Gustav Iden

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NorwayNorway 0 Gustav Iden
Personal information
Date of birth May 1st, 1996 (age 24)
place of birth Ytre Arna, Norway
size 177 cm
Weight 66 kg
societies
successes
2014 Third world championship duathlon juniors
2013-2016 3 × Vice-State Champion Triathlon short distance
2014 National champion triathlon short distance
2014, 2016 2 × Vice State Champion Triathlon Sprint Distance
2015 National champion Duathlon short distance
2019 World Champion Ironman 70.3
status
active

Gustav Iden (born May 1, 1996 in Ytre Arna ) is a Norwegian triathlete . He is triathlon national champion (2014), duathlon national champion (2015) and reigning world champion Ironman 70.3 (2019).

Career

Gustav Iden was third in the junior duathlon world championship in May 2014 and triathlon state champion in the elite class in June. In May 2015 he was also the Duathlon State Champion. In June he started for Norway at the European Games in Baku , but could not finish the race.

In April 2018, he finished third in the second race of the world championship series on the Bermuda Islands .
In December he set the second fastest time on the Ironman 70.3 behind his compatriot Kristian Blummenfelt in his first start in the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) in the Ironman 70.3 Bahrain (Middle East Championships) -Distance.

2019 World Champion Ironman 70.3

As part of World Cup racing series in the sprint Gustav Iden was the best Norwegian ninth.
In Nice, the then 23-year-old became world champion in the middle distance in only his second race in the 70.3 distance in September 2019.

In July 2020 he started the Austria Triathlon together with Casper Stornes , Kristian Blummenfelt and the Austrian Julia Hauser in the relay.

Sporting successes

Triathlon sprint and short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 25, 2020 ÖTRV state championship triathlon sprint distance AustriaAustria Wallsee-Sindelburg at the Mostiman Triathlon
31 Aug 2019 4th ITU World Championship Series 2019 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 01:51:34 Grand Final
27 Apr 2019 3 ITU World Championship Series 2019 BermudaBermuda Bermuda 01:50:38
18 Aug 2018 1 ITU Triathlon World Cup SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 01:49:48
April 28, 2018 3 ITU World Championship Series 2018 BermudaBermuda Bermuda 01:55:10
28 Aug 2016 2 NOR Sprint Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway 00:55:44 Vice state champion sprint triathlon
July 31, 2016 2 NOR Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway 01:50:11 Vice state champion triathlon
0Aug 1, 2015 2 NOR Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway Kristiansand 01:45:31 Second behind Kristian Blummenfelt
June 13, 2015 DNF European Games 2015 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Baku -
16 Aug 2014 2 NOR Sprint Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway 00:56:30 Vice state champion sprint triathlon
15th June 2014 1 NOR Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway 01:54:44 Triathlon national champion
Aug 10, 2013 2 NOR Triathlon National Championships NorwayNorway 01:57:36 Vice state champion triathlon
Triathlon middle distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
08 Sep 2019 1 Ironman 70.3 World Championships FranceFrance Nice 03:52:35 at Ironman 70.3 Nice
0Dec 8, 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 Bahrain BahrainBahrain Manama 03:29:25 first start on the middle distance; second fastest time on the Ironman 70.3 distance
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
May 31, 2015 1 NOR Duathlon National Championships NorwayNorway Oppegård 01:39:23 Duathlon state champion
May 31, 2014 3 ITU Duathlon World Championship Junior Men SpainSpain Pontevedra 00:54:36 Junior Duathlon World Championship

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

  • Profile and results of Gustav Iden in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on July 22, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ITU World Triathlon Bermuda Hamilton (BER) - April 28 (May 2, 2018)
  2. ↑ BLUMMENFELT WINS IRONMAN 70.3 BAHRAIN IN NEW WORLD BEST TIME (December 8, 2018)
  3. ↑ Sensational victory in Nice: Gustav Iden wins the Ironman 70.3 World Championship (September 8, 2019)
  4. ↑ Winning relay places with Ironman World Champion: Patrick Lange competes against Gustav Iden, Kristian Blummenfelt and Casper Stornes (July 7, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Iden, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Ytre Arna