Michael Raelert

0 Michael Raelert
Michael Raelert at Ironman Germany , 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	29th August 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Rostock, Germany
size	188 cm
Weight	74 kg
societies
Current	Team Erdinger alcohol-free
successes
2009, 2010	2 × Winner Ironman 70.3 World Championships
2010-2017	3 × winners Ironman 70.3 European Championships
2011	6th place in the World Triathlon Long Distance Championship
status
active

Michael Raelert (born August 29, 1980 in Rostock ) is a German triathlete and winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championships (2009 and 2010) and Ironman 70.3 European Championship (2010, 2012, 2017).

Career

German triathlon champion 2005

In 2005 Michael Raelert became German champion in the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) at Schliersee. The years 2006 and 2007 were overshadowed by health problems and in 2008 he was able to repeat the victory at the German championships.

In November 2009 he won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) in Florida and set a new world record in the middle distance with his winning time of 3:34:04 h was only beaten in December 2018 by Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt at Ironman 70.3 Bahrain . His older brother Andreas Raelert (* 1976) is also an active triathlete and had achieved second place here last year.

In 2010 Michael Raelert was able to successfully defend his title in Florida. Michael Raelert starts for the EJOT Team TV Buschhütten . He lives in Rostock and studies political science and theology. He is trained by his brother Andreas, whom he has called his greatest role model since his youth. Michael Raelert uses bikes from the German bicycle manufacturer Cube on the bike course after the collaboration with Trek in 2010 and with BMC in 2014.

Raelert is characterized by consistently strong performances in all three sub-disciplines, but is regularly capable of best times, especially in the running section. On the running track, he uses models from the manufacturer K-Swiss due to the existing sponsorship . In the event that the first two places at the Ironman World Championship 2011 were taken by the Raelert brothers, the latter offered prize money of one million dollars.

Winner Ironman 70.3 European Championships 2010

Michael Raelert withdrew his acceptance to start his debut in the Ironman triathlon in Frankfurt am Main on July 24, 2011 due to a pelvic injury with muscular imbalances . In August he announced that he would not defend his title at Ironman 70.3 Germany 2011 in Wiesbaden due to injury and that he would not start in Hawaii this year. Instead, he aims to defend his previous win in September in Las Vegas.

In June 2012 he started on the Ironman distance in Regensburg (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and finished second.

Michael Raelert - Winner of the Ironman 70.3 Rügen , 2014

Winner Ironman 70.3 European Championships 2012

In August 2012, after 2010 in Wiesbaden, he again won the Ironman 70.3 European Championship (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running).

At the end of 2013 he had a knee operation and after a year of rest and regeneration, he announced his return to racing with a start at the Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl Challenge over the half distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21 km running) in August 2014 where he finished third. After the Ironman 70.3 Rügen, Michael Raelert won another four Ironman 70.3 races as well as the Challenge Bahrain in December , where he was able to secure the prize money of 100,000 USD.

In May 2016, Michael Raelert had to cancel his planned start at Ironman France due to an illness with the Epstein-Barr virus .

Winner Ironman 70.3 European Championships 2017

In June 2017 he won the Ironman 70.3 European Championship for the third time.

In August 2019, the then 38-year-old collided with a car on a bike ride in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and broke his collarbone.

Sporting successes

Web links

Commons : Michael Raelert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Michael and Andreas Raelert
• Michael Raelert in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Portrait of Michael Raelert at tri2b.com
• Profile for Michael Raelert at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on October 28, 2014
• Michael Raelert's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 27, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BLUMMENFELT WINS IRONMAN 70.3 BAHRAIN IN NEW WORLD BEST TIME (December 8, 2018)
2. ↑ Million bonus for the Raelerts
3. ↑ DNS: Michael Raelert cancels start at Ironman Frankfurt!
4. ↑ Hope to start at Ironman 70.3 WM Las Vegas, Michael Raelert waives 70.3 EM Wiesbaden and Ironman WM Hawaii
5. ↑ Challenge Walchsee: Michael Raelert finishes comeback in third place , Triathlon.de, September 1, 2014
6. ↑ Raelert wins Challenge Bahrain
7. ↑ MICHAEL RAELERT COLLIDES WITH A CAR IN TRAINING (August 10, 2019)
8. ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET VICTORY TO WILD AND SIMMONDS, MICHAEL RAELERT SECOND (November 24, 2019)
9. ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON: MICHAEL RAELERT HAS THE THAILAND HAT TRICK (November 19, 2017)
10. ↑ Michael Raelert wins the Laguna Phuket Triathlon (November 24, 2015)
11. ^ City triathlon Erding: Michael Raelert dethrones Göhner after a hard fight
12. ↑ Alpine Triathlon Schliersee: Pilz as expected and jumper surprisingly German champions
13. ↑ SUCCESSFUL START OF THE SEASON: MICHAEL RAELERT HAS NOT LEARNED TO WIN (February 16, 2019)
14. ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
15. ↑ Chiemsee Triathlon: Raelert and Sämmler successful (June 25, 2017)
16. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay: Wild wins, Raelert Siebter (March 12, 2017)
17. ↑ Challenge Laguna Phuket: Swiss doubles in vacation paradise (November 29, 2015)
18. ↑ Raelert defeated opponents and heat  ( 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.  
19. ↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
20. ↑ Michael Raelert wins the IRONMAN 70.3 Miami , Triaguide.com, October 26, 2014
21. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Rügen: Michael Raelert wins again , Tri2b.com, September 1, 2014
22. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Berlin: Michael Raelert returns with victory
23. ↑ Triathlon - EM: Raelert and Beranek celebrate EM title in record time. In: Focus Online . August 12, 2012, accessed October 28, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Switzerland Raelert dismantles the competition
25. ↑ Timothy Carlson: Michael Raelert, Annie Warner win Scott Tinley's adventures long course Triathlon ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. October 2, 2010
26. ↑ IM 70.3 Germany: Raelert runs to the title
27. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Switzerland: Michael Raelert wins the next victory
28. ↑ Michael Raelert, Julie Dibens Win 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 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. 
29. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Blast and course record, Michael Raelert world champion at the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon World Championships Clearwater . In: 3athlon.de . November 14, 2009. Archived from the original on November 17, 2009.
30. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Germany
31. ↑ Ironman Frankfurt: Michael Raelert retired from racing , accessed on August 22, 2017
32. ^ New Year's Eve runs: Rank beats Raelert in Rostock