Bright Frederiksen
Bright Frederiksen | |
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Helle Frederiksen at the World Championship
Series Triathlon in Madrid, 2010 |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 5th March 1981 (age 39) |
place of birth | Odense, Denmark |
size | 171 cm |
Weight | 54 kg |
societies | |
Current | Tri4Elite |
Since 2014 | BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team |
successes | |
2013-2019 | 10 × winner Ironman 70.3 |
2014 | Vice European champion ITU triathlon middle distance |
2017, 2018 | 2 × Second Ironman 70.3 European Championships |
2017 | Vice world champion ITU long-distance triathlon |
2018 | World Champion ITU Long Distance Triathlon |
status | |
Resigned in 2019 |
Helle Frederiksen (born March 5, 1981 in Odense , Funen ) is a former Danish triathlete who has been a member of the Danish national team since 2006. She is vice European champion in the middle distance triathlon (2014), second in the Ironman 70.3 European Championships (2017) and world champion in the long distance triathlon (2018).
Career
Frederiksen was active as a swimmer in her youth and was a member of the Danish national swimming team from 12 to 18 years of age. Until her temporary retirement from top-class sport in 1999, she had won several Danish swimming championships.
Frederiksen then worked for five years as a spinning trainer and freelance model and went on to study at university until she took part in a women's triathlon in Odense (Piger med Power) in 2004 and won it.
National champion triathlon short distance 2006 to 2009
In 2005 she took part in the Danish National Triathlon Championship and was second and third on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in the sprint distance. After an intensive training period on the Gold Coast in Australia, Frederiksen became Danish triathlon champion on the Olympic distance for the first time in 2006 and she was able to successfully defend this title in 2007, 2008 and 2009. She has been a professional athlete since 2008.
In the 2009 European ranking of the International Triathlon Union , Frederiksen was number two and had the highest number (7) of contested races.
In 2010 Frederiksen retired from the national championship in Nykøbing due to a tire damage and 2010 was to be Frederiksen's unlucky year: After the bicycle crash in Madrid through no fault of her own, she suffered from back and hip pain, especially since a herniated disc from 2007 made her head again .
2012 Summer Olympics
Frederiksen was also awarded an Olympic Scholarship for Athletes London 2012 in 2010 , which allowed her to prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games, where she finished 27th in August 2012. The second Danish starter Line Jensen took 23rd place in London. Frederiksen's Danish club is Tri4Elite . Since 2014 she starts for the BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team (previously: Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team). In October 2014, she became vice European champion in the triathlon middle distance on Mallorca.
At her eleventh start in an Ironman 70.3 race, she was able to secure her seventh victory on Lanzarote in September 2016.
Vice-World Champion Triathlon Long Distance 2017
In June 2017 she finished second at the Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Denmark. In August, Helle Frederiksen was runner-up in the long distance world champion. At the Ironman 70.3 World Championship she finished fifth in September.
In November 2017 she started at the Ironman Arizona for the first time on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running), was able to finish swimming as the fastest athlete and took second place.
In July 2018, the then 37-year-old became the ITU world champion on the long distance in Denmark. In August 2019, she announced the end of her professional career.
Private
Frederiksen obtained a Bachelor in Health and Sport (Idræt og Sundhed) at the Syddansk Universitet in 2005 . After moving to Farum , she continued her studies at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 2008 with a Masters in Sports and Nutrition Science (Cand. Scient. I Human Ernæring). Helle Frederiksen works in Denmark as a coach and nutritionist.
Helle Frederiksen has been married to British and Welsh triathlete Ben Powell , a former member of the Swansea High Performance Squad, since August 2014 . Ben Powell is the son of former Welsh Ironman record holder Martin Powell and works at the Club LaSanta triathlon center in Lanzarote, where Frederiksen spends her training periods. Helle Frederiksen lives in Holstebro .
