Maik Twelsiek

0 Maik Twelsiek
Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	25th December 1980 (age 39)
place of birth	Lemgo
Nickname	Maiki or Cat
size	186 cm
Weight	76 kg
societies
current	TV Lemgo
successes
2006	German runner-up middle distance
2007, 2013	Winner Ironman Wisconsin
2009	Ironman Lake Placid winner
status
inactive

Maik Twelsiek (born December 25, 1980 in Lemgo ) is a former German triathlete . He is multiple Ironman winner (2007, 2009 and 2013) and is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

After finishing school, Twelsiek first completed a two-year apprenticeship at Brinkmann in Herford as an industrial clerk. After his community service, he then enrolled at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences in Lemgo for the business degree. As a teenager, Twelsiek was initially active as a footballer in the local club, later he also played tennis.

Triathlon since 1999

His first triathlon, the Exter Triathlon , whose transition area was on his football field, aroused his interest in another sport. Since 1999 he has been concentrating entirely on his triathlon training. In 2000 Twelsiek won the German junior duathlon championships in Zeitz , and later he became the German U23 duathlon champion in Viernheim . In August 2006 he was the second best German and third overall behind Pete Jacobs and Enrico Knobloch, German runner-up in the middle distance at the Mönchshof Triathlon in Kulmbach .

Ironman winner 2007

Twelsiek finished his fourth race over the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Wisconsin in September 2007 as the winner. With a time of 8:52:49 h he had over 10 minutes ahead of the American Paul Fritsche and was able to qualify for the Ironman Hawaii 2008, where he finished 14th.

“Maiki” or “Cat” was a member of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team , which was dissolved at the end of 2011 and sponsored by the two-time Ironman World Championship winner Normann Stadler and the Ironman European Championship winner Timo Bracht in Frankfurt . From 2012 he was a member of Faris Al-Sultan's Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team - until its dissolution in January 2013.

In September 2013 he won his third Ironman race with the Ironman Wisconsin . Maik Twelsiek has not appeared internationally since 2016.

Personal

Twelsiek is married to the US triathlete Hillary Biscay . The two live with her daughter in Tucson ( Arizona ).

Sporting successes

Web links

• Official website of Maik Twelsiek ( Memento from November 30, 2011 in the web archive archive.today )
• Profile and results of Maik Twelsiek in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on March 25, 2019 (English).
• Profile for Maik Twelsiek at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on November 27, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait Paul Ambrose - Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team ( Memento from January 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Inside the mind of Maik Twelsiek
3. ^ TriStar Minnesota 2011
4. ↑ IM 70.3 Germany: Raelert runs to the title
5. ↑ Michael Raelert, Julie Dibens Win 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 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. (May 2, 2010) 
6. ↑ 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) 
7. ↑ Alexander wins Ironman Coeur d'Alene in record time
8. ^ Ironman Hawaii 2010: McCormack tacts and becomes world champion
9. ↑ Ironman Lanzarote: victories to Llanos and Morrison, two Germans on the podium
10. ^ Ironman Australia