Frederik Van Lierde

0 Frederik Van Lierde
at Ironman Germany , 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	25th May 1979 (age 41)
place of birth	Belgium
size	184 cm
Weight	74 kg
societies
successes
2007	ETU European champion triathlon long distance
2011-2019	9 × Ironman winner
2011-2017	7 × winners Ironman 70.3
2013	Winner Ironman World Championships
2014	2nd place Ironman European Championships
status
active

Frederik Van Lierde (born May 25, 1979 ) is a Belgian triathlete . He is European long distance champion (2007), multiple Ironman winner and won the Ironman Hawaii in 2013 .

Career

Frederik Van Lierde has been running triathlon since 1997.

In 1998 he started for the first time at the Junior European Championships, where he finished 34th and in the following year 1999 16th.

European champion triathlon long distance 2007

In 2007 he became European champion in the long distance triathlon in Belgium.

In Nice in June 2011 he won his first Ironman race (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and he was able to repeat this success again in 2012 and 2013.

At the Ironman Hawaii in 2012, he reached third place.

Winner Ironman World Championships 2013

In October 2013 he became the second Belgian to win the Ironman Hawaii. Frederik Van Lierde is trained by his compatriot Luc Van Lierde , who won in Hawaii in 1996 and 1999. The two are not related.

In July 2014 Frederik Van Lierde was second behind Sebastian Kienle at Ironman Germany in Frankfurt am Main and at Ironman Hawaii in October he finished eighth.

In March 2015, he took his fifth victory in an Ironman race in South Africa. At the Ironman Germany in July 2015, he was fifth.

In July 2017 Frederik Van Lierde was able to win the Ironman France in Nice for the fourth time. In 2018 he won the EDF Alpe d'Huez triathlon on the long distance in France .

Awards

• Athlete of the Year (Belgium) 2013

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Frederik Van Lierde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Frederik Van Lierde
• Profile of Frederik Van Lierde (WTC, October 16, 2013)
• Profile for Frederik Van Lierde at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 28, 2014
• Profile and results of Frederik Van Lierde in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 4, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jacobs wins ahead of Raelert, Kienle and Al-Sultan in the top 5 (October 14, 2012)
2. ↑ Belgian wins Ironman in Hawaii, Kienle third (October 13, 2013)
3. ↑ Ironmanlife: Frederik Van Lierde ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (January 27, 2012)
4. ↑ Challenge Fuerteventura: German double victory by Böcherer and Beranek (April 23, 2016)
5. ↑ Van Lierde and Swallow dominate the 70.3 South Africa
6. ↑ IM 70.3 South Africa
7. ↑ IRONMAN NEWS: BAKKEGARD WINS IN LAHTI, CUNNAMA IN NICE (June 30, 2019)
8. ↑ IRONMAN TEXAS: Matt Hanson back in front on the short record day (April 28, 2018)
9. ↑ 74 Pros Accept Ironman World Championship Slots ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 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. (August 14, 2014) 
10. ↑ Van Lierde and Hauschildt win in Abu Dhabi (March 2, 2013)
11. ↑ Ironman France: Felt achieves the first victory (June 26, 2011)
12. ↑ Frederik van Lierde steals the show from the top guys
13. ↑ Ironman France 2010: The double double with historical moments
14. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon: rendezvous of the Ironman stars in the land of the sheikhs . In: 3athlon.de . March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010.
15. ^ European Championships Long Distance: presentation and medal winners