167 cm
Weight	56 kg
societies
successes
1989-2004	14 × top ten Ironman Hawaii
1994-2000	6 × 3rd place Ironman World Championship
2000-2008	3 × winner of Ironman Brasil
status
resigned

Fernanda Keller (born October 4, 1963 in Niterói ) is a former Brazilian triathlete . She is a multiple Ironman winner and the triathlete (regardless of gender) with the largest number of top ten placements (14 times) at the Ironman Hawaii .

Career

Fernanda Keller grew up in Rio de Janeiro , where she danced ballet as a child and later played basketball, volleyball and handball as a teenager.

During her time at university, she took part in her first triathlon in Rio de Janeiro when she was nineteen and immediately became the sixth fastest woman. In the following year she was third on the podium and in 1985 she won the first triathlons in Brazil.

Long distance triathlon since 1986

In 1986 she competed internationally for the first time in the Longue Distance de Nice triathlon - at that time, along with the Ironman Hawaii, this was the event with the greatest media attention worldwide.

Since 1987 Fernanda Keller has finished in all of her 23 starts in a row at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii (3.86 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running), including fourteen times - more often than Paula Newby-Fraser (13 × ), Natascha Badmann (10 ×) and every other woman - in the prize money ranks (top ten).
Her best placement at Ironman Hawaii was third place, which she - with the exception of 1996 (6th place) - achieved every year from 1994 to 2000. In 2013 Fernanda Keller competed for the 24th time at the Ironman Hawaii to celebrate her fiftieth birthday and finished sixth of 55 women in her age group in 11:03 h.

Winner Ironman Brasil 2000

In addition, she has won the Ironman Brasil three times (2000, 2004 and 2008), and she finished twelve times in her “home competition” - never worse than sixth place. In 2001 she achieved her personal best on the Ironman distance here at the Ironman Brazil Florianópolis with 9:14:13 h. On May 29, 2011, the “Queen of Brazil” finished fifth at the age of 47 in 9:49 h in Florianópolis .

Others

Fernanda Keller has been running the Instituto Fernanda Keller in Rio de Janeiro, where she grew up, since September 1998 , a social institution for around 700 young people from 7 to 18 years of age. In 2012 she brought out a collection of fitness and leisurewear.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Homepage of Fernanda Keller ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (until 2013)
• Fernanda Keller's homepage ( Memento from December 1, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) (until 2002)
• Instituto Fernanda Keller
• Fernanda Keller on Pinterest
• Fernanda Keller on Twitter
• Fernanda Keller on Facebook
• Fernanda Keller's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 13, 2019.
• Profile for Fernanda Keller at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on February 10, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Don Norcross: Fernanda Keller - She's Both Substance and Style ( English ) In: ironman.com . September 26, 2002. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006.
2. ↑ Ironman Hawaii 2003 - Fernanda Keller (BRA) ( Memento from February 1, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Holly Bennett: Dispatch: Fernanda Keller - Style Smiles and Soul ( English ) In: triathlon.competitor.com . December 6th, 2012. Archived from the original on December 8th, 2015. Info: The archive link has been 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. ^ McCormack, Lidbury Win Inaugural TriStar 111 Nevis
5. ↑ Moreno, Miyasiro Dominate Ironman 70.3 Brazil ( Memento from July 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ It's Galindez and Keller in Brazil ( Memento of the original from March 13, 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. 
7. ^ Sturla and Marsh Triumphant in Brazil
8. ^ Griesbauer and Sturla take Brazil
9. ^ Ironman Hawaii 2008 - women
10. ^ Ironman Hawaii 2003 - Kona, Hawaii