Olaf Sabatschus

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Personal information
Date of birth 2nd June 1971 (age 49)
place of birth Cologne
size 174 cm
Weight 70 kg
societies
successes
1992 German champion duathlon
1995 Vice world champion duathlon long distance
2004-2008 3 × Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2009

Olaf Sabatschus (born June 2, 1971 in Cologne ) is a former German duathlete and triathlete . He is German duathlon champion (1992), vice world champion in the long distance duathlon (1995) and he is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

After a few years of modern pentathlon and swimming, Olaf Sabatschus started his first triathlon in 1987 at the age of 17 in Kerpen. His twin brother Ingo Sabatschus is also active as a triathlete. In 1992 he started the long distance in Roth for the first time and he was active as a triathlon professional since 1992.

Vice world champion on the long distance duathlon in 1995

In September 1995 he finished second at the Duathlon World Championship over the long distance in Zofingen , Switzerland.

Cancer 2006

The father of two, Sabatschus, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in November 2006 . Olaf Sabatschus was able to win the fight against the tumor and celebrated his comeback in May 2007 with seventh place in Florianópolis at the Ironman Brazil .

Ironman winner 2008

In 2008 he won the Ironman China . In July 2009 he declared his professional career over after the Challenge Roth .

Olaf Sabatschus organizes training camps and supports athletes with training planning. Since June 2012 he has been employed as sports director on Fuerteventura.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 15, 2008 3 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
June 17, 2007 1 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
June 19, 2005 2 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
June 20, 2004 2 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
June 22, 2003 1 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
  2003 1 Cologne Classic GermanyGermany Cologne Triathlon over the middle distance
June 16, 2002 3 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
  2001 1 Cologne Classic GermanyGermany Cologne
June 17, 2001 3 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
June 18, 2000 2 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn
May 30, 1999 1 Bonn triathlon GermanyGermany Bonn due to the flooding of the Rhine, held as a duathlon (10 km running, 60 km cycling and 5 km running)
  1996 1 Cologne Classic GermanyGermany Cologne
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 12, 2009 6th Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:06:01
May 23, 2009 3 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Puerto del Carmen 08:59:03
May 25, 2008 2 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis 08:38:57
Apr 20, 2008 1 Ironman China China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Haikou 08:52:14
  2008 1 Cologne 226 GermanyGermany Cologne 08:31:00 Triathlon over the Ironman distance
  2008 1 Inferno triathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernese Oberland 08:53:17
0Sep 9 2007 1 Bodensee Tri Challenge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rorschach 09:02:25 Sabatschus was able to repeat his victory from the previous year
May 27, 2007 7th Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis successful comeback
Sep 10 2006 1 Bodensee Tri Challenge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rorschach 08:44:34
May 28, 2006 3 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis 08:25:28
May 28, 2005 1 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis 08:50:56
Oct 16, 2004 13 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:12:33
Aug 28, 2004 3 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton
04th July 2004 3 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:21:54
May 29, 2004 1 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis 08:19:32
  2003 2 Ironman Brazil BrazilBrazil Florianópolis
Oct 19, 2002 10 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:46:18
0July 7, 2002 3 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:27:05
July 12, 1999 2 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:07:45
0Oct 1, 1994 5 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:34:42
Oct. 30, 1993 10 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:34:08
  1992 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 08:27
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  2001 3 Powerman Zofingen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen
0Nov 5, 2000 4th Powerman Gran Canaria SpainSpain Gran Canaria 02:31:40
  2000 3 Powerman Zofingen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen Third at the Duathlon World Championship over the long distance
  2000 1 Powerman Japan JapanJapan
  1995 2 ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen Vice world champion behind the Swiss Urs Dellsperger at Powerman Zofingen
  1992 1 DTU German Duathlon Championships GermanyGermany German duathlon champion on the short distance (10 km first run, 40 km cycling and 5 km second run)
marathon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Dec 4, 1999 1 Siebengebirgsmarathon GermanyGermany Aegidienberg 02:43:03
0Apr 6, 1997 1 Hanover marathon GermanyGermany Hanover 01:04:51 Victory in the half marathon

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Olaf Sabatschus (Written by Olaf Sabatschus)
  2. ↑ Sportwelt Verlag: Athletenportrait Olaf Sabatschus ( Memento from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Bert and Bella Blast Lanzarote
  4. ↑ Bodensee Tri Challenge: Sabatschus defends title (September 10, 2007)
  5. ↑ Bodensee Tri Challenge: Schücker and Sabatschus win
personal data
SURNAME Sabatschus, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne