Marino Vanhoenacker
  Marino Vanhoenacker
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 at Ironman Germany , 2013
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 19th July 1976 (age 44) |
| place of birth | Ostend , Belgium |
| Nickname | Bink |
| size | 186 cm |
| Weight | 74 kg |
| societies | |
| Until 2011 | Commerzbank Triathlon Team |
| 2013-2018 | pewag racing team |
| successes | |
| 2000 | 3rd place world championship duathlon long distance |
| 2005-2018 | 18 × Ironman winner |
| 2009-2014 | 7 × winners Ironman 70.3 |
| 2012 | Winner Ironman European Championships |
| status | |
| Resigned in 2019 | |
Marino Vanhoenacker (born July 19, 1976 in Ostend ) is a former Belgian triathlete , multiple Ironman winner and European triathlon champion on the long distance (2012). With 7:45:58 hours - the winning time at Ironman Austria 2011 - he held the world best time in an Ironman race, until it was beaten by the Canadian Lionel Sanders in November 2016 .
Career
In November 2000, Marino Vanhoenacker was third in South Africa at the ITU Duathlon World Championships on the long distance.
Vice-world champion triathlon long distance 2005
After a few more duathlon successes, Marino Vanhoenacker was able to achieve fifth place in his first triathlon start over the Ironman distance in 2001 in Florida and subsequently ten times over the long distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) win. He is an eight-time winner of the Ironman Austria .
In August 2005 he was runner-up in triathlon on the ITU long distance.
World best time on the Ironman distance 2011
In July 2011 he set a new world record on the Ironman distance with his winning time in Klagenfurt (07:45:58 hours). Just a week later, Andreas Raelert undercut this time at the Challenge Roth .
Vanhoenacker was a member of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team until it was dissolved at the end of 2011.
Ironman European Champion 2012
At the Ironman Hawaii in October 2012, while in the lead, he had to stop the race and seek medical treatment.
In June 2015 he was able to win the Ironman Austria for the seventh time and thus achieved his thirteenth Ironman victory - with the third fastest time ever achieved in an Ironman race. As the second athlete after the Swiss Ronnie Schildknecht , he was able to win the same Ironman race for the eighth time at Ironman Austria in June 2016 and in September 2016 he clinched his sixteenth Ironman victory in Chattanooga.
With his victory at Ironman Australia in May 2018, he became the first athlete to win an Ironman race on each of the continents. From 2013 to 2018 Vanhoenacker started for the Austrian pewag racing team of the premium chain manufacturer pewag .
He was trained by Luc Van Lierde and his supervisor was the German ex-triathlete Normann Stadler . In July 2019, he declared his active time at the end of the Ironman Austria .
Marino Vanhoenacker is married to the triathlete Elke Vanrenterghem . His nickname is "Bink".
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| May 27, 2017 | 1 | Trimotion Saalfelden |
 Saalfelden
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03:21:13 | Victory and new course record over the Trimotion 111 distance (1 km swimming, 100 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| 28 Aug 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun |
Zell am See
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04:06:05 | |
| May 22, 2016 | DNF | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
St. Polten
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- | Race abandoned while in the lead after a defective wheel |
| June 21, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun |
Zell am See |
04:02:32 | |
| June 21, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg |
 Remich
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03:47:47 | |
| May 25, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
St. Polten
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03:52:45 | |
| Nov 3, 2013 | 1 | Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon |
 Lanzarote
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04:22:35 | Middle distance winner |
| Apr 1, 2012 | 8th | Ironman 70.3 Texas |
 Galveston Island
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03:54:55 | |
| Jan. 22, 2012 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 South Africa |
 Buffalo City
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04:06:25 | |
| July 25, 2010 | 2 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
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| May 30, 2010 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
St. Polten |
03:49:18 | |
| May 24, 2009 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
St. Polten |
03:54:18 | |
| 2009 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
03:41:45 | Marino Vanhoenacker won the Ironman 70.3 in Antwerp for the third time in a row. He came out of the water in ninth place, took the lead on the bike and then dominated the field. |
| 2008 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
03:45:52 | After his first win in 2007, Marino Vanhoenacker was able to win again in 2008. |
| May 4, 2008 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 St. Croix |
Saint Croix
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| Aug 5, 2007 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
03:50:06 | |
| 2005 | 2 | Marc Herremans Classic |
Antwerp |
03:53:44 | second place behind Norman Stadler |
| 2004 | 2 | Marc Herremans Classic |
Antwerp |
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| July 27, 2002 | 3 | International German championship in medium triathlon |
 Immenstadt
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04:13:59 | 2 km swimming, 92 km cycling and 21 km running |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| May 6, 2018 | 1 | Ironman Australia |
 Port Macquarie
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08:14:37 | with a new course record |
| Oct. 1, 2017 | 2 | Ironman Taiwan |
 Kenting
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08: 46.39 | |
| 20 Aug 2017 | 1 | Ironman Mont-Tremblant |
 Quebec
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| 4th Mar 2017 | DNF | Ironman New Zealand |
 Taupo
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- | The race stopped with stomach problems |
| 25 Sep 2016 | 1 | Ironman Chattanooga |
Chattanooga
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08:12:22 | |
| June 26, 2016 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt
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08:04:18 | eighth victory |
| Oct 10, 2015 | DNF | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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- | Race stopped on the running track |
| June 28, 2015 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
07:48:45 | seventh victory in Klagenfurt - with the third fastest time ever achieved in an Ironman race. |
| May 31, 2015 | 1 | Ironman Brazil |
 Florianópolis
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07:53:44 | with the eleventh fastest time ever achieved on the Ironman distance |
| July 27, 2014 | 1 | Ironman Canada |
Whistler
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08:16:10 | |
| 23 Mar 2014 | 6th | Ironman Melbourne |
Melbourne
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08:08:25 | |
| 24 Mar 2013 | 2 | Ironman Melbourne |
Melbourne |
07:38:59 | Due to the weather conditions, the swimming distance had to be halved. |
| Oct 13, 2012 | DNF | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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| July 8, 2012 | 1 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main
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08:03:31 | European triathlon champion on the long distance |
| Apr 22, 2012 | 3 | Samui triathlon |
 Ko Samui
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Third in the first event on the long distance (4 km swimming, 122.65 km cycling and 30 km running) | |
| 4th Mar 2012 | 1 | Ironman New Zealand |
Taupo |
03:55:03 | Due to the weather, the Ironman had to be held on a shortened course as Ironman 70.3 . |
| July 3, 2011 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
07:45:58 | sixth victory in a row in Klagenfurt - with the fastest time ever achieved over the Ironman distance |
| Apr 10, 2011 | DNF | Ironman South Africa |
Port Elizabeth
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- | Task on the running track |
| March 12 2011 | 2 | Abu Dhabi International Triathlon |
 Abu Dhabi
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06:43:31 | 3 km swimming, 200 km cycling and 20 km running |
| Oct 9, 2010 | 3 | Ironman Hawaii |
Big Island
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08:13:14 | |
| 4th July 2010 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
07:52:05 | Marino Vanhoenacker achieved his fifth victory in a row in Klagenfurt for the first time with a time of less than eight hours. |
| Feb. 27, 2010 | 1 | Ironman Malaysia |
 Langkawi
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08:22:31 | |
| July 5, 2009 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
08:01:38 | Marino Vanhoenacker achieved his fourth victory in a row with a new course record ahead of South African James Cunnama and Briton Stephen Bayliss . |
| Apr 5, 2009 | 1 | Ironman South Africa |
Port Elizabeth
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08:17:32 | Marino Vanhoenacker is starting the Ironman in South Africa for the first time and was able to improve the previous course record with his winning time. |
| Oct 11, 2008 | 22nd | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
08:53:14 | |
| July 13, 2008 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
08:06:11 | |
| July 8, 2007 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
08:06:39 | |
| Oct 13, 2007 | 5 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
08:23:31 | |
| Nov 19, 2006 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
Canberra
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06:02:22 | Third at the ITU World Championship on the long distance |
| July 16, 2006 | 1 | Ironman Austria |
Klagenfurt |
08:07:59 | second Ironman victory |
| Nov 5, 2005 | 1 | Ironman Florida |
Panama City
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08:28:26 | |
| Aug 6, 2005 | 2 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
 Fredericia
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05:41:48 | Triathlon runner-up world champion on the long distance |
| July 1, 2005 | 5 | ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships |
 Later
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05:57:49 | European Triathlon Championship on the long distance |
| July 3, 2004 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
Later
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05:51:10 | |
| Feb 23, 2003 | 2 | Ironman Malaysia |
Langkawi |
08:51:29 | |
| Nov 10, 2001 | 5 | Ironman Florida |
Panama City |
08:39:45 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Nov 12, 2000 | 3 | Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships |
Pretoria
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02:36:51 | Long distance duathlon world championship (10 km run, 60 km bike ride and 10 km run) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Homepage Marino Vanhoenacker
- Profile of Marino Vanhoenacker with the Pewag Racing Team
- Profile for Marino Vanhoenacker at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 28, 2014
- Profile and results of Marino Vanhoenacker in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 21, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ironman: Vanhoenacker's world record in Carinthia
- ^ Powerman Duathlon South Africa. ITU Duathlon Longdistance World Championships. ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2015 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.
- ↑ Jacobs wins ahead of Raelert, Kienle and Al-Sultan in the top 5 (October 14, 2012)
- ↑ Marino Vanhoenacker makes history: IRONMAN Grand Slam! (May 6, 2018)
- ↑ Vanhoenacker changes to the "pewag racing team"
- ↑ Pewag Racing Team and Marino Vanhoenacker go their separate ways (November 30, 2018)
- ↑ Stadler becomes a manager
- ↑ Mr. IRONMAN Austria Marino Vanhoenacker ends triathlon career (July 19, 2019)
- ↑ After a four month break - Vanhoenacker wins Ocean Lava Triathlon (November 3, 2013)
- ↑ IM 70.3 Antwerp: Vanhoenacker and Preston win
- ↑ Estedt and Al-Sultan German middle distance champions ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Weiss at IRONMAN Melbourne at the start (March 19, 2014)
- ^ Ironman: Vanhoenacker's world record in Carinthia
- ↑ Berger just past the top 10 result (April 10, 2011)
- ↑ Frederik van Lierde steals the show from the top guys
- ↑ Red hot racing in Port Elizabeth (April 6, 2009)
- ↑ Belgian Vanhoenacker wins Ironman Austria ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (July 16, 2006)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vanhoenacker, Marino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East End |