Per van Vlerken

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Triathlon
GermanyGermany 0 Per van Vlerken
at the Rheintal Duathlon, 2013
at the Rheintal Duathlon , 2013
Personal information
Date of birth 20th March 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Leipzig, Germany
societies
Until 2014 Team TBB
Since 2016 IBH Pro Triathlon Team and triathlon foxes Osterburg
successes
2015 Third German championship triathlon long distance
status
active

Per van Vlerken (* March 20, 1985 in Leipzig as Per Bittner ) is a German duathlete and triathlete . He is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Per Bittner has been running triathlons since 1991, he started his first triathlon at the age of seven and is now coached by Guido Vroemen . He mainly starts on the medium and long distance and this mostly as part of the Challenge series . His greatest success so far was winning the middle distance at the Half-Challenge Barcelona in 2012.

In July 2013, Bittner made it to the Ironman podium for the first time with his third place in Zurich and he was thus able to qualify for a starting place at the Ironman World Championships, the Ironman Hawaii , which will take place in October 2013 , where he finished 32nd.

Until 2014 he started as a professional athlete for the TBB team . In the 2015 season he does not belong to any team.

3rd place German championship triathlon long distance

In July 2015, after 8:04:29 h, he finished fourth at the Challenge Roth with a personal best on the long distance . He has been competing for the IBH Pro Triathlon Team from Leipzig since the 2016 season .

Per Bittner married the Dutch triathlete Yvonne van Vlerken (* 1978) in July 2018 and has since started as Per van Vlerken . In October 2019, the 34-year-old finished sixth at Ironman Malaysia .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year space competition venue time comment
0Oct 5, 2019 10 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote SpainSpain Lanzarote 03:51:41 Run without swimming
Nov 17, 2018 3 Laguna Phuket Triathlon ThailandThailand Phuket 02:24:02
Oct 21, 2018 2 Challenge Kanchanaburi ThailandThailand Kanchanaburi 03:18:17 Middle distance
0Sep 9 2018 11 Ironman 70.3 Rügen GermanyGermany Binz 04:00:47
26 Aug 2018 6th Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon AustriaAustria Bregenz 03: 58: 51.4
July 22, 2018 1 Leipzig triathlon GermanyGermany Leipzig 01:53:54 successful title defense on the Olympic distance
Oct 14, 2017 14th Challenge Peguera Mallorca SpainSpain Peguera 04:08:43
26 Aug 2017 3 Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon AustriaAustria Bregenz
 July 2017 1 Leipzig triathlon GermanyGermany Leipzig
May 21, 2017 18th Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 04:18:43
Oct 23, 2016 1 Challenge Aruba ArubaAruba Aruba 04:03:18 Double victory with Yvonne van Vlerken
06 Aug 2016 2 Challenge Fredericia DenmarkDenmark Fredericia 03:49:41 in the first edition with 18 seconds behind in second place
0Feb 7, 2016 5 Ironman 70.3 Geelong AustraliaAustralia Geelong 03:57:40
Dec 13, 2015 2 Ironman 70.3 Ballarat AustraliaAustralia Ballarat 03:55:16
23 Aug 2015 3 Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl AustriaAustria Walchsee 03:55:17
June 14, 2015 1 Triathlon Ingolstadt GermanyGermany Ingolstadt 01:52:37 Olympic distance winner
17th May 2015 6th Ironman 70.3 Austria AustriaAustria St. Polten 04:01:04
29 Mar 2015 3 Challenge Batemans Bay AustraliaAustralia Batemans Bay 04:06:48
Feb. 27, 2015 23 Challenge Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai 03:56:01 at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series"
May 10, 2014 7th Challenge Rimini ItalyItaly Rimini 04: 12: 58.90 on the half-distance
Apr 26, 2014 9 Challenge Fuerteventura SpainSpain Fuerteventura 04:10:57
  2014 2 Mostiman triathlon AustriaAustria Wallsee
25 Aug 2013 2 ICAN Germany GermanyGermany Nordhausen 03:58:36 at the first edition of the Spanish ICAN triathlon series in Germany
July 21, 2013 1 Mostiman triathlon AustriaAustria Wallsee 01:54:00 Winner in the Mostviertel on the Olympic distance
June 16, 2013 3 Ironman 70.3 Berlin GermanyGermany Berlin
0Oct 2, 2012 1 Cologne 226 Half GermanyGermany Cologne 03:55:06
Aug 21, 2012 2 Challenge Vichy FranceFrance Vichy Second place in the event shortened to the half distance
June 10, 2012 10 ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Kraichgau 03:59:56 European Championship on the half distance as part of the Challenge Kraichgau
May 27, 2012 1 Half Challenge Barcelona SpainSpain Barcelona 03:50:35 Victory ahead of Stanislav Krylov and Raul Amatriain Arraizz .
May 29, 2011 2 Half Challenge Barcelona SpainSpain Barcelona 03:50:18 on the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 85 km cycling and 21.1 km running)
Long distance triathlon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
Oct. 26, 2019 6th Ironman Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia Langkawi 09:01:29
0Oct 7, 2018 19th Ironman Barcelona SpainSpain Calella 08:31:07
04th Aug 2018 8th Ironman Tallinn EstoniaEstonia Tallinn 08:19:44
03rd Dec 2017 8th Ironman Western Australia AustraliaAustralia Busselton 07:50:37 shortened course without swimming as a duathlon
04th Mar 2017 7th Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 08:44:13
0Oct 8, 2016 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii -
17th July 2016 8th Challenge Roth GermanyGermany Roth 08:21:28
Feb 20, 2016 5 Challenge Wanaka New ZealandNew Zealand Wanaka
0Dec 6, 2015 3 Ironman Western Australia AustraliaAustralia Busselton 08:19:15
0Oct 4, 2015 3 Ironman Barcelona SpainSpain Calella 08:06:24 personal best Ironman time
July 12, 2015 3 DTU German Championship Triathlon Long Distance GermanyGermany Roth 08:04:29 personal best time on the long distance at the German championship on the triathlon long distance and fourth place at the Challenge Roth
22 Mar 2015 9 Ironman Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 08:25:17
07th Dec 2014 3 Ironman Western Australia AustraliaAustralia Busselton 08:14:37
0Nov 1, 2014 6th Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City 07:33:47 The race was held without the swimming distance.
28 Sep 2014 8th Ironman Chattanooga United StatesUnited States Chattanooga 08:30:59 Eighth in the first edition in Tennessee
0Nov 2, 2013 DNF Ironman Florida United StatesUnited States Panama City -
Oct 12, 2013 32 Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Big Island 08:53:38 Ironman World Championships
July 28, 2013 3 Ironman Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:49:07
24 Mar 2013 6th Ironman Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Melbourne 07:58:27 Due to the weather conditions, the swimming distance had to be carried out on a greatly shortened course.
02nd Mar 2013 7th Abu Dhabi International Triathlon Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi Abu Dhabi 06:58:57
Sep 30 2012 3 Challenge Barcelona-Maresme SpainSpain Barcelona 08:22:14
0July 8, 2012 9 ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Roth 08:22:51 European triathlon championship on the long distance at Challenge Roth
0Oct 2, 2011 2 Challenge Barcelona-Maresme SpainSpain Barcelona 08:18:53
Duathlon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
Apr 30, 2017 5 Rhine Valley Duathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marbach 00:51:22 Run 4 km, cycle 17 km and run 4 km
Apr 28, 2013 4th Rhine Valley Duathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marbach 00:51:58
marathon
Date / year space competition venue time comment
April 20, 2015 Leipzig marathon GermanyGermany Leipzig 02:43:08

