Gerrit Schellens

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BelgiumBelgium 0 Gerrit Schellens
Personal information
Date of birth 22nd July 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Lommel
societies
successes
2004, 2005 2 × Winner of the European Triathlon Championship
2004 Third European Duathlon Championship
status
active

Gerrit Schellens (* 22 July 1966 in Lommel as Gerardus Schellens ) is a Belgian triathlete and two-time European champion (2004 and 2005).

Career

Gerrit Schellens started triathlon in 1993. He has already won four long-distance Almere triathlons (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008).

In April 2004 he finished third at the European Duathlon Championships on the long distance. In 2004 and 2005 he was European long-distance triathlon champion.

In South Africa he was twice the Ironman winner (2006 and 2007).

After he had been quiet for a few years, he surprised again in 2014 with his sixth place at the European championship on the long distance.

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 12, 2015 9 Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:30:14
13 Sep 2014 6th ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:44:30 at the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam
June 25, 2010 5 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:38:26
May 22, 2010 4th Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 08:56:58
Aug 30, 2008 1 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:22:49
  2007 2 Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten
18 Mar 2007 1 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:33:05 Winner next to Natascha Badmann in the women
Aug 26, 2006 3 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 05:39:00 Third at the European Triathlon Championships on the long distance as part of the UPC Holland Triathlon
0July 2, 2006 3 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:30:01
May 20, 2006 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 09:01:04
19 Mar 2006 1 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:36:06 Victory in his first race as a professional triathlon
  2005 26th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:47:34
May 21, 2005 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 08:59:23
0July 1, 2005 1 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships SwedenSweden Later 05:48:49 European triathlon champion on the long distance
July 17, 2004 1 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Immenstadt in the Allgäu 06:49:00 European champion at the Allgäu Triathlon
Aug 28, 2004 1 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:17
  2003 3 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships DenmarkDenmark Fredericia 05:49:31 Third at the European Triathlon Championships on the long distance
Oct 18, 2003 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii -
  2003 4th Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 09:05:30
  2003 1 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:20:53
  2002 1 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:28:04
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Apr 25, 2004 3 ETU Long Distance Duathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Venray European Duathlon Championship as part of Powerman Holland

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ An Overnight Success ( Memento of May 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Ironman South Africa: Schellens and Badmann win again
  3. ^ Winners 2006 ( Memento from July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Interview Gerrit Schellens: 'I think I can win the race!' . In: 3athlon.de . May 17, 2006. Archived from the original on May 20, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Schellens, Gerrit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lommel