Jan Sibbersen

0 Jan Sibbersen
Jan Sibbersen, 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	9th June 1975 (age 45)
place of birth	Coburg, Germany
societies
1985-1991	SV Coburg
1992-1994	SV Würzburg 05
1995-2000	SV Nikar Heidelberg
2002-2008	Coburg gymnastics club
2009-	DSW 1912 Darmstadt
successes
2001-2018	Qualified 6 times for the Ironman World Championships
2004	German Champion Triathlon Middle Distance (AK25)
status
Resigned in 2008

Jan Sibbersen (born June 9, 1975 in Coburg ) is a German swimmer, triathlete and entrepreneur . During his time as a triathlon professional on the long distance, he regularly finished swimming, the first discipline, while in the lead. Since 2018 he has held the swimming course record at the Ironman Hawaii .

Career

In 1992 Jan Sibbersen started for the SV Coburg in international swimming competitions. In Stockholm he broke the 16-minute mark (15: 59.67 min) for the first time in an 8-nation youth comparison match in his then parade discipline of 1500 meters freestyle.

In 1996 he broke off his English and sports studies in Heidelberg and moved to the United States at the University of Miami, where he took up an "Economics degree" (a combination of economics and business administration). He was accepted at Harvard University for his academic and athletic achievements .

In 2000, he narrowly missed the Olympic qualification. In 2002 and again in 2005 he was Bavarian triathlon champion.

Triathlon professional career

In 2004 he won the German Triathlon Championship (in the AG25) on the middle distance in Kulmbach. He is one of the best swimmers in the long distance and regularly finished the first discipline while in the lead. At the Ironman Hawaii, he achieved five times the fastest swimming time of the day in his six participations. In the list of the top 10 fastest men in the sub-disciplines, he ranks third (2003) and one (2018).

2007 Founding of Sailfish GmbH

After the temporary termination of his active triathlon career, Sibbersen founded the company Sailfish in 2007 , which deals with the development and sale of neoprene suits for swimming and triathlon sports. The company's name is also the brand name for their neoprene suits. Since 2016 he has been the manager of the triathlete Patrick Lange , the winner of the Ironman Hawaii in 2017 and 2018.

Comeback 2017 and swimming record at Ironman Hawaii 2018

In October 2017, Sibbersen announced another attack on the best swimming times and started the Ironman Hawaii for the fifth time. He finished the swim as sixth fastest of the day after 48:32 minutes. In 2018, the 43-year-old started for the sixth time in Hawaii and set a new best time for the swimming distance in 46:29 minutes. He improved Lars Jorgensen's course record since 1995 .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

• Jan Sibbersen's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 26, 2019.
• Profile for Jan Sibbersen at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on October 15, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About us / Welcome to sailfish! .
2. ↑ Jan Sibbersen - First chasing the best swimming time and then daylight finish (October 10, 2018)
3. ↑ Lange, Ryf Rewrite the Kona Record Book (October 13, 2018)
4. ↑ Triathlon Hof 2018 results
5. ↑ ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 2018 Results  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 Xiamen 2017 Results
7. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 Qujing 2017 Results
8. ↑ Triathlon Hof 2017 results
9. ↑ ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 2017 Results
10. ↑ 24th Erding City Triathlon results list
11. ↑ Jonas Schomburg wins Red Bull Tri Islands 2015 (August 16, 2015)
12. ↑ 19th Erding City Triathlon: Decision on the last meters June 17th, 2012
13. ↑ Munich Triathlon 2005: Close victories at a successful premiere (July 31, 2005)
14. ↑ Mittel-DM Kulmbach 2004: Victories for Brede and Bracht (August 15, 2004)
15. ↑ 10/13/2018 Results: IRONMAN World Championship brought to you by Amazon (October 13, 2018)
16. ↑ IRONMAN France 2007 Results. Retrieved March 2, 2019 . 
17. ↑ IRONMAN Austria 2005 Results. Retrieved March 2, 2019 . 
18. ↑ IRONMAN Canada 2005 Results. Retrieved March 2, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Sharon Robb: Germans Dominant In Ironman ( English ) In: Sun Sentinentel . October 17, 2004.
20. ↑ Results IRONMAN Germany 2004. Accessed on March 2, 2019 . 
21. ↑ Results IRONMAN Germany 2002. Accessed on March 2, 2019 .