Petr Vabroušek

0 Petr Vabroušek
at the Challenge Taiwan , 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	27th September 1973 (age 46)
place of birth	Prague , Czech Republic
size	184 cm
Weight	80 kg
societies
Current	Titan Sport Club Kudlov
successes
1995	National Duathlon Champion
1999	Vice European champion long distance triathlon
2000	2 × Ironman winner
1998-2015	5 × National Long Distance Triathlon Champion
2017	3rd place national championship triathlon long distance
status
active

Petr Vabroušek (born September 27, 1973 in Prague ) is a Czech triathlete . He is runner-up European long-distance champion (1999), Ironman winner (2000) and multiple national champion in long-distance triathlon (2011-2015).

Career

Rowing 1982–1993

Vabroušek and his brothers were active in rowing for eleven years until 1993. His brother Michal Vabroušek (* 1975), who is two years his junior, is an active rower and competed in the 1996 and 2004 Olympic Games.

Triathlon short distance since 1989

As a 16-year-old Petr Vabroušek started his first triathlon in 1989 and stayed with it from 1993.
As an athlete, he is characterized by a special form of training: His preparation consists of completing around 50 endurance competitions of all kinds per year.

Long distance triathlon since 1993

In 1995 he became the Czech state duathlon champion.

In 1999 he became vice-European champion on the long distance triathlon in Almere.

The frequent starter Petr Vabroušek had already successfully completed six Ironman triathlons and two semi-Ironman competitions in the first half of 2008. In March 2011 he made his 100th start on the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in New Zealand and at the end of 2011 he had already successfully completed 108 long distance races look back. He is a member of the Titan Sport Club Kudlov and the triathlete with the most starts in the long distance worldwide. He also holds the record with 79 top ten placements in Ironman races and so far he has won twice. (As of April 2017).

In 2013 he won the marathon race and the 100-kilometer run at the Antarctic Ice Marathon . In 2015 he was able to win the marathon in the arctic ice again.

In September 2014 he finished fifth at the ETU Long Distance European Championship. As the second Czech after Jan Strangmüller (2000), he won the Austria Triathlon in September 2015 , after finishing third and second twice in previous years.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Petr Vabroušek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Petr Vabroušek
• Homepage of Petr Vabroušek until 2013 ( Memento from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English, Czech)
• Profile for Petr Vabroušek at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 17, 2014
• Profile and results of Petr Vabroušek in the ITU database on Triathlon.org , accessed on November 18, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait of Petr Vabroušek
2. ↑ History of ATEX Sportswear
3. ↑ The Ironman Wolverine. July 13, 2008, accessed January 11, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Petr Vabrousek: Family man. Ironman. ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2012 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. (March 12, 2012) 
5. ↑ http://www.tri226.de/ironman-results.php?language=ge&ath_most=stop10_m
6. ↑ Cool Competition at the 2015 North Pole Marathon
7. ↑ BELL AND STEVENS TAKE IRONMAN 70.3 CANCUN ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2014 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. 
8. ↑ Back to Back Wins for Vabrousek at Israman Triathlon
9. ↑ Jensen, Li Take Ironman Japan Titles in Debut Event ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (August 31, 2013) 
10. ↑ Triathlon Podersdorf 2013 (August 24, 2013)
11. ^ Carter and Hammond Win the Inaugural MetaMan Bintan Triathlon
12. ↑ Swoboda won the Austrian Championship triathlon title in Podersdorf (August 25, 2012)
13. ^ Ironman Cairns: McCormack's longest training day
14. ↑ Andreas Fuchs in Podersdorf state champion on the Ironman distance
15. ↑ Vabrousek vyhrál mistrovství Slovenska
16. ^ Triathlon: Whyte and Granger win in Wanaka
17. ↑ Petr Vabroušek at the Ironman Florida 2010
18. ^ Rapp and McGlone take Arizona
19. ↑ Challenge Wanaka results (PDF)