Gregor Buchholz
  Gregor Buchholz
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 at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne, 2010
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 17th April 1986 (age 34) |
| place of birth | Potsdam , Germany |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| societies | |
| 2012-2016 | B-squad of the DTU |
| Current | SCW Wiesbaden and Metz Triathlon |
| successes | |
| 2007 | World champion triathlon U23 |
| 2007 | German champion U23 |
| 2010 | 6th place world championship sprint triathlon |
| 2015 | German champion triathlon sprint distance |
| 2016 | 3rd place at the team world championship |
| status | |
| active | |
Gregor Buchholz (born April 17, 1986 in Potsdam ) is a German triathlete . He was German champion on the sprint distance (2015).
Career
Gregor Buchholz has been running triathlon since 2002.
He began his training in Berlin at the SSC Berlin Grünau under coach Sebastian Hauer and later moved to Potsdam
In 2007 he was triathlon world champion U23 in Hamburg and in August 2010 he was sixth at the triathlon world championship over half the Olympic distance in Lausanne.
Gregor Buchholz was a member of the B-team of the German Triathlon Union (DTU) from 2012 to 2016 . He competes for Metz Triathlon in the French championship series Grand Prix de Triathlon .
In the 2014 World Championship series ( ITU World Championship Series 2014 ) he finished eleventh as the best German.
German champion triathlon sprint distance 2015
In June 2015 he became German triathlon champion on the sprint distance and in the 2015 world rankings he was the third best German in 57th place.
In the two-year qualification period for a starting place at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games , Gregor Buchholz achieved the second-best placement of the male German athletes on the ITU Olympic qualification list in 34th place, but did not meet the athletic qualification criteria agreed by the DTU and DOSB and was not nominated.
He finished the 2016 World Championship racing series in 31st place.
After winning bronze with the mixed relay at the triathlon in Hamburg, Gregor Buchholz announced the end of his career in July 2016. He has been studying environmental technology at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences since the 2016/2017 winter semester . In August 2016, he started the middle distance at Ironman 70.3 Germany ( Ironman 70.3 European Championships ), where he finished eleventh (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running).
In August 2018 he started the long distance at the Ironman Tallinn (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and finished seventh in Estonia. He is trained by Ron Schmidt and Roland Knoll .
Gregor Buchholz lives with his wife, triathlete Eva Buchholz (German Middle Distance Champion 2012) in Wiesbaden , together they are hosts of the Bewegungsarten podcast .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 19 Sep 2016 | DNF | ITU World Championship Series 2016 |
 Cozumel
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| 14 Aug 2016 | 11 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
Wiesbaden
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04:09:27 | Ironman 70.3 European Championship |
| 17th July 2016 | 3 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Mixed Relay |
Hamburg
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00:19:33 | Team World Championship - together with Jonathan Zipf , Laura Lindemann and Hanna Philippin |
| May 14, 2016 | 15th | ITU World Championship Series 2016 |
 Yokohama
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01:47:44 | in the fourth race of the season |
| Apr 24, 2016 | 20th | ITU World Championship Series 2016 |
 Cape Town
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00:55:11 | as the best German |
| March 12 2016 | 5 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
 Mooloolaba
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00:53:21 | |
| June 28, 2015 | 1 | DTU German Triathlon Championships |
Dusseldorf
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German triathlon championship on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) | |
| 7th Mar 2015 | DNS | ITU World Championship Series 2015 |
 Abu Dhabi
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- | in the first race of the season on the sprint distance |
| 23 Aug 2014 | 3 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 |
 Stockholm
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00:58:27 | on the sprint distance |
| Apr. 27, 2014 | 13 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 |
Cape Town
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| Apr 6, 2014 | 10 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 |
 Auckland
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01:56:39 | |
| 28 Aug 2011 | 4th | DTU German Triathlon Championships |