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official homepage of Per Bittner (August 14, 2015)
  2. ↑ Hawaii qualification: Twelve German professionals included (July 29, 2013)
  3. ↑ Triathlon podcast: Yvonne van Vlerken & Per Bittner (August 7, 2015)
  4. ↑ FREDERIC FUNK WINS THE IRONMAN 70.3 LANZAROTE (October 5, 2019)
  5. ↑ Around 1500 participants sweat at the Leipzig Triathlon (July 22, 2918)
  6. ↑ BITTNER AND VAN VLERKEN WIN THE CHALLENGE ARUBA (October 24, 2016)
  7. ↑ Triathlon Ingolstadt 2015: Bittner and Möller win, Van Vlerken dominates half distance (June 14, 2015)
  8. ↑ Van Vlerken wins the final sprint, Bittner third (March 30, 2015)
  9. ↑ ICAN Germany Nordhausen - Potrebitsch before Bittner, home win for Konschak (August 26, 2013)
  10. ↑ First victory: Per Bittner wins Challenge Barcelona on Tri2b.com (accessed on March 27, 2013)
  11. ↑ Ironman Western Australia: Bozzone wins Duathlon (December 3, 2017)
  12. ^ Triathlon - Challenge Roth: Cunnama wins Challenge Roth of the triathletes . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung .
personal data
SURNAME Vlerken, Per van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bittner, Per
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig