Nils Frommhold
Nils Frommhold | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 17th September 1986 (age 33) |
place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 75 kg |
societies | |
current | Triathlon Potsdam , Stadtwerke Team Witten ( Triathlon Bundesliga ), Metz Triathlon ( Grand Prix de Triathlon ) and Team Erdinger alcohol-free |
successes | |
2009 | German U23 triathlon champion |
2012, 2014 | 2 × Ironman winner |
2015 | German champion triathlon long distance |
2015-2019 | 4 × winners Ironman 70.3 |
2017 | 3rd place Ironman 70.3 European Championships |
status | |
active |
Nils Frommhold (born September 17, 1986 in Berlin ) is a German triathlete , Ironman winner (2012, 2014) and German champion in the long distance triathlon (2015). He is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance . (As of May 26, 2019)
Career
Nils Frommhold was active in swimming in his youth.
German champion triathlon U23
In 2009 he became German triathlon champion U23. He starts for the Triathlon Potsdam and Stadtwerke Team Witten clubs and in 2012 he was a member of the S-squad of the German Triathlon Union . In France, Nils Frommhold competes in the Grand Prix de Triathlon for the Metz Triathlon club .
Ironman distance winner 2012
In November 2012, he won the gold medal at the Ironman in Tempe, Arizona at his first start on the long distance (3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
In April 2014 he won the Ironman South Africa . This enabled him to qualify for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii , where he finished sixth as the third fastest German on his Hawaiian debut in October.
German champion triathlon long distance 2015
In July 2015 he won the Challenge Roth, where he had already finished second in the previous year and thus became German champion in the long-distance triathlon. With his winning time of 7:51:28 h, he set the seventh fastest time ever achieved on the long distance.
On July 31, it was announced that Nils Frommhold, the fifth man in the Kona Points Ranking System, would receive a pro starting place for the second time at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in October. The 50 highest-placed professional triathletes who collect the most points with their placements in Ironman competitions worldwide between August 31 and July 31 of the following year are each qualified for the Ironman Hawaii. He was ranked 52nd in Hawaii in 2015.
In June 2017, the 30-year-old came third at the Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Denmark.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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14th July 2019 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Astana | Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana) | ||
2nd June 2019 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland | Rapperswil-Jona | 03:56:28 | |
May 26, 2019 | 9 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Polten | 04:03:45 | |
16 Sep 2018 | DNF | Ironman 70.3 Nice | Nice | - | |
26 Aug 2018 | 1 | V-Card triathlon | Viernheim | 01:52:57 | |
5th Aug 2018 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Gdynia | Gdynia | 03:52:57 | |
27 Aug 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun | Zell am See | ||
18th June 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Elsinore | Elsinore | 03:45:25 | Third at the "Ironman 70.3 European Championships" |
May 21, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Polten | 03:56:47 | |
3rd July, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Norway | Haugesund | 03:45:05 | |
5th June 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland | Rapperswil-Jona | 03:50:38 | |
Apr 5, 2015 | 8th | Ironman 70.3 Palmas | Palmas | 04:08:27 | |
Aug 30, 2015 | 23 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships | Zell am See | 04:09:38 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
Aug 9, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Gdynia | Gdynia | 03:54:07 | |
June 21, 2015 | 6th | Challenge Heilbronn | Heilbronn | 04:05:01 | on the middle distance at the first edition |
17th May 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Polten | 03:51:38 | |
Dec 6, 2014 | 12 | Challenge Bahrain | Bahrain | 03:48:33 | at the first edition |
Sep 7 2014 | 5 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Mont-Tremblant | 03:46:25 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
June 21, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg | Remich | 03:49:05 | |
Oct 27, 2013 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Miami | Miami | 03:44:15 | |
29 Sep 2013 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Augusta | Augusta | 03:47:53 | |
Sep 2 2012 | 3 | Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl | Walchsee | 03: 53: 24.3 | Third on the half distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21 km running) |
Sep 1 2013 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Salzburg | Zell am See | 03:51:44 | |
Aug 5, 2012 | 1 | Frankfurt City Triathlon | Frankfurt am Main | 01:52:07 | First ahead of Daniel Unger (01:55:27) and Horst Reichel (01:55:38) on the Olympic distance |
Sep 12 2009 | 11 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Gold coast | 01:47:39 | Triathlon World Championship U23 |
2009 | 1 | DTU German Triathlon Championships U23 | Schliersee | German triathlon champion U23 | |
June 8, 2008 | 7th | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Vancouver | 01:55:56 | Triathlon World Championship U23 on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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April 7, 2019 | 2 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 07:40:12 | shortened swimming distance |
July 9, 2017 | DNF | Challenge Roth | Roth | - | Aborted race while in the lead after falling with the bike |
Apr 2, 2017 | 2 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 07:59:29 | |
17th July 2016 | 3 | Challenge Roth | Roth | 07:56:23 | |
Oct 10, 2015 | 52 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 09:16:44 | Ironman World Championship |
July 12, 2015 | 1 | Challenge Roth | Roth | 07:51:28 | German champion with a personal best on the long distance |
22 Mar 2015 | 5 | Ironman Melbourne | Melbourne | 08:12:58 | |
Oct 11, 2014 | 6th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:22:29 | as the third fastest German |
20th July 2014 | 2 | Challenge Roth | Roth | 08:00:39 | |
Apr 6, 2014 | 1 | Ironman South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 08:26:07 | |
Dec 1, 2012 | 5 | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 08:20:16 | |
Nov 18, 2012 | 1 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:03:16 | Winner at his first start on the long haul |
Web links
- Official website of Nils Frommhold
- Profile for Nils Frommhold at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on September 18, 2014
- Profile and results of Nils Frommhold in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 3, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal squad athletes named for 2012 (November 10, 2011)
- ↑ Ironman Arizona 2012: Frommhold wins debut (November 19, 2012)
- ↑ Nils Frommhold: I didn't even know that I could turn up the last 10 km like this (October 11, 2014)
- ↑ Kona Points Ranking System Men . In: ironman.com .
- ↑ Franz Löschke U-23 World Champion (September 14, 2009)
- ↑ Gregor Buchholz Vice World Champion U23 (June 8, 2008)
- ↑ 74 Pros Accept Ironman World Championship Slots (August 14, 2014)
- ↑ Frommhold wins at the debut (November 18, 2012)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frommhold, Nils |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |