Pauli Kiuru

0 Pauli Kiuru
as the winner of the Ironman Europe 1990 in Roth
Personal information
Date of birth	8th December 1962 (age 57)
place of birth	Valkeakoski, Finland
Nickname	Mr. Polar
societies
successes
1987, 1997	2 × Third European Championship Triathlon long distance
1989-1994	7 × Ironman winner
1992	National Duathlon Champion
1993	National champion triathlon short distance
1993	National champion triathlon middle distance
1993	2nd place Ironman Hawaii
status
Resigned in 1998

Pauli Kiuru (born December 8, 1962 in Valkeakoski ) is a former Finnish triathlete . He is a multiple Ironman winner and runner-up in Ironman Hawaii (1993).

Career

Pauli Kiuru was one of the first Europeans who was able to stage himself internationally on the long distance triathlon in the 1980s and 1990s.

"Mr. Polar ”, as it was also called, achieved eight victories in the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) - the last time in October 1994.

3rd place ETU European Championship Long Distance 1987

In 1987 and again ten years later in August 1997 he was third at the ETU long distance European championship .

In March 1990, he won the Ironman New Zealand in a very tight decision after 8:39:12 a.m. in the final sprint - only a tenth of a second ahead of the American Ken Glah .
In 1990 and 1991 he was also able to win the Ironman Europe (Ironman European Championships) in Roth .

In 1992 he became national champion in the short and middle distance triathlon as well as duathlon state champion (short distance).

2nd place Ironman World Championships 1993

After Pauli Kiuru finished third in Hawaii in 1990 and 1992, he finished second at the Ironman Hawaii in 1993 .

Pauli Kiuru (2017)

In 1998, the then 35-year-old announced his retirement from competitive sports.

Since 2011 Pauli Kiuru has been a member of the Pirkanmaa constituency for the National Assembly Party in the Finnish Parliament .

Awards

• In 1997 he was the first athlete to be nominated for the Australia Hall of Fame .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Homepage of Pauli Kiuru (Finnish)
• Pauli Kiuru in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Profile for Pauli Kiuru at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed June 25, 2015
• Profile and results of Pauli Kiuru in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 5, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ETU European Triathlon Long Distance Championships ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Ironmanlife: Ironman New Zealand 1990
3. ↑ Curriculum Vitae of Pauli Kiuru (English)
4. ↑ Where Are They Now? Pauli Kiuru (January 26, 2014)
5. ↑ Results Ironman Canada 1996 ( Memento from August 2, 1997 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Race Results, Ironman Australia . Archived from the original on April 12, 2010.
7. ^ Origin of the triathlon . Archived from the original on March 19, 2005.
8. ↑ Hawaii Ironman History . In: 3athlon.de . 2001. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007.