Julia Gajer

0 Julia Gajer
at Ironman Germany , 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	5th August 1982 (age 38)
place of birth	Hanover , Germany
size	167 cm
Weight	53 kg
societies
2008	AHS University of Freiburg
current	Tri-X-Kufstein
successes
2012, 2016	2 × European triathlon middle distance champion
2013, 2014, 2019	3 × German champion triathlon long distance
2013-2015	3 × German champion triathlon middle distance
2013, 2016	2 × Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2019

Julia Gajer (* 5. August 1982 in Hannover as Julia Mareike Wagner ) is a former German triathlete , duathlete and long-distance runner . She is two-time triathlon European champion in the middle distance (2012, 2016), German champion in the middle (2013, 2014, 2015) and long distance (2013, 2014, 2019), Ironman winner (2013, 2016) and second in the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt (2015) and is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

As a first grader, Julia Wagner started swimming in a club and continued to do so until she graduated from high school. Due to a study-related change of residence, she initially ended her sporting activities in the early days of her pharmacy studies. A college sports group that she went jogging with brought her back to regular training. Members of this running group motivated her to give triathlon a try. In 2007 Julia Wagner bought her first triathlon bike and completed her first duathlons. In 2008 she won her first triathlon on the Olympic distance in Heuchelberg. In the same year further victories followed on the Olympic distance at Schluchsee and on the middle distance at the Breisgau-Triathlon in Malterdingen.

In 2009, the pharmacist started her dissertation at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Freiburg. In addition, she won the marathon in Lucerne in 2:47 hours in 2010. Julia Wagner has been part of the Erdinger alcohol-free team since 2010 . In 2011 she started the Ironman distance for the first time in Roth. In 8:56:23 h - the second fastest time that a German had ever achieved at this distance worldwide - she came second. Three months later she finished second in the Munich Marathon in 2:47:42 h .

Triathlon professional since 2012

At the end of 2011, she completed her doctorate and in November 2011 married Markus Gajer , who temporarily worked as a postdoc at the same institute where she did her doctorate and who is also an enthusiastic triathlete. She has been living in Ditzingen, a suburb of Stuttgart, since 2012 and - apart from working a few hours a week in a pharmacy - competes as a full-time professional in the triathlon under her new name Julia Gajer .

European triathlon champion middle distance 2012

In May 2012, Gajer in St. Pölten, Austria - became the second German athlete after Sandra Wallenhorst (2009) - to win the middle distance and in June she became European triathlon champion in the middle distance.

In June 2013 Julia Gajer became German champion in the triathlon middle distance in Kraichgau and in July in Roth also in the long distance. In November, she achieved her first victory on the Ironman distance in Tempe (Arizona) , and in 8:52:49 h she was able to beat the magic nine-hour mark for the fourth time - more often than any other German so far.

In June 2014 she was able to repeat her success in Kraichgau and again became German champion in the middle distance. In July 2014, she also succeeded in repeating the long distance in Roth. In October, she started at the Ironman World Championship for the first time and came sixth and fastest German after 9:16:58 h straight away in the prize money.

From her first triathlon activities until autumn 2014, Julia Gajer was trained by Jochen Frech. Since then she has been looked after by the former U-23 national coach Wolfram Bott , who is currently the Luxembourg national coach and, in addition to Gajer, for example. B. the long distance athletes Christian Brader , Nils Frommhold and the brothers Andreas and Michael Raelert trained.

In June 2015, in Kraichgau, she won the German championship in the middle distance for the third time in a row. In July she came in second behind the Swiss Daniela Ryf in the “Ironman European Championship” in Frankfurt . On July 31, 2015, it was announced that Julia Gajer, the fifth-placed woman in the Kona Points Ranking System, would receive a pro starting place for the second time in the Ironman World Championship in October in Kailua Kona . The 35 highest-placed professional triathletes who collected the most points with their placements in Ironman competitions worldwide in the twelve-month qualification period up to August 31 - in addition to the Hawaii winners of the last five years and the winners in Frankfurt , Texas , Florianópolis , Melbourne and Port Elizabeth - each qualified for the Ironman Hawaii. In addition to Julia Gajer, Diana Riesler from the German professional triathlete camp was nineteenth, Britta Martin twenty-third, Mareen Hufe twenty-seventh, Eva Wutti (18.) from Austria and the Swiss Daniela Ryf (1.) and Caroline Steffen (3.) .) on the start list.

