Irma Heeren
  Irma Heeren
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 at the Athlos Cross 2011
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 16th April 1967 (age 53) |
| place of birth | Middelburg, Netherlands |
| size | 164 cm |
| Weight | 51 kg |
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| successes | |
| 1993-2001 | 4 × ETU European Champion Duathlon short distance |
| 1994-1998 | 3 × ITU world champion Duathlon short distance |
| 1999 | ETU European Champion Duathlon long distance |
| 1999 | ETU European Champion Long Distance Triathlon |
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| Resigned in 2004 | |
Irma Heeren (born April 16, 1967 in Middelburg ) is a former Dutch duathlete and triathlete . She is multiple European and world champion.
Career
Irma Heeren grew up in Middelburg and practiced various leisure sports in her youth and was mainly active in football. She took a job in the local police administration in Vlissingen as an administrative worker and took care of confiscated objects and procurements. She took part in a triathlon organized by the police and was able to win her first race.
At the age of 22, she switched from a soccer club to an athletics club, lost 16 kilos and concentrated exclusively on triathlon.
Irma Heeren is a four-time European champion in the duathlon short distance (1993, 1996, 1999 and 2001) and long distance (1999).
She also became a three-time duathlon world champion (1994, 1997 and 1998).
In 1998 she moved to Harderwijk with her partner Chris and then worked for some time at Shimano in Nunspeet .
In 1999 she became the long-distance triathlon European champion in Almere. In 2000 she missed qualifying for the Summer Olympics in Sydney due to an injury after a car accident. She then concentrated fully on running and wanted to achieve her Olympic dream in Athens in the 2004 marathon, but did not qualify.
In 2004 the then 37-year-old announced her retirement from professional sport.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 1999 | 1 | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships |
Almere
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European triathlon champion on the long distance | |
| Nov. 27, 1994 | 18th | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships |
 Wellington
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02:12:19 | Triathlon World Championship on the short distance |
| 1994 | 1 | Almere triathlon |
Almere
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09:46:25 | |
| 22 Aug 1993 | 22nd | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships |
Manchester
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02:12:49 | Triathlon World Championship on the short distance |
| 4th July 1993 | 6th | ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships |
 Echternach
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02:12:53 | at the European Triathlon Championships on the short distance behind the winner Simone Westhoff |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Sep 9 2001 | 7th | ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships |
 Venray
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03:11:59 | Duathlon world champion in the long distance (15 km running, 60 km cycling and 7.5 km running) |
| 2001 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
 Mafra
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European duathlon champion | |
| Nov 12, 2000 | 3 | Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships |
 Pretoria
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02:56:15 | Long distance duathlon world championship (10 km run, 60 km bike ride and 10 km run) |
| 1999 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
 Blumau |
European duathlon champion on the short distance | |
| 1999 | 1 | ETU Long Distance Duathlon European Championships | European long-distance duathlon champion | ||
| 1998 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Duathlon world champion | ||
| Sep 14 1997 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
 Gernica
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02:01:19 | Duathlon world champion |
| 1996 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
Mafra
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European duathlon champion on the short distance | |
| 1994 | 2 | ETU Duathlon European Championships | Duathlon Vice European Champion | ||
| 1994 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships | Duathlon world champion | ||
| 1993 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships | European duathlon champion on the short distance |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Jan. 12, 2003 | 3 | Egmond half marathon |
Egmond aan Zee
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01:16:47 | |
| Dec 3, 2000 | 1 | Montferland Run |
's-Heerenberg
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00:51:03 | |
| Jan. 10, 1999 | 1 | Egmond half marathon |
Egmond aan Zee |
01:10:03 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Awards
- In 2001 Irma Heeren received the “Thea Sybesma Award”.
- Irma Heeren is an honorary citizen of Harderwijk and Zeewolde .
Web links
- Profile for Irma Heeren at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 28, 2014
- Profile and results of Irma Heeren in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 11, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duathlon World Championships: Christiane Soeder wins bronze ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Luc Krotwaar wins the Egmond half marathon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heeren, Irma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelburg |