Nikolaus Wihlidal

0 Nikolaus Wihlidal
Personal information
Date of birth	5th April 1981 (age 39)
place of birth	Vienna , Austria
Nickname	Niko
size	177 cm
Weight	69 kg
societies
Current	Top team Tri Lower Austria
successes
2012	Vice-state champion triathlon long distance
2012, 2015	2 × Vice-State Champion Triathlon short distance
2014, 2017, 2018	3 × national champion triathlon short distance
2017	European triathlon champion age 35–39
2017	World champion triathlon AG 35–39
status
active

Nikolaus Wihlidal (born April 5, 1981 in Vienna ) is an Austrian triathlete and three-time and national champion over the Olympic distance (2014, 2017, 2018). He is included in the best list of Austrian triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

At Ironman Austria Nikolaus Wihlidal finished in July 2011, the eleventh and on the Danube Island, he was in June 2012 Vice-champion over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run).
In August, Wihlidal also became Vice State Champion on the long distance triathlon at Lake Neusiedl.

State champion triathlon short distance 2014 and 2017

At the Trumer Triathlon , Wihlidal was triathlon state champion over the Olympic distance in July 2014 and in October he came second in the half marathon on Lake Constance.

In August 2016 he won the Krems Triathlon on the Olympic distance for the second time after 2013 , after winning the sprint distance here in 2014. In July 2017 he became national champion in the short distance triathlon for the second time at the Mostiman Triathlon .

Age group European and World Champion 2017

In June 2017 Nikolaus Wihlidal was triathlon European champion in the age group 35-39 at the Olympic distance in Kitzbühel. In September he also became world champion in his age group in Rotterdam. The then 37-year-old became Austrian national champion over the Olympic distance for the third time on July 14th at the Mostiman Triathlon .

In June 2019 he finished second on the short distance at the Chiemsee Triathlon .

Nikolaus Wihlidal lives with his partner in Wolfsgraben .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Profile and results of Nikolaus Wihlidal in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 29, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Successful premiere for the Traismauer Triathlon (August 4th, 2019)
2. ↑ The Gmundner Triathlon 2014 is history!
3. ↑ Nikolaus Wihlidal becomes Austrian national champion (July 23, 2014)
4. ↑ Wihlidal and Slavinec middle distance state champions (July 20, 2014)
5. ↑ Wihlidal wins Olympic distance (August 25, 2013)
6. ↑ Mostiman goes to Lisa Hütthaler; Nikolaus Wihlidal comes second ( Memento from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (July 23, 2012)
7. ↑ Swoboda won the Austrian Championship triathlon title in Podersdorf (August 25, 2012)