Maximilian Schwetz
Maximilian Schwetz | |
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Maximilian Schwetz (2013)
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 9th January 1991 (age 29) |
place of birth | Erlangen , Germany |
Nickname | "Max" or "Einstein" |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 72 kg |
societies | |
since 2014 | Bromelan POS Team Saar |
2017 | B-squad of the DTU |
successes | |
2013 | 1st place European Championship team |
2014 | 2nd place European Championship team |
2016 | 2nd place German Championship Triathlon Sprint |
status | |
active |
Maximilian Schwetz (born January 9, 1991 in Erlangen ) is a German triathlete .
Career
Maximilian Schwetz learned to swim at the age of five and started a swimming career at SSG 81 Erlangen , which he promoted in high-performance sports from 2004.
In 2010 he switched to triathlon and in his first season he made it into Germany's national top ten. After a year and a half, he qualified for the elite European championship in Israel. Since 2012 he has started in the 1st Triathlon Bundesliga and from 2012 to 2013 he started for TuS Griesheim .
He is internationally known as a strong swimmer. On March 17, 2012 Schwetz set a new record for the German Triathlon Union over the 1500 m swim at the European Championship qualification in Saarbrücken (16: 50.2 min).
Since 2013 he has been a member of the German National Triathlon Team (DTU) and since 2014 he has been part of the Bromelain POS Team Saar . His greatest success to date was fourth place at the European Elite Championships in 2014 in Alanya / Turkey.
Schwetz was also able to celebrate successes in team competitions - such as the U23 European Championship title or the Vice European Championship among the elite in 2014.
Runner-up sprint triathlon 2016
In June 2015 he was third in the German Sprint Triathlon Championship and in 2016 he was runner-up here.
In 2017 Maximilian Schwetz started in the B-team of the DTU. At the beginning of the 2017 season, he defended himself against the newly introduced structures of the DTU and sued them.
Schwetz attended the Ohm-Gymnasium Erlangen. He has been studying physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) since 2011 and lives in Wallisellen near Zurich.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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10 Mar 2018 | 11 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Mooloolaba | 00:54:00 | |
12 Aug 2017 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Yucatan | 00:55:04 | |
June 26, 2016 | 2 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance | Dusseldorf | 00:52:37 | German runner-up sprint distance behind Justus Nieschlag at the T3 Triathlon Düsseldorf |
May 14, 2016 | 1 | Burabay NTT ASTC Sprint Triathlon Asian Cup | Burabai | 00:55:30 | |
June 28, 2015 | 3 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance | Dusseldorf | 00:54:54 | German championship triathlon sprint distance |
June 14, 2015 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Santa María Huatulco | 00:59:29 | |
6 Sep 2014 | 4th | DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance | Dusseldorf | 00:55:06 | behind the winner Steffen Justus - at the German championship on the triathlon sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) |
July 12, 2014 | 24 | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Hamburg | 00:53:04 | on the sprint distance |
June 22, 2014 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Mixed Team | Kitzbühel | in a team with Sophia Saller , Hanna Philippin and Justus Nieschlag | |
20th July 2013 | 27 | ITU World Championship Series 2013 | Hamburg | 00:53:10 | |
June 27, 2013 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Mixed Team | Rijssen-Holten | 00:17:58 | |
June 3, 2012 | 2 | DTU German Championship Triathlon U23 | Darmstadt | with the best swimming time | |
29 Aug 2011 | 4th | DTU German Championship Triathlon U23 | Grimma | 00:56:37 | as part of the Muldental Triathlon |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Apr 6, 2014 | 25th | ITU World Championship Series 2014 | Auckland | 01:58:50 | |
Sep 12 2013 | 11 | ITU Triathlon Short Distance World Championship U23 | London | 01:44:18 | U23 world championship |
June 15, 2013 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Alanya | 01:42:42 | |
17th June 2012 | 26th | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Banyoles | 01:50:25 | with the best swimming time |
Apr 21, 2012 | 36 | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Eilat | 02:02:14 | Best swimming time |
Web links
- Homepage of Maximilian Schwetz
- Maximilian Schwetz's Facebook fan page
- Profile and results of Maximilian Schwetz in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 18, 2018 (English).
- Profile for Maximilian Schwetz at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 4, 2016
- Maximilian Schwetz in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel Unger leads the German EM team in Eilat / Israel (2012)
- ↑ Dispute over starting rights - Maximilian Schwetz sues the German Triathlon Union (April 2, 2017)
- ↑ 2013 Holten ETU U23 Triathlon European Championships Mixed Team Relay Results
- ↑ Results German Championship Elite (PDF; 64 kB)
- ↑ Results German Championship U23 (PDF; 56 kB)
- ↑ German Championship Triathlon Elite 2011 results ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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. (pdf)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schwetz, Maximilian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |