Kathleen Smet

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BelgiumBelgium 0 Kathleen Smet
Personal information
Date of birth 19th January 1970 (age 50)
place of birth Beveren, Belgium
societies
successes
2000, 2002 2 × ETU European triathlon champion short distance
2005 ITU world champion triathlon long distance
status
Resigned in 2005

Kathleen Smet (born January 19, 1970 in Beveren ) is a former Belgian triathlete . She is a two-time European triathlon champion in the short distance (2000, 2002), an Olympian (2000, 2004) and a world champion in the long distance (2005).

Career

Kathleen Smet started triathlon in 1991 and after some national successes she was to be found in international racing from 1996 onwards. In 1998 she became the student world champion triathlon in Kiel. Smet started in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

In the following years she won several triathlon titles at European (2000, 2002) and World Championships (2005) on the short and long distance. In 2004 she started again at the Olympic Games in Athens and took fourth place.

Kathleen Smet ended her professional career in 2005. She lives with her husband in Lommel .

Awards

  • Kathleen Smet was awarded the “Vlaams Sportjuweel” for her achievements in 2005.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Aug 25, 2004 4th 2004 Summer Olympics GreeceGreece Athens 02: 05: 35.89
  2004 1 ITU Triathlon European Cup LuxembourgLuxembourg Echternach 01:58:10
  2004 1 ITU Triathlon African Cup South AfricaSouth Africa Bloemfontein 02:03:08
  2003 3 ETU Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 02:10:35
  2002 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships HungaryHungary Győr 01:59:05 After 2000, Kathleen Smet became European champion in the Olympic distance for the second time.
0Sep 2 2001 1 ETU Triathlon European Cup FranceFrance Gerardmer 04:14:31 Winner of 2 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 20 km running in front of Kate Allen and Sophie Delemer from France
June 23, 2001 2 ETU Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 02:20:07 second place - just five seconds behind Brit Michelle Dillon
0July 8, 2000 1 ETU Triathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands stone 02:06:49 European champion in the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
16 Sep 2000 16 2000 Summer Olympics AustraliaAustralia Sydney 02: 04: 05.98
  1999 5 ETU Triathlon European Championships PortugalPortugal Funchal 02:03:03
16 Aug 1998 1 FISU World University Triathlon Championships GermanyGermany Kiel 02:02:28 Student World Champion
04th July 1998 11 ETU Triathlon European Championships AustriaAustria Velden 02:06:40
Aug 10, 1997 15th ITU Triathlon World Cup HungaryHungary Tiszaújváros 02:03:21
  1995 26th ETU Triathlon European Championships SwedenSweden Stockholm 02:09:10
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 15, 2005 14th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:45:27
0Aug 6, 2005 1 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fredericia 06:19:05 Triathlon world champion in the long distance with over eight minutes ahead of runner-up Mirinda Carfrae
20 Mar 2005 2 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth second place behind the Swiss Natascha Badmann
22 Sep 2002 2 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Nice 07:11:55 The long distance World Championship was held in 2002 as part of the Triathlon International de Nice .
0Jan. 6, 2001 - Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii DNF
  2001 2 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth second place behind the German Nina Kraft
26 Sep 1999 2 Triathlon International de Nice FranceFrance Nice 06:57:21

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vlaams Sportjuweel 2005 by Kathleen Smet (December 6, 2005)
  2. ^ ETU Triathlon Cup - Gerardmer, France
  3. ↑ Triathlon European Championship 2001: Filip Ospaly and Michelle Dillon become European champions in triathlon in Karlsbad / Czech Republic
  4. ↑ Long distance World Championships: Zyemtsev and Smet the winners  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tri2b.com  
  5. ^ Neveu and Estedt new long distance world champions
personal data
SURNAME Smet, Kathleen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 19th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Beveren