Max Renko

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Triathlon
AustriaAustria 0 Max Renko
Personal information
Date of birth 11th September 1985 (age 34)
place of birth Vienna , Austria
Nickname Rocco
societies
To 2012 Tri Stars Koma and
Su Tri Styria
successes
2009 Ironman world champion M18-24
2010 State champion triathlon middle distance
2012 National champion cross triathlon
status
2012 career ended

Maximilian (Max) Renko (born September 11, 1985 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian triathlete . He is Ironman world champion in the M18-24 class (2009), national champion over the triathlon middle distance (2010) and national champion cross triathlon (2012) and he is included in the best list of Austrian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

At the age of 15, Max Renko started mountain biking in 2000 and achieved promising results in the following years at the Junior European Championships and World Championships, the Austrian championships and cup races (U-17 and U-23).

In 2006 he started in the triathlon for the first time at the Austrian Championships over the middle distance in Litschau .

State champion triathlon middle distance 2010

In 2009 he was the third-best amateur at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) winner of the age group M18-24. In September 2010 he also became Austrian triathlon state champion over the middle distance (2 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 22 km running) in Saalfelden.

In July 2012, he declared his time as an Ironman professional over and announced that instead of the long distance, he would start more in the short and middle distance in the future. For the Styrian triathlon club SU Tri Styria he took part in a few running and triathlon competitions in the second half of the season.

State champion cross triathlon 2012

In 2012, Max Renko was second in the Olympic distance (short distance: 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) at the Krems Triathlon and in September he became national cross triathlon champion.

However , Renko had to cancel a planned start at the Xterra World Championship 2012 at short notice due to an illness. After that Renko did not contest any more international competitions. Renko lived in Vienna and has effectively ended his sporting career, even if he has not explicitly resigned.

Private

He has been married to Lenka Renko (née Bulganová), whom he met at the beginning of 2013, since September 2014 . Beginning in 2016 he joined the Vienna University of Economics a business degree , and since September 2016 he has worked as a product manager at BMW Motorrad in Munich .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
26 Aug 2012 3 Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon AustriaAustria Bregenz 04:09:41
0Aug 5, 2012 2 Krems triathlon AustriaAustria Krems 01:54:33
July 22, 2012 4th Mostiman triathlon AustriaAustria Wallsee 01:54:46
July 17, 2011 8th ÖTRV state championship triathlon middle distance AustriaAustria Upper run 04:31:37 State championship over the double Olympic distance at the Trumer Triathlon (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running)
June 11, 2011 17th Vienna City Triathlon AustriaAustria Vienna 01:56:02 Austrian state championship on the Olympic distance
May 22, 2011 13 Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 04:07:37
0May 1, 2011 2 TDW - Days of Truth AustriaAustria Graz 01:46:39 Second behind Faris Al-Sultan (1.5 km swim, 40 km individual time trial and 10 km run)
05th Sep 2010 1 ÖTRV state championship triathlon middle distance AustriaAustria Saalfelden 03:46:08 Austrian triathlon state champion over the middle distance (2 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 22 km running) at the Tri Motion Saalfeld
0May 2, 2010 6th TDW - Days of Truth AustriaAustria Graz 02: 02: 23.9 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running - with separate timing
0May 3, 2009 2 TDW - Days of Truth AustriaAustria Graz 01: 49: 11.606
0Sep 7 2008 27 Ironman 70.3 Monaco MonacoMonaco Monaco 04:33:17 Second place in the M18-24 class
0June 2, 2007 18th Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 04:15:14 Victory in the M18-24 class, best amateur
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 15, 2012 DNF Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich - Abort on the swimming distance
Apr 22, 2012 8th Samui triathlon ThailandThailand Ko Samui Eighth on the long distance (4 km swimming, 122.65 km cycling and 30 km running)
27 Aug 2011 DNF ÖTRV state championship triathlon long distance AustriaAustria Podersdorf - at the Austria Triathlon
Aug 15, 2011 5 Embrunman FranceFrance Embrun 10:17:16
04th July 2010 9 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:34:57 personal best Ironman time
Apr 25, 2010 7th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 08:51:19
Oct 12, 2009 34 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:05:18 Renko was the third best amateur Ironman world champion in the M18-24 class (marathon: 3:08 h).
May 23, 2009 25th Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 09:42:04 Victory in the M18-24 class
Oct 16, 2007 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii -
0July 8, 2007 15th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08: 54: 53.3 Victory in class M18-24, 3rd overall amateur
Oct 21, 2006 111 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:24:16 Max Renko becomes vice world champion in the age group M18-24
July 16, 2006 37 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 09:09:48 first start on the long distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running)
Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
08 Sep 2012 1 ÖTRV state championship cross triathlon AustriaAustria Wolfgangsee 03: 43: 38.9 Austrian national champion cross triathlon at the Wolfgangsee Challenge
0Aug 2, 2008 2 3 countries cross-triathlon AustriaAustria 02: 09: 44.3 behind Peter Mosny
Oct 29, 2006 35 Xterra World Championship United StatesUnited States Maui 03:09:16 Third at the Cross Triathlon World Championships in the M20 class

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Renko resigns (July 18, 2012)
  2. ↑ Höfer and Fürnkranz win in Obertrum  ( 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@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  3. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 St. Pölten: The anniversary edition is in the starting blocks
  4. ↑ Third day of the days of truth - The Sultan fetches the title  ( 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. (May 1, 2011)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  5. ↑ Irina Kirchler at the start of the "Days of Truth" . Archived from the original on May 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Renko in Koh Samui on rank 8  ( 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. (April 23, 2012)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trinews.at  
  7. ↑ 2011 - for the first time also for Sprinters ( memento of the original from January 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.austria-triathlon.at
  8. ↑ EMBRUNMAN - Faure puissance 3!
  9. ↑ Max Renko speaks his mind (October 27, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Renko, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renko, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna