Meike Krebs

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Meike Krebs in Ironman Florida, 2010
Meike Krebs in Ironman Florida , 2010
Personal information
Date of birth 20th December 1979 (age 40)
place of birth Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Nickname Mickey
societies
Until 2014 Team Erdinger alcohol-free
successes
2006 Winner Ironman European Championship W25
status
Resigned in 2014

Meike Krebs (born December 20, 1979 in Frankfurt am Main ; married Meike Krebs-Gatzka ) is a former German triathlete . In 2006 she won her age group at Ironman Germany (Ironman European Championships).

Career

Meike Krebs grew up in Fechenheim . From 2000 to 2007 she studied sports science with psychology as a minor at the University of Frankfurt .

Meike Krebs was active as a runner from 1994 and in 2001 she started triathlon. At her first start over the long distance in July 2006 in Frankfurt, Meike Krebs won her age group women 25–29. Since she was just about to complete her studies, she gave up the opportunity to acquire a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii .

Professional triathlete since 2007

From 2007 to 2014 she started as a professional triathlete in the triathlon both on the short and long distance for the Erdinger alcohol-free team . Her trainers were Ralf Ebli and Christian Hildebrandt (swimming) and her nickname is "Mickey" .

After suffering a knee injury from a fall in 2012 for a long time, she ended her professional career in September 2014. Meike Krebs-Gatzka is active as a brand ambassador for the triathletes in the Erdinger alcohol-free team - together with Nicole Leder , Wenke Kujala , Norbert Langbrandtner and Lothar Leder and she wants to become more involved in company health management.

Meike Krebs-Gatzka has been married to the former track and field athlete Sebastian Gatzka (* 1982) since 2014 and the two live with their two sons in Immenstaad on Lake Constance .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Sep 2 2012 7th Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl AustriaAustria Walchsee 04:33:09
0May 6, 2012 4th Siegerland Cup GermanyGermany Bush huts 02:03:28
22 Aug 2011 3 Viernheim V-Card Triathlon GermanyGermany Viernheim 02:36:41 Third behind Sonja Tajsich
June 19, 2011 3 City triathlon Erding GermanyGermany Erding
May 29, 2011 2 City triathlon Heilbronn GermanyGermany Heilbronn 03:31:10 Second behind the Swiss Caroline Steffen
May 14, 2011 8th Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:49:01
05th Sep 2010 1 Frankfurt City Triathlon GermanyGermany Frankfurt am Main 02:12:50 Winner ahead of Katja Rabe
22 Aug 2010 1 Viernheim V-Card Triathlon GermanyGermany Viernheim 02:33:49 Winner of the Rhein-Neckar-Cup (1.5 km swimming, 46 km cycling and 10 km running) ahead of Silvia Balbach and Jutta Schäfer
0Aug 1, 2010 1 Mainz triathlon GermanyGermany Mainz 02:17:52 Victory on the short distance
June 20, 2010 3 City triathlon Erding GermanyGermany Erding 02:14:37 at the 17th edition
Aug 16, 2009 9 Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 05:03:42
June 21, 2009 1 City triathlon Erding GermanyGermany Erding 02:20:39 Winner of the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) ahead of Nicole Leder and Wenke Kujala
May 24, 2009 10 Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 04:40:47
Aug 10, 2008 3 Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 04:55:48
July 26, 2003 16 Alpine triathlon GermanyGermany Schliersee 02:35:22 ITU Triathlon European Cup
  2003 3 Holsten City Man GermanyGermany Hamburg 02: 16: 26.7
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Sep 30 2012 4th Challenge Barcelona-Maresme SpainSpain Barcelona 09:12:23
July 24, 2011 6th Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:22:43 personal best Ironman time
04th July 2010 9 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:42:28
Apr 25, 2010 6th Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 09:44:02
Oct 11, 2008 23 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 10:11:53 second best German at the Ironman World Championship (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running)
0July 6, 2008 4th Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:30:47
0July 1, 2007 5 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:29:44
July 23, 2006 5 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:50:50 At the first start over the long distance, Meike Krebs won the age group W25–92
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0May 1, 2009 2 Duathlon Oberursel GermanyGermany Oberursel 02:12:56 Second place and Hessen Champion Duathlon (10 km running, 38 km cycling and 5 km running) behind the Dutch Mariska Kramer-Postma

Web links

Commons : Meike Krebs-Gatzka  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meike Krebs becomes Erdinger alcohol-free brand ambassador ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (September 25, 2014)
  2. ↑ Triathlete from Immenstaad ends her career (October 1, 2014)
  3. ↑ Meike Krebs - The Face of Ironman (June 28, 2007)
  4. ↑ BASF Tria-Cup: Timo Bracht and Katja Rabe win ( Memento from April 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Cup: victory for Böcherer and Krebs in Viernheim
  6. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Germany 2009, Wiesbaden, Hessen - men and women ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Meike Krebs wins 16th Erdinger city triathlon
  8. ↑ Debutante between Ironman and Master's thesis (July 20, 2006)
  9. ↑ Duathlon: Krebs and Reichel the new national champions ( Memento from May 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (May 1, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Cancer, Meike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krebs-Gatzka, Meike (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 20th December 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main