Péter Kropkó

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HungaryHungary 0 Péter Kropkó
Personal information
Date of birth 1st September 1963 (age 56)
place of birth Miskolc, Hungary
societies
successes
1995 Vice-European Champion Duathlon short distance
1996-2004 5 × Ironman winner
status
resigned

Péter Kropkó (born September 1, 1963 in Miskolc ) is a former Hungarian duathlete and triathlete .

Career

Kropkó has been participating in Ironman competitions since 1988 and was the first Hungarian to qualify for the World Championship in Hawaii ( Ironman Hawaii ) at the first Ironman Europe in Roth . In 1995 he became vice-European champion on the short distance duathlon.

At almost 41 years of age, Kropkó won a long-distance triathlon in Japan in July 2004. Péter Kropkó was able to finish an Ironman over the long distance as the winner five times (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running). He has not appeared internationally since 2015.

He lives in Budapest with his wife . Their children, Márta (* 2003), Marci and the younger twin children are also active in the triathlon.

Sporting successes

Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 17, 2005 9 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:58:43
  2005 23 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:46:41
  2005 2 Ironman Japan JapanJapan Goto Islands 08:51:52
  2004 1 Ironman Japan JapanJapan Goto Islands 08:45:39
  2003 2 Strongman All Japan Triathlon JapanJapan Miyakojima 07:50:09
  2003 3 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:34:47
Apr 21, 2002 1 Strongman All Japan Triathlon JapanJapan Miyakojima 07:51:22
0Aug 5, 2001 1 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:29:49 Péter Kropkó wins for the second time in Zurich .
Apr 15, 2001 1 Strongman All Japan Triathlon JapanJapan Miyako Islands 07:33:43 Winner alongside Megumi Shigaki in the women
0Aug 6, 2000 2 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:21:05
  2000 7th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:39:18
  2000 1 Strongman All Japan Triathlon JapanJapan Miyakojima 07: 40.25
0Aug 1, 1999 1 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:32:51
  1999 1 Strongman All Japan Triathlon JapanJapan Miyakojima 07:30:05
0Aug 2, 1998 3 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:33:14
  1997 1 Yanmar Ironman Japan JapanJapan Lake Biwa A few hundred meters from the finish line, Péter Kropkó was able to overtake the American Michael McCormack , who had been leading for a long time .
  1996 7th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:34:55
June 30, 1996 1 Yanmar Ironman Japan JapanJapan Lake Biwa 08:50:50
  1995 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii -
0July 9, 1995 4th Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 08:29:36
July 10, 1994 2 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth 08:03:35 second place behind the German Jürgen Zäck with a new personal best time on the long distance
July 10, 1993 3 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth
  1993 15th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:37:25
  1993 3 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 08:44:52
05th Sep 1992 1 Austria triathlon AustriaAustria Podersdorf Due to the weather, the competition had to be held as a duathlon.
  1991 4th Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo
July 13, 1991 3 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth
July 14, 1990 2 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth
  1988 40 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii
July 30, 1988 5 Ironman Europe GermanyGermany Roth Qualification for the World Long Distance Championship in Hawaii
Duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
  1995 2 ETU Duathlon European Championships HungaryHungary Veszprém Vice European champion behind the Swiss Urs Dellsperger

DNF - Did Not Finish

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Perseverance Paid Off For Ironman Japan Winners Kropkó, Hori ( Memento from December 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Triathlon: Ironman Switzerland - Deuxième succès de Peter Kropko
  3. ↑ Strongman Triathlon Results (April 15, 2001)
  4. ↑ Duathlon - European Championships
personal data
SURNAME Kropkó, Péter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian duathlete and triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Miskolc