Ironman Chattanooga

Ironman Chattanooga
venue	Chattanooga, Tennessee United States
First run	2014
organizer	World Triathlon Corporation
Records
distance	3.86 km 180.2 km 42.195 km
track record	Men: 8:08:32 h, 2015 Kirill Kotsegarov   Women: 8:54:55 h, 2014 Angela Duncan Naeth
Website	Official website

The Ironman Chattanooga is an annual in September Triathlon -Sportveranstaltung about the Ironman as distance (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Chattanooga (Tennessee) in the United States of America.

organization

This event is organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), a subsidiary of the Chinese Dalian Wanda Group .

The first Ironman took place here on September 28, 2014. There were 50 starting places for the Ironman Hawaii among the 2322 athletes . For professional triathletes, prize money of $ 25,000 was announced. H. the fastest man and the fastest woman will each receive $ 5,000, and a fifth-placed professional triathlete will receive an additional $ 1,000.

In September 2015 there was a very close decision: The men's race was only decided in the finish sprint and the fastest three were separated by just eight seconds.

Chattanooga

In 2016 there were no professional athletes among the women and in 2017 there were no professionals among the men. In 2018, after flooding in the region, the race had to be held without swimming over a shortened distance. There were no professionals at the start for women in 2018. The last race took place here on September 29, 2019.

Route

• The swim course is in the Tennessee River and ends as an exit point in Ross's Landing Park .
• The 180 km bike course over two laps is about 1030 m and leads to the north of Georgia.
• The running course comprises two laps (200 m) and leads along the Tennessee Riverwalk, Veterans Bridge, North Shore, Walnut Street Bridge and the Riverfront Parkway.

Course records

The course record was set by the Estonian Kirill Kotsegarov in 2015 with his winning time of 8:08:32 h and in the women it has been held by Angela Naeth with 8:54:55 h since 2014 .

Winners list

Men

Women

N ° Date / year First place Second place third place 7th 26 Sep 2021 27 Sep 2020 canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 6th 29 Sep 2019 Sam Long Matt Russell Nicholas Chase 5 Sep 30 2018 Cody Beals Matt Russell Kirill Kotšegarov 4th Sep 24 2017 Villu Vakra Karel Sumbal Jonathan Noon 3 25 Sep 2016 Marino Vanhoenacker Jeff Symonds Matt Russell 2 27 Sep 2015 Kirill Kotšegarov (SR) Matt Chrabot Stefan Schmid 1 0Sep 2 2014 Matt Hanson Daniel Bretscher Trevor Wurtele

year First place Second place third place 2021 2020 2019 Angela Duncan Naeth Lisa Roberts Lenny Ramsey 2018 Lauren Harrison Marj Rinaldo Cat Heidrich 2017 Elizabeth Lyles Kim Schwabenbauer Jessie Donavan 2016 Michele Frank Brigitte Paulick Lori Sherlock 2015 Carrie Lester Lisa Roberts Kim Schwabenbauer 2014 Angela Duncan Naeth (SR) Ruth Brennan Morrey Jennie Hansen

(SR: course record)

Web links

• Official homepage of the Ironman Chattanooga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ironman Chattanooga - FAQS ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
2. ↑ Ironman Chattanooga - Stefan Schmid third after a memorable sprint finish (September 27, 2015)
3. ↑ The closest Ironman finish ever in the history of the triathlon race on YouTube (September 28, 2015)
4. ↑ Cody Beals wins 2018 Ironman Chattanooga; claims second win in two tries (September 30, 2018)
5. ↑ Ironman Chattanooga - route description (English)