Grimma
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00:55:37 | German triathlon runner-up on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) |
| Aug 20, 2011 | 36 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships |
 Lausanne
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00:53:51 | World championship on the sprint distance |
| July 16, 2011 | 50 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
Hamburg
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01:54:41 | |
| June 25, 2011 | 12 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Pontevedra
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01:51:10 | European Championship |
| Apr 9, 2011 | 32 | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
Sydney
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01:52:56 | |
| 29 Aug 2010 | 1 | Almere Premium European Cup |
 Almere
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01:51:16 | |
| Aug 21, 2010 | 6th | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships |
Lausanne |
00:53:27 | over half the Olympic distance |
| 2010 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Monterrey
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01:45:08 | With this placement, Buchholz qualified for the European Championships at the beginning of July in Athlon, Ireland. |
| 2008 | 2 | DTU German Triathlon Championship U23 |
Gelsenkirchen
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Second in class U23 on the sprint distance (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) | |
| June 8, 2008 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 |
 Vancouver
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01:54:56 | Buchholz became triathlon runner-up in the U23 class behind the Briton Alistair Brownlee . |
| Aug 31, 2007 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 |
Hamburg
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01:49:31 | Triathlon world champion on the Olympic distance in the U23 class (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling, 10 km running) |
| July 15, 2007 | 1 | DTU German Triathlon Championship U23 |
Munich
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With his victory in the U23 class, Buchholz secured a starting place at the World Championships in Hamburg. |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 4th Aug 2018 | 7th | Ironman Tallinn |
 Tallinn
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08:13:33 | Long distance debut |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Dec 31, 2011 | 2 | Saarbrücken New Year's Eve run |
Saarbrücken
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30:21 | Second over 10 km, behind the Kenyan Paul Kipkorir |
| Dec 31, 2008 | 1 | 33rd Berlin New Year's Run |
Berlin
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31:34 | Run over 9.9 km |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official homepage of Gregor Buchholz
- Profile for Gregor Buchholz at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 3, 2016
- Gregor Buchholz's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 25, 2018 (English).
- Movement types podcast by Gregor and Eva Buchhholz, accessed on August 9, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ ITU Olympic Qualification List: Rio 2016 | Men's Standings In: ITU May 14, 2016
- ↑ Fabian Fiedler: Via Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro In: tri-mag.de , January 28, 2016
- ↑ Frank Wechsel: DTU nominates Lindemann, Knapp, Justus and Buchholz In: tri-mag.de June 19, 2016
- ↑ Oliver Kubanek: "Apart from Anne Haug, nobody has a personal right to start Rio 2016" In: Deutsche Triathlon Union May 20, 2016
- ↑ Triathlete Buchholz announces end of career (July 17, 2016)
- ^ Gregor Buchholz - Triathlete / Olympic distance
- ↑ Wiesbaden instead of Rio de Janeiro: GREGOR BUCHHOLZ: "I FEEL LIKE A BEGINNER" (August 13, 2016)
- ↑ World Triathlon Series: Mario Mola and Gwen Jorgensen win in Japan (May 14, 2016)
- ↑ World Triathlon Series: Spaniard Alarza wins, Buchholz makes it into the top 20 (April 24, 2016)
- ↑ Masterful: Robisch and Justus in Grimma in front
- ↑ Carboo4U athlete Gregor Buchholz scores with top placement at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne 2010
- ↑ Premiere and fight for European Championship tickets Triathlon trio of Potsdam at the World Cup in Mexico
- ^ Silva And Findlay Win ITU World Cup, Monterrey
- ↑ Gregor Buchholz remains subscribed to "Vize" ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (August 4, 2008)
- ↑ Gregor Buchholz Vice World Champion U23 (June 8, 2008)
- ↑ PREMIERE IN TALLINN AT IRONMAN ESTONIA
- ^ New Year's Eve runs: Rank beats Raelert in Rostock
- ↑ Gregor Buchholz wins the 33rd Berlin New Year's Eve run
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Buchholz, Gregor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |