Markus Keller (triathlete)

Switzerland 0 Markus Keller
Personal information
Date of birth	21st April 1967 (age 53)
place of birth	Switzerland
societies
successes
1994-1999	3 × Swiss champion triathlon short distance
1995	Swiss champion duathlon
2000	18th place Summer Olympics
status
resigned

Markus Keller (born April 21, 1967 ) is a former Swiss triathlete who mainly competed in races over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running). He is Swiss triathlon champion (1994, 1996, 1999), duathlon (1995) and Olympic athlete (2000).

Career

Markus Keller has been practicing triathlons since 1989. He was a member of the national triathlon team from 1991 to 2000. He started for Switzerland in 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney , where he finished 18th. He is a three-time Swiss champion over the Olympic distance and was also a Swiss duathlon champion in 1995.

In 2009, Markus Keller applied for the position of head of competitive sport at the Swiss Triathlon Association, Swiss Triathlon . Since 2012 he has also competed in races in the middle distance.

His wife Jasmine Keller-Hämmerle is also a former Austrian triathlete and multiple national champion.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77926019225 ♠25 Aug 2013	5	Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon	Austria Bregenz	04:25:40
77899879200 ♠ 2013	1	Wallisell triathlon	Switzerland Wallisellen	00: 48: 43.3
77887413850 ♠26 Aug 2012	13	Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon	Austria Bregenz	04:28:58
77396800000 ♠ 2000	20th	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Australia Perth
77396800000 ♠ 2000	1	Züri Triathlon	Switzerland Zurich
77396800000 ♠ 2000	18th	2000 Summer Olympics	Australia Sydney	01: 50: 15.25
77396800000 ♠ 2000	1	Uster triathlon	Switzerland Uster	01:53:19	Winner on the short distance
77358101600 ♠ 1999	3	Alpine triathlon	Germany Schliersee
77358101600 ♠ 1999	10	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Canada Montréal
77358101600 ♠ 1999	1	Kirchbichl triathlon	Austria Kirchbichl
77358101600 ♠ 1999	1	Swiss triathlon championships	Switzerland Nyon		Winner at the Credit Suisse Circuit Triathlon
77319403200 ♠ 1998	1	Kirchbichl triathlon	Austria Kirchbichl
77280704800 ♠ 1997	1	Kitzbühel triathlon	Austria Kitzbühel		Keller achieved his third win in a row in Kitzbühel am Schwarzsee.
77242006400 ♠ 1996	1	Kitzbühel triathlon	Austria Kitzbühel		Victory in front of the Austrian Wolfgang Kattnig - next to his future wife, the Austrian Jasmine Hämmerle .
77242006400 ♠ 1996	1	Swiss triathlon championships	Switzerland
77203308000 ♠ 1995	1	Kitzbühel triathlon	Austria Kitzbühel		Due to the weather, a duathlon was held and Keller won alongside Natascha Badmann .
77164609600 ♠ 1994	1	Uster triathlon	Switzerland Uster		Short distance
77164609600 ♠ 1994	10	ITU Triathlon World Cup	New Zealand Wellington
77164609600 ♠ 1994	1	Swiss triathlon championships	Switzerland
77164609600 ♠ 1994	1	Uster triathlon	Switzerland Uster		Winner on the short distance, alongside Natascha Badmann
77125911200 ♠ 1993	65	ITU Triathlon World Cup	United Kingdom Manchester

Long distance triathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77358101600 ♠ 1999	-	ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	Sweden Later	DNF	Task on the running track due to circulatory problems

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Profile for Markus Keller (triathlete) at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 9, 2014
Profile and results of Markus Keller (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 27, 2018 (English).
Markus Keller in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on July 9, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Olympic Games 2000 Sydney - Triathlon Men ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
↑ Vote for the Swiss triathlon association leadership. Retrieved January 5, 2011 .
↑ Uster Triathlon - WALL OF FAME
↑ Kitz Triathlon in the beginning ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ITU Triathlon Long Distance World Championships Säter / SWE, July 12, 1999 ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Keller, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1967

[1] Olympic Games 2000 Sydney - Triathlon Men ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2

[2] Vote for the Swiss triathlon association leadership. Retrieved January 5, 2011 .

[3] Uster Triathlon - WALL OF FAME

[4] Kitz Triathlon in the beginning ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[5] ITU Triathlon Long Distance World Championships Säter / SWE, July 12, 1999 ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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@ 2