Iván Raña

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Iván Raña, 2006
Iván Raña, 2006
Personal information
Date of birth 10th June 1979 (age 41)
place of birth Ordes (comarca) , Spain
size 174 cm
Weight 64 kg
societies
successes
2000 5th Olympic Games
2001 ITU World Champion Aquathlon
2002 ITU world champion triathlon short distance
2002, 2003 2 × ETU European champion triathlon short distance
2008 5th Olympic Games
2012, 2014 2 × Ironman winner
2016 9th place Ironman World Championship
status
active

Iván Raña Fuentes (born June 10, 1979 in Ordes ) is a Spanish triathlete , three-time Olympian (2000, 2004 and 2008), aquathlon world champion (2001), two-time triathlon European champion (2002, 2003), triathlon world champion (2002) and Ironman winner (2012, 2014). He is listed in the best list of Spanish triathletes on the Ironman distance and leads the same.

Career

Iván Raña grew up with his four siblings in the Spanish province of A Coruña in the far north-west of Spain and he found his way to triathlon at the age of 15.

2000 Summer Olympics

In September 2000, the then 21-year-old started in Sydney at the Olympic Games in triathlon, where he finished fifth. In 2001 Iván Raña became aquathlon world champion and in 2002 world champion in the short distance triathlon. In 2002 he also became European triathlon champion and was able to successfully defend this title in 2003.

2004 Summer Olympics

In 2004 he reached the 23rd place at the Olympic Games in Greece.

2008 Summer Olympics

In 2008 he competed in Beijing for the third time at the Olympic Games, where he finished fifth again, as in 2000. In 2009 he started as a professional cyclist in the Xacobeo Galicia team . In November 2012 he won the first edition of the Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote .

Long distance triathlon since 2012

In November he started the long distance triathlon ( Ironman ) at Ironman Mexico for the first time and was able to win the race.

In July 2013, with his second place in Zurich, he qualified for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii , where he finished sixth in October. In June 2014 in Klagenfurt he clinched his second victory in an Ironman race with the third fastest time ever on the long distance.

In October 2016, he finished ninth in Hawaii at the Ironman World Championships . He has been trained by Luc van Lierde since 2019 .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year space competition venue time comment
July 30, 2016 7th Ironman 70.3 Budapest HungaryHungary Budapest 03:46:04
0Apr 5, 2015 5 Ironman 70.3 Palmas BrazilBrazil Palmas 04:03:13
0May 9, 2015 6th Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:02:56
May 10, 2014 5 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcudia
Nov 10, 2012 1 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote SpainSpain Lanzarote 04:07:35
Apr 21, 2012 16 ETU Triathlon European Championships IsraelIsrael Eilat 01:58:15 European championship on the Olympic short distance
Aug 19, 2008 5 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01: 49: 22.03
May 10, 2008 18th ETU Triathlon European Championships PortugalPortugal Lisbon 01:56:00
  2006 4th ITU Triathlon World Championship Team MexicoMexico Cancun 00:58:54 in a team with Jose Tovar and Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (3 × 250 m swimming, 6.67 km cycling and 1.67 km running)
Aug 26, 2004 23 2004 Summer Olympics GreeceGreece Athens 01: 55: 44.27
  2004 2 ITU Triathlon World Championships PortugalPortugal Madeira
0Dec 6, 2003 2 ITU Triathlon World Championships New ZealandNew Zealand Queenstown
June 21, 2003 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad Victory and European champion over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
0Nov 9, 2002 1 ITU Triathlon World Championships MexicoMexico Cancun Victory and triathlon world champion
0July 6, 2002 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships HungaryHungary Győr European champion on the Olympic distance.
June 23, 2001 2 ETU Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad
16 Sep 2000 5 2000 Summer Olympics AustraliaAustralia Sydney 01: 49: 10.88
Long distance triathlon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
Nov 18, 2018 3 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 08:12:18
Oct 13, 2018 25th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:27:52
May 26, 2018 2 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 08:58:37
Nov 26, 2017 3 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 07:58:39 Second fastest after the swimming distance
Oct 14, 2017 11 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:24:53 13th place after swimming (48:41 min)
02nd July 2017 20th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:03:29
0Oct 8, 2016 9 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:21:51
Oct 10, 2015 14th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:34:27
June 28, 2015 3 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:08:25
29 Mar 2015 2 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:30:45
Oct 11, 2014 17th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:38:59 fastest runtime in 2:44:38 hours
June 29, 2014 1 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 07:48:43 Victory of the day, with the third fastest time ever achieved in an Ironman race
Oct 12, 2013 6th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:23:43 second fastest marathon time of the day in 2:47:54 hours
July 28, 2013 2 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:40:55
Nov 25, 2012 1 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 08:15:07 Winner at the first start on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) with a new course record
Cross triathlon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
Oct 23, 2011 5 Xterra Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:29:31 World championship cross-triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 29.5 km mountain bike and 9.8 km cross-country running)
Aquathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2001 1 ITU Aquathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Edmonton Aquathlon world champion

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Iván Raña  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iván Raña se reinventa tras cumplir los 40
  2. ↑ Olympia: Jan Frodeno sprints to triathlon gold
  3. ↑ 2006 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships - Cancun (Mexico) ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Filip Ospalý - European triathlon champion . In: 3athlon.de . June 23, 2001. Archived from the original on January 18, 2005.
  5. ↑ Jan Frodeno starts at IRONMAN Austria-Kärnten (March 20, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Raña, Iván
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Ordes