Marko Albert

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Triathlon
EstoniaEstonia 0 Marko Albert
at Ironman Melbourne 2012
Personal information
Date of birth 25th June 1979 (age 41)
place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
size 189 cm
Weight 78 kg
societies
successes
2003, 2005 2 × military vice world champion
2012 National champion triathlon
2012 Ironman 70.3 winner
2013 National Duathlon Champion
2014 Ironman winner
2018 3rd place ITU World Championship Triathlon Long Distance
status
active

Marko Albert (born June 25, 1979 in Tallinn ) is a triathlete from Estonia . He is a two-time Olympic athlete (2004, 2008) and an Ironman winner (2014).

Career

Marko Albert was active as a swimmer and he switched to triathlon in 1997.

In August 2000 he started at the Student World Championship and finished 13th in Hungary. At the 2002 Triathlon World Cup, he finished tenth in the U23 category in Mexico on the Olympic distance.

Military Vice World Champion 2003

In 2003 he started in the elite class and in June finished eleventh at the European championship on the short distance triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running). In July he became military vice world champion and he was able to repeat this success again in 2005.

He started at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 21st. He has been married to his wife Kai since 2006. In 2008 he started a second time at the Summer Olympics and was the only Estonian in Beijing to come in 41st.

National champion duathlon 2013

In 2013 he became national duathlon champion on the short distance.

He has been active in the long distance since 2014 and in March he won the Ironman New Zealand (3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km running). At the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) he finished 25th in October 2017.

In July 2018, the 39-year-old finished third at the World Championships on the ITU long distance in Denmark. Marko Albert is trained by Jüri Käen

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
26 Aug 2018 4th Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon AustriaAustria Bregenz 03: 56: 43.6
Oct 10, 2012 1 EST Triathlon National Championships EstoniaEstonia State champion on the short distance
July 15, 2012 1 Ironman 70.3 Racine United StatesUnited States Racine
Oct 17, 2010 2 Ironman 70.3 Austin United StatesUnited States Austin
Aug 19, 2008 41 2008 Summer Olympics China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing 01:54:13
June 12, 2008 7th CISM Military World Triathlon Championship EstoniaEstonia Otepää 01:51:04
July 10, 2006 3 CISM Military World Triathlon Championship SwedenSweden Satenas 01:51:42
June 26, 2005 2 CISM Military World Triathlon Championship United StatesUnited States Ventura Military Vice World Champion
Aug 25, 2004 21st 2004 Summer Olympics GreeceGreece Athens
0June 8, 2004 3 CISM Military World Triathlon Championship FranceFrance Belfort
July 30, 2003 2 CISM Military World Triathlon Championship NetherlandsNetherlands Droned 01:46:45 Military Vice World Champion
June 21, 2003 11 ETU Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 01:57:31 European Championship over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
0Nov 9, 2002 10 ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 Men MexicoMexico Cancun 01:54:08 World championship in the U23 category
0Aug 5, 2000 13 FISU World University Triathlon Championships HungaryHungary Tiszaujvaros 01:51:59 Student World Championship
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
04th Aug 2018 3 Ironman Tallinn EstoniaEstonia Tallinn 08:07:11
July 14, 2018 3 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fyn 05:22:27 World championship on the long distance triathlon
Oct 14, 2017 25th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:41:28 Ironman World Championships
0July 9, 2017 7th Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt am Main 08:04:08 Ironman European Championships
Apr 10, 2016 3 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:18:52
01st Mar 2014 1 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 08:17:33 Ironman victory in New Zealand
25th Mar 2012 9 Ironman Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 08:18:04
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
31 Aug 2013 1 EST Duathlon National Championships EstoniaEstonia Kiili 02:07:47 National duathlon champion

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Commons : Marko Albert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Spirig ends season with victory in Austin
personal data
SURNAME Albert, Marko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn