Natascha Schmitt

0 Natascha Schmitt
Natascha Schmitt in the Ironman Mallorca , 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	19th February 1986 (age 34)
place of birth	Bad Soden, Germany
size	164 cm
Weight	56 kg
societies
Current	algemarin TUS Griesheim and Eintracht Frankfurt
successes
2011	3rd place German Championship Duathlon
2012	9th place world championship duathlon long distance
2015, 2016	2 × winner Ironman 70.3
2016	4th place Ironman European Championships
status
active

Natascha Schmitt (born Natascha Karin Schmitt on February 19, 1986 in Bad Soden ) is a German long-distance runner , duathlete and triathlete .

Career

Professional triathlete since 2011

Natascha Schmitt has been doing triathlon since 2009 and has been a professional athlete since 2011.
In 2012 she completed her degree in sports science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . Schmitt started in the triathlon mainly on the Olympic distance as well as on the middle distance.

Long distance since 2013

In July 2013 she started the long distance in Frankfurt for the first time and in July 2014 she finished tenth at the Ironman Germany (Ironman European Championships).

In August 2015 she won the Frankfurt City Triathlon for the third time in the sixth edition . In September she won her first victory in the middle distance at Ironman 70.3 Rügen.

At Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg, the then 30-year-old took her second victory in the middle distance in June 2016, after finishing second here the previous year.
In July she was fourth at the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurt am Main and thus third at the German championship on the long-distance triathlon. With 9:16:40 hours she set a new personal best for the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running). It has not appeared internationally since 2018.

Natascha Schmitt lives in Frankfurt am Main , works as a freelance personal trainer and supports a. a. the triathlete Bianca Grosse .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Commons : Natascha Schmitt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Natascha Schmitt
• Profile for Natascha Schmitt at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on November 26, 2014
• Profile and results of Natascha Schmitt in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 2, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Natascha Schmitt - Successes of my athletes
2. ↑ Haug and Zipf German champions for the first time (August 31, 2013)
3. ↑ Münster City Triathlon 2010: Strankmann and Schmitt become German university champions 2010
4. ↑ City Triathlon Erding 2010: Michael Raelert expected up front, surprise winner in the women
5. ↑ Ladykracher at Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau: van Vlerken challenges Gajer (February 19, 2016)
6. ↑ Natascha Schmitt dethrones Yvonne van Vlerken (September 13, 2015)
7. ↑ Results Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden 2015 (August 9, 2015)
8. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg: Gajer sovereign, Küng works (June 20, 2015)
9. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Rügen: Michael Raelert wins again (September 14, 2014)
10. ↑ Results Triathlon Portocolom 2013 (April 7, 2013)
11. ↑ IM 70.3 Germany: Raelert runs to the title
12. ↑ Powerman Zofingen: Belgian Day (September 3, 2012)
13. ↑ Jenny Schulz and Rudolf von Grot defend last year's victory