Klaus Klaeren
  Klaus Klaeren
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 21st July 1957 (age 63) |
| place of birth | Gerolstein, Germany |
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| successes | |
| 1984 | German champion triathlon short distance |
| 1984 | German champion triathlon middle distance |
| 1984 | European Champion Long Distance Triathlon (unofficial) |
| 1985 | Vice European champion triathlon middle distance |
| status | |
| resigned | |
Klaus Klaeren (born July 21, 1957 in Gerolstein ) is a book author, qualified sports teacher (German Sport University Cologne), trainer and former triathlete .
Career
In 1984 Klaus Klaeren became the first German triathlon champion at the Allgäu Triathlon in Immenstadt on the middle distance and in Losheim on the short distance. Two weeks after his success in Immenstadt, Klaeren won the first “unofficial” European championship on the long distance in Durham, UK.
In 1985, Klaeren was runner-up in the Allgäu Triathlon behind the Dutchman Rob Barel in the middle distance. As a “triathlete from the very beginning”, he was fifteen times overall winner, five times second and four times third in 31 starts between 1982 and 1987.
In 1987 he became a full-time trainer in the Triathlon Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and in the same year a competitive sportsman for the German Triathlon Union (DTU). Klaeren currently works as the managing director of the European Sports Academy in Trier. Since 1999 he has been leading the fair play tour together with Herbert Ehlen
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| July 27, 1985 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Immenstadt
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Second in the Allgäu Triathlon - and thus vice European triathlon champion in the middle distance | |
| 1984 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Short Distance |
Losheim am See
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German champion on the short distance | |
| July 29, 1984 | 1 | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships |
 Durham
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first "unofficial" European championship on the long distance | |
| July 14, 1984 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Middle Distance |
Immenstadt |
German champion in the middle distance at the Allgäu Triathlon |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
literature
- Der Triathlon-Ratgeber , Sportinform Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-89284-033-4
- Training plan triathlon: beginners u. Advanced , Sportinform Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-89284-315-5
- Triathlon basic training competition , Copress Verlag, 2007, 3rd edition, ISBN 978-3-7679-0898-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Klaeren in the catalog of the German National Library
- Facebook page Klaus Klaeren
- Profile for Klaus Klaeren at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on September 28, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Origin, origin and history of the triathlon
- ↑ Triathlon history began in the Eifel ( Memento from September 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (June 21, 2009)
- ↑ European Sports Academy Trier
- ↑ Fair Play Tour - 19th Fair Play Tour of the Greater Region from 23.06.2017 to 01.07.2017 - organization. Retrieved June 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Klaeren, Klaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarify, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlon organizer, author and triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gerolstein , Germany |