Irina Kirchler
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 11th June 1983 (age 37) |
place of birth | Niederau (Wildschönau municipality) , Austria |
Nickname | Rini |
size | 175 cm |
Weight | 57 kg |
societies | |
To 2012 | 1. Raina TTC Innsbruck, Team BMC |
successes | |
1998, 1999 | 2 × national champion duathlon short distance |
2009 | National champion triathlon short distance |
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Resigned in 2012 |
Irina Elisabeth Kirchler (born June 11, 1983 in Niederau , married Irina Juen ) is a former Austrian triathlete , duathlete and multiple national champion (1998, 1999, 2009).
Career
Between 1988 and 1996 Irina Kirchler was an 83-time Tyrolean swimming champion. Between 1991 and 1998 she won numerous national trophies in the cross country.
Her father Richard Kirchler was also an active triathlete and achieved the world and European championship titles in the Winter Triathlon Masters. Irina Kirchler started her first triathlon in Graz in 1993.
National Champion Duathlon Short Distance 1998
Irina Kirchler has been a member of the national team since 1998 and since 2005 she started as a professional athlete. In 1998 and again in 1999 the Tyrolean became Austrian national champion in the short distance duathlon.
In 2006 and again in 2007 she was third in the state championship on the short distance triathlon. A targeted start at the Olympic Games in 2008 was prevented by an illness with glandular fever .
She started for the club 1. Raika TTC Innsbruck and was a regular soldier in the Austrian Armed Forces in Innsbruck as a competitive athlete. Her nickname is Rini .
State champion triathlon short distance 2009
In June 2009 she became the national champion of the Olympic distance at the Vienna City Triathlon on Vienna's Danube Island (short triathlon distance: 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).
She was trained by former British triathlete Michelle Dillon together with Marco Wolf and swimmer Heidi Steinacher .
After missing a targeted nomination for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she switched from the short to the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running). In 2012, the then 29-year-old declared her professional career over.
Irina Juen has been working in human resources since the end of her seven-year professional career. She is married and lives with her husband and a child in Wildschönau in Tyrol.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 20, 2012 | 11 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
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18 Mar 2012 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 Singapore |
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04:40:18 | first start on the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) |
June 25, 2011 | DNF | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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- | End of race after heat breakdown |
June 11, 2011 | 2 | ÖTRV national championship triathlon short distance |
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02:07:07 | On her 28th birthday, Kirchler finished second in the Olympic distance at the Austrian State Championships - at the Vienna City Triathlon behind Carinthian Eva Wutti . |
Apr 3, 2011 | 18th | ITU Triathlon European Cup |
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01:55:52 | personal best time on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Oct 24, 2010 | 7th | ITU Triathlon Asian Cup |
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02:17:23 | |
19 Sep 2010 | 5 | ITU Triathlon European Cup |
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02:10:49 | at the same time Balkan Championship |
5th Sep 2010 | 7th | Maschsee triathlon |
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on the sprint distance (750 meters swimming, 17 km cycling and 5 km running) | |
June 12, 2010 | 2 | ÖTRV national championship triathlon short distance |
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02:05:19 | Second in the Austrian state championship on the Olympic distance behind Lydia Waldmüller in the Vienna City Triathlon |
May 16, 2010 | 10 | German Triathlon Bundesliga |
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00:24:01 | in the super sprint (0.25 km swimming, 5.5 km cycling, 2.5 km running) behind the winner Lisa Nordén from Sweden |
May 2, 2010 | 1 | TDW - Days of Truth |
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01: 54: 09.3 | April 30 to May 2, 2010 - 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running with separate timing |
2009 | 31 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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02:04:41 | European championship in July 2009 on the Olympic short distance behind the Swiss winner Nicola Spirig |
June 6, 2009 | 1 | ÖTRV national championship triathlon short distance |
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02:07:27 | Before Veronika Hauke , Irina Kirchner became Austrian state champion on the Olympic distance at the Vienna City Triathlon on Vienna's Danube Island . |
June 16, 2007 | 3 | ÖTRV national championship triathlon short distance |
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02:04:04 | Behind Lisa Hütthaler and Carina Prinz , Irina Kirchler came third over the Olympic distance in the Vienna City Triathlon |
Aug 20, 2006 | 3 | ÖTRV national championship triathlon short distance |
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as part of the Neufelder Triathlon | |
July 17, 2006 | 1 | Kirchbichl Triathlon |
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Victory at the Kirchbichl Triathlon (also the Tyrolean Triathlon State Championships) - ahead of the German Ina Reinders . | |
Apr 30, 2006 | 1 | City Triathlon Munich |
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01:01:29 | Victory ahead of the two Germans Anja Ippach and Heike Funk . |
2005 | 3 | ÖTRV State Championship Triathlon U23 |
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July 31, 2005 | 1 | Munich triathlon |
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02:04:06 | Victory ahead of the two Germans Renate Forstner and Cordula Möller |
July 17, 2005 | 12 | ETU Triathlon U23 European Championship |
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02:13:12 | Twelfth in the U23 European Triathlon Championship |
2001 | 1 |
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Austrian and Tyrolean champion in sprint triathlon | ||
1999 | 1 |
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Austrian and Tyrolean triathlon champion | ||
1997 | 1 |
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Austrian and Tyrolean school championships | ||
1996 | 2 | Austrian school championships |
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Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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2001 | 1 | ÖTRV State Championship Duathlon Sprint Distance Juniors |
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Austrian and Tyrolean junior champion sprint duathlon on the Danube Island | |
1999 | 1 | ÖTRV State Championship Duathlon |
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Austrian champion in duathlon | |
1998 | 1 | ÖTRV State Championship Duathlon |
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Austrian and Tyrolean duathlon champion |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 8, 2010 | 3 | Innsbruck city run |
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00:36:25 | 10,000 m run |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Website of Pep Solutions (company of Irina Juen)
- Profile for Irina Kirchler at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 18, 2014
- Profile and results of Irina Kirchler in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 18, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirchler fights over the IRONMAN 70.3 distance (February 14, 2012)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 in St. Pölten 2012 - results (May 20, 2012)
- ↑ Top 5 placement for Kirchler at debut (April 12, 2012)
- ↑ Waldmüller at the European Triathlon Championships 27th, Höfer in 32nd place ( memento of the original from July 26, 2014 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. (June 25, 2011)
- ↑ Eva Wutti and Lukas Hollaus are the new triathlon champions!
- ↑ ÖTRV squad athletes in the Bundesliga
- ↑ Irina Kirchler at the start of the “Days of Truth” . Archived from the original on May 14, 2014.
- ^ ETU short distance EM: Title to Gomez and Spirig
- ↑ Irina Kirchler new national champion June 6, 2009 .
- ↑ City triathlon Munich: cold start to the triathlon summer
- ^ Munich Triathlon 2005: Close victories with a successful premiere
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kirchler, Irina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kirchler, Irina Elisabeth; Juen, Irina (married name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederau |