Gigathlon
The Gigathlon is an endurance sporting event lasting several days, which has been held in Switzerland since 1998 and in the Czech Republic since 2016 .
organization
In the Gigathlon, which consists of five disciplines, daily distances of an average of 4 km swimming, 100 km racing bike, 50 km mountain bike, 25 km inline skating and 20 km running must be covered over several days. There are single starters ( single man and single woman ), couples ( couple ) or teams of five ( team of five ) at the start. The first Gigathlon was held in Switzerland in 1998 . The duration varies between two and seven days.
Invents.ch AG in Zurich owns the license rights and was the organizer of the Gigathlon Switzerland in 1998 and 2000 and has been again since 2015. From 2002 to 2013 the event was organized by the Swiss Olympic Association " Swiss Olympic " and was called " Swiss Olympic Gigathlon ».
Since 2016 organized by the SRO Eventime the Gigathlon Czech Republic , north of Prague in the Czech Republic . A gigathlon in Cozumel , Mexico was planned for November 2018 .
Gigathlon Switzerland
Overview of the events:
- 1998 «The ultimate Gigathlon» 1 day Bergell – Zurich
- 2000 “The ultra-sporty endurance adventure” 1 day Bergell-Zurich
- 2002 “The great Challenge around Switzerland” 7 days, from Yverdon to Biel, 1477 km / 20,971 m ascent
- 2004 “new experience - same spirit” 2 days Bergell – Zurich
- 2005 “enjoy your limits” 2 days Locarno – Basel
- 2006 «24 h - l'aventure continue!» 1 day Geneva – Bern
- 2007 “energize your life” 7 days, from Basel to Bern, 1432 km / 26,690 m ascent
- 2009 “timeless moments” 3 days in the center of St. Gallen
- 2010 “catch the sun” 2 days in central Thun
- 2011 «on the rocks» 2 days in the central town of Turtmann
- 2012 “closer to you” 2 days in central Olten
- 2013 “From East to West” 6 days, Chur, Lake Zurich, Central Switzerland, Bern, Jura, Lake Geneva, Lausanne
- 2014 was planned in the border triangle of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, but did not take place
- 2015 “Discover History”, 3 days, Aargau
- 2016 «just massive» 2 days, Ticino and Uri, central location Erstfeld
- 2017 “The Reformotion” 2 days, Zurich
- 2018 "Unleash the Animal!" 3 days, Arosa and Davos
- 2019 «Key Moments» 3 days, Obwalden and Nidwalden
In 2000 the starters were given the option of taking part in the race with or without the swimming distance due to the weather conditions and therefore there were two winners this year.
In 2002, the year of the Swiss national exhibition Expo.02 , the first seven-day Gigathlon took place.
In 2005, the Gigathlon Switzerland started in Tenero on "alpine saturday" and on "jurassic sunday" from Ticino across Switzerland to Basel . The stage was Lucerne .
In 2007, the Gigathlon extended for the second time over a week after the 2002 Expo.
The 2011 Gigathlon took the 5,300 starters over 340 kilometers and 11,000 meters of altitude over the Gornergrat (3,089 m above sea level) through the Valais . The winners were Nina Brenn and Samuel Hürzeler . The Zurich woman triumphed for the fourth time in a row and this was the first victory for Hürzeler.
In 2012 the race was 12 km swimming, 198 km road cycling, 106 km mountain biking, 92 km inline skating and 52 km running.
From June 28th to 30th, 2019, the Gigathlon took place in Obwalden and Nidwalden with the central location Sarnen . There were a total of around 2100 participants in the categories Single Man / Woman (single starter), Couple (couple) and Team of Five (team of 5). The following disciplines had to be mastered: SwimRun (combination of swimming and running), swimming, cycling , biking , trail running and inline or running.
Results
Gigathlon Switzerland
The Swiss Nina Brenn won the race in Switzerland for the eighth time in 2018.
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Gigathlon Czech Republic
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gigathlon ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Swiss Olympic Gigathlon 2013 on the gigathlon.com website, accessed on June 30, 2019
- ↑ Swiss Olympic returns Gigathlon event rights to Peter Wirz. In: Bieler Tagblatt, April 23, 2013, accessed on June 30, 2019
- ↑ Gigathlon Mexico: Just a dream or soon a reality? News from December 3, 2017 on sportfood4you.ch
- ↑ The sporty adventure trip through Switzerland (PDF) , accessed on June 30, 2019
- ↑ Roger Fischlin is Gigathlon Man 2007 (July 14, 2007)
- ↑ Hürzeler and Brenn win the Gigathlon 2011 (July 5, 2011)
