Mike Aigroz

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Mike Aigroz at the Natureman (October 2015)
Mike Aigroz at the Natureman (October 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth 23rd February 1978 (age 42)
societies
successes
1997 Swiss champion duathlon
2012 Runner-up European triathlon long distance champion
2015 Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2016

Mike (Mikaël) Aigroz (born February 23, 1978 ) is a former Swiss triathlete , duathlete , European runner-up in the long-distance triathlon (2012) and Ironman winner (2015). He is included in the list of Swiss triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

In 1997 Mike Aigroz became Swiss Duathlon Champion. In 1998, the only 20-year-old finished third at the European Duathlon Championship in Poland.

Since 2003 he started in triathlon. In 2004 he finished second in the long distance at the Triathlon International de Nice . Mike Aigroz starts on the medium (1.9 km swim, 90 km bike and 21.1 km run) and long distance (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike and 42.195 km run). Mike Aigroz was trained by Marc Montandon and in swimming by Laurent Vouilloz .

In 2011 he finished sixth at the Ironman Hawaii . In July 2012 he finished third at Challenge Roth and thus behind the winner, the South African James Cunnama , as the second-best European, vice-European champion on the long-distance triathlon.
In September 2014 he was third in the first edition of the Ironman Mallorca . In November 2015 he won the Ironman Malaysia.

In November 2016, the 38-year-old declared his active time in top sport over. He lives in Château-d'Oex .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year space competition venue time comment
July 10, 2016 8th Ironman 70.3 Jonkoping SwedenSweden Jonkoping 03:57:53 at the first edition
0Oct 4, 2015 1 Natureman triathlon FranceFrance Verdon 04:04:36
0June 7, 2015 5 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:59:10
May 10, 2014 10 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:05:24
0Sep 2 2012 3 Ironman 70.3 Ireland IrelandIreland Galway 03:59:51
04th Sep 2011 1 Ironman 70.3 Ireland IrelandIreland Galway 03:50:12
Aug 14, 2011 6th Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 04:23:53
0June 7, 2009 2 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona
0June 5, 2009 1 Triathlon International d'Obernai FranceFrance Obernai 02:08:52
0June 1, 2008 4th Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona
  2008 1 Züri Triathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 01:46:03
  2007 6th Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona
June 30, 2007 49 ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Copenhagen 01:56:48
Aug 20, 2005 28 ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 02:00:11
Apr 18, 2004 25th ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships SpainSpain Valencia 01:50:37
June 21, 2003 15th ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 01:58:15 European Championship over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
04th July 1998 32 ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men AustriaAustria Velden 02:01:05 Junior European Championship
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 24, 2016 5 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Whistler 08:40:24
Nov 14, 2015 1 Ironman Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Langkawi 08:52:02
23 Aug 2015 6th Ironman Copenhagen DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen 08:40:35
27 Sep 2014 3 Ironman Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 08:40:29 First edition on Mallorca
Apr 14, 2013 31 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth 09:20:27
0July 8, 2012 2 ETU Challenge Long Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Roth 08:08:01 Vice European champion on the long distance triathlon with third place at Challenge Roth
Apr 22, 2012 3 Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth
0Oct 8, 2011 6th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:21:07 with a new personal best at the Ironman World Championships
July 10, 2011 5 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:38:21
0May 7, 2011 5 Ironman St. George United StatesUnited States St. George 08:42:06
July 25, 2010 3 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:34:24
Oct 10, 2009 44 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii (island) 09:18:34 first start at the Ironman World Championships
Aug 30, 2009 2 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton 08:40:17 second place behind the US winner Jordan Rapp
June 22, 2008 6th Ironman France FranceFrance Nice 08:56:43
July 15, 2007 19th ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Lorient 03:44:26
26 Sep 2004 2 Triathlon International de Nice FranceFrance Nice
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
1998 3 ETU Duathlon European Championships
1997 1 Swiss Championship Duathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva Swiss champion duathlon
1997 4th ITU Duathlon World Championships SpainSpain Gernica
1996 4th ITU Duathlon World Championships

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Aigroz resigns (November 28, 2016)
  2. ↑ Mike Aigroz remporte le 4e Natureman du Verdon (October 4, 2015)
  3. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Galway ( Memento from May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (with film)
  4. ↑ Mike Aigroz and Renate Forstner winners at the 11th Triathlon International d'Obernai
  5. ↑ Aigroz with a last-minute Hawaii ticket
personal data
SURNAME Aigroz, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aigroz, Mikaël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1978