Michaela Rudolf

0 Michaela Rudolf
Michaela Rudolf at Ironman Austria , 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	28th May 1972 (age 48)
place of birth	St. Poelten, Austria
size	167 cm
Weight	58 kg
societies
current	ASKÖ Hainfeld
successes
2012-2014	3 × national champion triathlon long distance
2015	Vice state champion triathlon long distance
2016	Winner European Championship W40–44 Triathlon middle distance
2016	3rd place national championship triathlon long distance
2017	Ironman Hawaii W45-49 winner
status
active

Michaela Rudolf (born May 28, 1972 in St. Pölten ) is an Austrian triathlete and multiple national champion in the long-distance triathlon (2012, 2013, 2014).

Career

Michaela Rudolf works as a teacher for sports, English and political education.

First start of the triathlon middle distance in 2007

In 2007, at the age of 35, she started her first Ironman half-distance race ( Ironman 70.3 : 70.3 miles) and she finished the race in St. Pölten as the fourth best Austrian in 21st place.

In July 2008 she was able to win the age group of 35 to 39 year olds at Ironman Austria (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and thus qualify for a starting place at Ironman Hawaii.

State champion triathlon long distance 2012, 2013 and 2014

She reduced her teaching activity in 2012 and has since started as a professional triathlete. In August she became the triathlon state champion on the long distance.
In 2013 she was able to successfully defend this title at the Austria Triathlon and in September 2014 she won the title for the third time in a row.

In 2015 she was third in the middle distance and in September in Podersdorf Vice State Champion in the long distance.

In September 2016 she was the winner of the AK 40-44 at the European Championship on the half-distance as part of the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl .

At her fourth start in Hawaii, the 45-year-old was the winner of the Ironman World Championships in the age group W45-49 in October 2017.

Michaela Rudolf lives in Harland .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Homepage of Michaela Rudolf
• Profile and results of Michaela Rudolf in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on July 25, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The late calling
2. ↑ Michaela Rudolf crowns her career with Ironman world championship title
3. ↑ Fifth win in a row for Schenk (August 22, 2017)
4. ↑ Course record at Ironman in Podersdorf ( Memento from September 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Kleine Zeitung (September 6, 2014)
5. ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
6. ↑ Podersdorf Jubilee: Title to Swoboda and Rudolf (August 25, 2012)
7. ↑ Swoboda won the Austrian Championship triathlon title in Podersdorf (August 25, 2012)
8. ↑ Michaela Rudolf fastest Austrian at Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii