Jolanda Annen

0 Jolanda Annen
Jolanda Annen at the World Cup in Cagliari, 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	11th September 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Schattdorf, Switzerland
societies
Current	A-squad Swiss national triathlon team and Triteam Schattdorf
2020	EJOT Team TV Buschhütten
successes
2013	Swiss Duathlon Champion
2015	2nd place European Championship Triathlon Team
2015	Swiss triathlon champion
2017	Vice European champion triathlon sprint distance
status
active

Jolanda Annen (born September 11, 1992 in Schattdorf ) is a Swiss triathlete . She is Swiss Duathlon Champion (2013) and Triathlon (2015), is a member of the A-squad of the Swiss national triathlon team and an Olympic athlete (2016).

Career

At the age of almost 17, Jolanda Annen contested her first triathlon competition at the Sempachersee Triathlon in Nottwil , where she took first place. In the 2010 and 2011 seasons, Jolanda competed in the Swiss “Swiss Triathlon Circuit” racing series among the juniors and was able to record a victory at the Zurich Triathlon and further podium places in the first year.

Jolanda Annen has been part of the Swiss PRO series since the 2012 season. On April 15, 2012, in Wallisellen, she managed to cross the finish line as the winner at the very first PRO race. In the second season, Annen achieved victory in Zug and various second places. At the Swiss Triathlon Championships in 2012, Jolanda Annen won the bronze medal in the professional women (elite) behind Daniela Ryf and Céline Schärer .

Swiss Champion Duathlon 2013

In spring 2013 she won the Swiss duathlon championship. The best result of the season was fourth place at the Elite European Cup in Karlsbad , Czech Republic. Thanks to this success, Jolanda Annen was appointed to the national C-squad for the 2014 season. In the winter of 2013/14, Jolanda Annen graduated from the top sport recruit school in Magglingen.

In April 2014 she was diagnosed with the viral disease Pfeiffer glandular fever . After a training break of several months, Jolanda Annen was still able to complete some good races in the 2014 season. At the last World Cup race of the season in Tongyeong, South Korea, she achieved her best result so far with seventh place.

Swiss Triathlon Champion 2015

In the 2015 season, Jolanda Annen formed the Swiss B-squad together with Andrea Salvisberg . At the Triathlon World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico and in Tongyeong, South Korea, Jolanda Annen came in second. At the 2015 European Championships in Geneva, Jolanda Annen and Team Switzerland I, together with Andrea Salvisberg, Nicola Spirig and Sven Riederer , won the silver medal in the Mixed Relay team (mixed relay). At the Swiss National Triathlon Championships in 2015, Jolanda Annen celebrated victories in both the elite and U23 races.

In the world rankings of the World Triathlon Series, Jolanda Annen was able to fight her way up from position 128 to position 35 in 2015, which earned her the title “ITU Biggest Mover 2015” (climber of the year). Jolanda Annen finished the 2015 triathlon season in the 2015 Triathlon World Championship racing series as the second best Swiss woman (behind Nicola Spirig) in 35th place.

Jolanda Annen at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Cagliari, 2017

2016 Summer Olympics

The sporting successes of the past season resulted in promotion to the national team and the senior squad. In May 2016, Jolanda Annen won her first Triathlon World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico. With this victory, she secured participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and on August 20, she reached 14th place for Switzerland in Rio de Janeiro, making her the youngest participant in the top 25.

In the ITU annual ranking, Jolanda Annen came 26th as the best Swiss woman in the 2016 season.

At the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic short distance, she finished sixth in Kitzbühel in June 2017. A week later, Jolanda Annen Düsseldorf became vice European champion in the sprint distance in the elite class. In the World Triathlon Series Ranking, the then 25-year-old finished ninth as the best Swiss woman after nine races in the world championship series in September 2017.

In the 2018 season, she had to take a longer break after a ischium injury.

Awards

• Swiss Triathlon Award 2017 (Swiss Triathlete of the Year)

Sporting successes

Web links

Commons : Jolanda Annen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile and results of Jolanda Annen in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on July 20, 2020 (English).
• Short portrait of the Triteam Schattdorf
• Swim, bike, run - and fly to Tokyo. In: Nyyws, Autumn / Winter 2017, pp. 14–15 (PDF p. 8).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTS Series Ranking | Elite women
2. ↑ Columbia Threadneedle ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2016 - Elite Women
3. ↑ Laura Lindemann is European Champion (June 24, 2017)
4. ↑ WTS Series Ranking | WTS Ranking Women
5. ↑ Jolanda Annen will not start again until autumn (July 25, 2018)
6. ↑ JOLANDA ANNEN AND RUEDI WILD RECOGNIZED THE SWISS TRIATHLETS OF 2017 (December 10, 2017)
7. ↑ Angelica Olmo crowned with first world cup victory in New Plymouth (March 31, 2019)
8. ↑ Lindemann storms onto the podium in Hamburg (July 15, 2017)
9. ↑ BRIFFOD DISASSEMBLES SVEN RIEDERER AT THE WALLISELL TRIATHLON
10. ↑ Jolanda Annen wins championship title (August 31, 2015)
11. ↑ Ryf and Wild come to championship honors (September 15, 2012)