European triathlon champion middle distance 2016

In May 2016, she won the Ironman distance for the second time in Texas. In September she became European champion in the half distance for the second time after 2012.

In 2017, after starting the Ironman South Africa in April, she announced that she would take a break this season due to problems with the Achilles tendon and not want to start again until 2018. She has been a mother since September 2018.

In May 2019, the then 36-year-old finished third at Ironman 70.3 Austria after a maternity break . In July 2019 she made her comeback after a two-year injury and baby break with third place in the long distance at the Ironman Hamburg .

Julia Gajer lives in Austria , near Kufstein . In November, she declared her active career to end at the end of the 2019 season.

Sporting successes

Web links

Commons : Julia Gajer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Julia Gajer
• Profile and results of Julia Gajer in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on March 26, 2020 (English).
• Profile for Julia Wagner at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on October 1, 2015
• Profile for Julia Gajer at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 13, 2016
• Thorsten Radde: Julia Gajer: Ready for Ironman Frankfurt ( English ) June 29, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florian von Stackelberg: A pharmacist with great perseverance . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . October 8, 2014.
2. ^ ^{A b} Karl-Hermann Murst: Julia Wagner takes off . In: Badische Zeitung . August 18, 2008.
3. ↑ Julia Wagner made a dream debut . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . July 11, 2011.
4. ^ Triathlete Julia Wagner second in the Munich marathon . In: Südwest Presse . October 13, 2011.  ( 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.  
5. ↑ Julia Wagner: Cellular characterization of inhibitors of histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 25-opus-83527
6. ↑ ^{a b} Thorsten Radde: The way to the top . In: tri-mag.de . September 2015.
7. ↑ Klaus Arendt: Jochen Frech: I sweat blood and water in Julia Gajer's competitions! . In: TriTime . 4th October 2014.
8. ^ Kona Points Ranking System Women . In: ironman.com .
9. ↑ Bitter - early end of the season for Julia Gajer (July 28, 2017)
10. ↑ EXTENDED COMPETITION BREAK: JULIA GAJER EXPECTING HER FIRST CHILD (March 7, 2018)
11. ↑ WITHDRAWAL: JULIA GAJER ENDS HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER (November 12, 2019)
12. ↑ Clavel and Gajer open the season on the podium (May 1, 2016)
13. ↑ Christine Waitz: Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg: Gajer sovereign, it works with Küng . In: triathlon.de . 20th June 2015.
14. ↑ sid : Triathlon - EM: Raelert and Beranek celebrate EM title in record time . In: Focus . August 12, 2012.
15. ↑ Alexander Kaindl: 19th city triathlon Erding: decision on the last meters . In: Münchner Merkur . 17th June 2012.
16. ↑ Challenge Kraichgau: Raelert shows everyone where the hammer hangs
17. ↑ IRONMAN SOUTH AFRICA: NILS FROMMHOLD CHASES BEN HOFFMAN TO VICTORY AND A RECORD (April 2, 2017)
18. ↑ Kienle and Ryf as a highlight in Frankfurt (April 14, 2015)
19. ↑ 74 Pros Accept Ironman World Championship Slots ( Memento of the original from August 26, 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. (August 14, 2014) 
20. ↑ Double world record for Roth
21. ↑ Challenge Roth: The voices for the record race
22. ^ René Penno: Portrait: Julia Gajer . In: tri2b.com . October 14, 2014.
23. ^ Triathlon: Julia Wagner . In: Südwest Presse . January 8, 2011.  ( 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.  
24. ↑ 2nd place for triathlete Julia Wagner at the Munich Marathon