Kerstin Weule

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Triathlon
United StatesUnited States 0 Kerstin Weule
Personal information
Date of birth 1966
place of birth Braunlage , Germany
societies
1982-1984 SSF Bonn
successes
1999 Vice-World Champion Xterra Cross-Triathlon
2000 World champion Xterra Cross-Triathlon
status
Resigned in 2003

Kerstin Weule (* 1966 in Braunlage ) is a German-American triathlete and world champion in the Xterra Cross Triathlon (2000).

Career

Kerstin Weule grew up in Germany and was active in swimming. She started her first swimming competition at the age of 11 and was German swimming champion in the team championship for three years in a row for her club SSF Bonn from 1982 to 1984.

At the age of 17, she switched to the Pentathlon . In 1991 she started triathlon.

In 1989 she moved to Colorado in the United States. In 1994 she was fourth in the national triathlon championships on the short distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).
In 1996 she received US citizenship and started at the World Long Distance Championship for the United States, where she finished 21st. In 1998 she finished ninth in Japan.

During her eight-year triathlon career, she won 19 Xterra titles, including the Pro Series USA in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, Kerstin Weule became world champion in the Xterra Cross Triathlon.

In 2003 she declared her active time over. She was inducted into the Xterra Hall of Fame in 2007.

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
05th Sep 1998 9 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships JapanJapan Sado 07:03:12
  1996 21st ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Muncie 04:33:08 World championship on the long distance
Aug 13, 1995 1 Coeur D'Alene Triathlon United StatesUnited States Coeur D'Alene 02:14:29
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 22, 2001 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 03:12:37
Oct 22, 2000 1 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 03:07:04 World champion in cross triathlon
Oct 31, 1999 2 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 03:06:27 Vice world champion cross triathlon
  1997 5 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Feb. 27, 2000 2 McDowell Desert Duathlon United StatesUnited States Arizona 01:41:44 Second behind Susan Bartholomew

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DNS - Did Not Start)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Championships 1981-2005 ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ssfbonn.de
  2. ↑ 2008-02 triathlete
  3. ↑ Kerstin Weule
  4. ^ Coeur D'Alene Triathlon
personal data
SURNAME Weule, Kerstin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American triathlete and world champion in the Xterra-Cross-Triathlon (2000)
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunlage