Martin Jensen (triathlete)

Denmark 0 Martin Jensen
Personal information
Date of birth	2nd October 1983 (age 36)
place of birth	Støvring
societies
Current	Aalborg Triathlon Club
successes
2013	Vice European champion triathlon middle distance
2013	Ironman winner
2015	Vice world champion triathlon long distance
status
resigned

Martin Barner Jensen (born October 2, 1983 in Støvring ) is a former Danish triathlete . He is Ironman winner (2013) and runner-up in the long-distance triathlon (2015).

Career

After swimming for a few years, Martin Jensen started triathlon in 2006.

In 2008 he was third in the World Triathlon Championship over the long distance (3 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 20 km running) and he was able to repeat this success in 2009 in Perth.
In May 2013 he was runner-up in the European triathlon middle distance in Barcelona and in August he won the Ironman Japan .

Vice World Champion Triathlon Long Distance 2015

In June 2015 he was runner-up in the world triathlon on the long distance in Sweden. Martin Jensen starts together with Camilla Pedersen and Henrik Hyldelund in the Danish Fusion team .

His older sister Line Jensen (* 1981) was also active as a triathlete. He has not appeared internationally since 2015.

Martin Jensen lives with his partner in his native Støvring .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77985741275 ♠Feb. 27, 2015	5	Challenge Dubai	United Arab Emirates Dubai	03:47:19	at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series"
77922670325 ♠July 21, 2013	1	Ironman 70.3 Racine	United States Racine	03:47:05
77916530675 ♠May 19, 2013	2	ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships	Spain Barcelona	04:11:12	Vice European champion in the middle distance as part of the Half Challenge Barcelona
77852436450 ♠0Oct 2, 2011	3	Challenge Barcelona-Maresme	Spain Barcelona		Third on the half distance
77843599075 ♠0July 3, 2011	2	Challenge Aarhus	Norway Aarhus	03:49:10
77842110675 ♠June 19, 2011	3	UK Ironman 70.3	United Kingdom Somerset	04:27:18
77837459425 ♠0May 1, 2011	2	Challenge Fuerteventura	Spain Fuerteventura		Second in the first edition behind Rasmus Henning

Long distance triathlon

Date / year	rank	competition	venue	time	comment
77997648475 ♠June 27, 2015	2	ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	Sweden Motala	04:54:45	Triathlon runner-up world champion on the long distance
77926577375 ♠31 Aug 2013	1	Ironman Japan	Japan Hokkaidō	08:47:53
77857087700 ♠Nov 20, 2011	DNF	Ironman Arizona	United States Tempe	-
77810296125 ♠29 Aug 2010	2	Ironman Louisville	United States Louisville	08:41:54	Second behind the Australian Paul Ambrose
77807691425 ♠0Aug 1, 2010	DNF	ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	Germany Immenstadt	-	at the long distance world championship
77804063450 ♠June 26, 2010	2	ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships	Spain Vitoria-Gasteiz	05:37:00	Vice European champion on the long distance (4 km swimming, 120 km cycling, 30 km running)
77777179225 ♠Oct 25, 2009	3	ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	Australia Perth	03:49:33	Third in the world championship (3 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 20 km running)
77706387200 ♠ 2008	3	ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	Netherlands Almere	05:46:59

(DNF = Did Not Finish )

Web links

Homepage of Martin Jensen
Profile for Martin Jensen (triathlete) at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 25, 2014
Profile and results of Martin Jensen (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 29, 2019 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
↑ Petraeus and Steffen take the titles ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
↑ Jensen, Li Take Ironman Japan Titles in Debut Event ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 31, 2013) @1@ 2

↑ Ironman Louisville 2010: Max Longée is back with 3rd place

↑ Triathlon long distance EM: Home wins for Llanos and Berasategui

↑ ITU World Championship long distance: Title to Timothy O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow

↑ Kai Baumgartner: Tim O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow new ITU world champions on the long haul. . In: 3athlon.de . October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009.

personal data
SURNAME	Jensen, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jensen, Martin Barner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2nd 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Støvring

[1] Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)

[2] Petraeus and Steffen take the titles ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

[3] Jensen, Li Take Ironman Japan Titles in Debut Event ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 31, 2013) @1@ 2

[4] Ironman Louisville 2010: Max Longée is back with 3rd place

[5] Triathlon long distance EM: Home wins for Llanos and Berasategui

[6] ITU World Championship long distance: Title to Timothy O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow

[7] Kai Baumgartner: Tim O'Donnell and Jodie Swallow new ITU world champions on the long haul. . In: 3athlon.de . October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009.