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 20, 2016 | 7th | Island House Invitational Triathlon | Nassau | 04:00:00 | three-day competition |
31 Aug 2014 | 1 | Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 | Des Moines | 01:54:44 | US Championships |
Apr. 27, 2014 | 2 | 5150 St. Anthony's Triathlon | St. Petersburg | 01:57:06 | |
Oct 20, 2013 | 2 | Life Time Tri Series Oceanside | Oceanside | 01:59:53 | Second behind Alicia Kaye |
25 Aug 2013 | 2 | Life Time Chicago Triathlon | Chicago | 02:02:55 | Second behind Alicia Kaye |
9 Mar 2013 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup | Clermont | 01:00:23 | |
Aug 4, 2012 | 27 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 02:03:10 | |
Apr 20, 2012 | 7th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Eilat | 02:09:34 | European Championship |
June 24, 2011 | 9 | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Pontevedra | 02:06:29 | European Championship |
July 3, 2010 | 22nd | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Athlone | 02:01:15 | European Championship |
July 2, 2009 | 9 | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Holten | 01:57:36 | European Championship |
May 2, 2009 | 21st | ITU World Championship Series 2009 | Tongyeong | 02:06:37 | |
Aug 30, 2008 | 1 | ITU Triathlon European Cup | Split | 02:00:46 | |
Aug 10, 2008 | 1 | ITU Triathlon European Cup | Carlsbad | 02:05:54 | |
July 27, 2008 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup | Poznań | 02:03:40 | |
Sep 1 2007 | 52 | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships | Hamburg | 02:01:35 | Triathlon World Championship on the short distance |
June 30, 2007 | DNF | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships | Copenhagen | - | European Championship on the Olympic short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
July 15, 2006 | 10 | ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup | Rijssen-Holten | 02:09:01 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2nd June 2019 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau | Kraichgau | 04:31:26 | |
25 Aug 2018 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Vichy | Vichy | 04:11:27 | |
17th June 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 European Championships | Elsinore | 04:09:43 | at Ironman 70.3 Elsinore |
May 27, 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Polten | 04:17:25 | |
Sep 9 2017 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Chattanooga | 04:22:12 | |
5th Aug 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Otepää | Otepää | 04:24:01 | |
18th June 2017 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Elsinore | Elsinore | 04:09:34 | Second at the "Ironman 70.3 European Championships" |
19 Mar 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico | San Juan | 04:19:30 | |
25 Sep 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Augusta | Augusta | 04:10:45 | |
Aug 21, 2016 | 1 | Challenge Samorin | Galveston Island | 04:18:13 | Winner at the first edition |
Apr 26, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | Galveston Island | 04:07:52 | |
Apr 5, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil | Brasilia | 04:04:16 | |
Feb. 27, 2015 | 3 | Challenge Dubai | Dubai | 04:11:43 | Third in the first race of the “Challenge Triple Crown Series” - behind the Swiss winner Daniela Ryf |
Dec 6, 2014 | 1 | Challenge Bahrain | as-Sachir | 03:55:50 | Victory in the first edition |
Oct 18, 2014 | 2 | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships | Peguera | 04:27:21 | European championship in the middle distance as part of the Challenge Paguera-Mallorca |
Sep 20 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote | Lanzarote | 04:29:58 | with a new course record |
Sep 7 2014 | DNF | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Mont-Tremblant | - | Termination on the running track |
20th July 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Racine | Racine | 04:16:22 | |
Apr 13, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan | San Juan | 04:14:27 | successful title defense |
Oct 27, 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Miami | Miami | 04:03:38 | |
17th Mar 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan | San Juan | 04:11:35 | first start on half the Ironman distance - in an Ironman 70.3 race |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 13, 2018 | 16 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:11:50 | |
July 14, 2018 | 1 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Fyn | 05:49:04 | World champion in the long distance triathlon |
19 Nov 2017 | 2 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:55:35 | fastest swimmer in her first Ironman race |
27 Aug 2017 | 2 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Penticton | 05:55:04 | Vice world champion in the long distance triathlon (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Bright Frederiksens Official Homepage (English)
- Profile for Helle Frederiksen at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed July 25, 2014
- Profile and results of Helle Frederiksen in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 19, 2020 (English).
- Helle Frederiksen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Bright Frederiksen's Tracktime homepage in Danish
- Danish Triathlon Federation (Danske Triathlon Forbund) in Danish
- Helle Frederiksen's blog ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), last entry June 7, 2013, accessed on April 6, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ ETU Women's Ranking , accessed December 3, 2010.
- ↑ TRI4s elitetrup udtages en gang årligt. For sæsonen 2013 indgår følgende atleter i TRI4 Elite (Danish) (German: "TRI4 Elite-Kader der Saison 2013"), accessed on July 25, 2014. (The original homepage www.tri4elite.dk no longer exists.)
- ↑ Helle Frederiksen confirms retirement from professional racing , accessed on November 6, 2019.
- ↑ a b "The Short Story", short biography on her personal website , accessed on December 20, 2009.
- ↑ Short-distance European Championships Athlone: Spirig defends title
- ^ ETU short distance EM: Title to Gomez and Spirig
- ↑ Helle Frederiksen wins Ironman 70.3 Augusta ( Memento from September 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (September 25, 2016)
- ↑ Course Record Day in Lanzarote (September 20, 2014)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 San Juan Won By Starykowicz And Frederiksen (March 17, 2013)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frederiksen, light one |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 5th 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Odense , Fyns Amt, Denmark |