Radka Kahlefeldt

0 Radka Kahlefeldt
Radka Kahlefeldt (then Vodičková) in Stockholm, 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	7th November 1984 (age 35)
place of birth	Jablonec nad Nisou , Czech Republic
Nickname	Wheel
size	171 cm
Weight	55 kg
societies
Current	"Ekol Team" (Czech Republic) and "Wildcats Swiss Triathlon Team" (Switzerland)
successes
2006	European champion winter triathlon U23
2007	Vice European Champion Duathlon
2008	European champion duathlon
2014	6th place Ironman 70.3 World Championship
2014-2019	12 × Winner Ironman 70.3
status
active

Radka Kahlefeldt (born November 7, 1984 in Jablonec nad Nisou as Radka Vodičková ) is a triathlete of Czech origin who competes for Australia today . She is U23 European winter triathlon champion (2006), European duathlon champion (2008) and Olympic athlete (2012).

Career

Radka Vodičková spent her childhood together with her sister, who was three years her junior, in an industrial city in the Czech Republic. When her father took a job as a tennis coach on the border between Austria and Switzerland, her mother moved with her when she was seven years old. Two and a half years later they moved to Jablonec nad Nisou , where Vodičková u. a. Cross-country skiing, mountain biking, swimming, racing cycling and running. As a teenager, she joined a triathlon club in the region.

In the Czech Republic, Radka Vodičková started for the Brno elite club Ekol Team, studied sports science at Masaryk University in Brno and was a member of the Czech national team.

U23 European Champion Winter Triathlon 2006

In March 2006 she became the U23 European Winter Triathlon Champion in Italy.

Since 2008 Radka Vodičková, like Daniela Ryf , belonged to the Swiss junior elite team Wildcats Swiss Triathlon Team . B. win the Uster Triathlon and the Züri Triathlon .

European Duathlon Champion 2008

In 2008 she became the European duathlon champion on the short distance (10 km running, 40 km cycling and 5 km running), after having won the title of runner-up the previous year. In the same year Radka Vodičková started in the German Bundesliga for the Krefeld Kanu Klub and won silver at the European Cup in Schliersee. She also competed in Spain in 2008 and 2009 for the Catalan club CN Reus Ploms and was able to win the Duatlón Villa Madrid , for example .

In addition to ITU World Cups and the ITU World Championship Series , Radka Vodičková also competed successfully in other competitions: In December 2009, she won the Powerman Malaysia and in 2009, 2011 and 2012 the Laguna Phuket Triathlon .

2012 Summer Olympics

Since 2012 she has also competed in races over half the Ironman distance (also middle distance or Ironman 70.3 : 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 20th. In 2014 she finished sixth at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships and in September 2016 she finished ninth in Australia.

In April 2017 she came second in the first Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou .

Radka Kahlefeldt won the 2019 World Challenge Series ; next to the Belgian Pieter Heemeryck for the men.

Private

Radka Kahlefeldt grew up in her place of birth Jablonec nad Nisou in the north of the Czech Republic, later lived in Hellikon in Switzerland and since May 2017 in Australia. She has been married to the Australian triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt (* 1979) since December 2016 . In July 2017, the pair announced on social media that they were expecting offspring in early 2018 and their daughter was born in January.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Commons : Radka Vodičková  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile for Radka Kahlefeldt at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 11, 2016
• Radka Kahlefeldt's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on August 11, 2020.
• Radka Kahlefeldt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PROfile: Radka Vodickova In: triathlete.com September 19, 2014.
2. ↑ Triatlonistka Vodičková se třetí zaskvěla příčkou v závodu Světového poháru. Retrieved February 19, 2010 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Radka Vodičkovás Swiss results ( memento of March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on February 19, 2010.
4. ↑ Schildknecht won over Aigroz ( Memento of July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on February 19, 2010.
5. ↑ Reinhard Standke: Züri Triathlon (VW-circuit) - As in Murten, the winners on the Landiwiese are Mikaël Aigroz and Radka Vodickova In: Swiss Triathlon . July 12, 2008.
6. ↑ Guido Pesch: bad luck on the Schliersee. Krefelder Kanu Klub, August 22, 2008, accessed on May 19, 2014 . 
7. ↑ La plomista Radka Vodickova, campiona del rànquing europeu de triatló. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 6, 2011 ; Retrieved February 23, 2010 . 
8. ↑ Radka Vodickova y Andrés del Castillo, campeones ( Memento of 3 October 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on 23 February, 2010.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Radka Vodičková at the Powerman of Malaysia 2009 ( memento of March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
10. ↑ German and Czech shine at Laguna Phuket Triathlon December 7, 2009.
11. ^ Don and Seymour light up Liuzhou (April 2, 2017).
12. ↑ CHALLENGE FAMILY: RADKA KAHLEFELDT AND PIETER HEEMERYCK ARE THE BEST IN 2019 (December 16, 2019)
13. ↑ Profile and results of Radka Kahlefeldt in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on May 19, 2014 (English).
14. ↑ Daniela Ryf secures her fifth Ironman 70.3 world title (September 7, 2019)
15. ↑ Beijing International Triathlon - BROWNLEE WINS BEFORE BLUMMENFELT AND SCHOEMAN (September 24, 2018)
16. ↑ Gruber and Steger at 575 Keszthely Triathlon in second place (June 10, 2018)
17. ↑ The Championship: Lucy Charles, Lionel Sanders repeat in Samorin (June 4, 2018)
18. ↑ Steger in Hungary only beaten by Raelert, Herlbauer wins
19. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WM: TIM REED WRESTLES SEBASTIAN KIENLE DOWN IN THE FINAL PRINT (September 4, 2016)
20. ↑ Kahlefeldt and Vodickova win Challenge Batemans Bay ( Memento from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Challenge Family (accessed on March 16, 2014)
21. ↑ Ironman 70.3: Title defense in San Juan (March 18, 2012)
22. ↑ Zaferes, Vodickova take Pacific Grove (10 September 2011)
23. ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon ( Memento from May 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (December 6, 2009)
24. ↑ Laguna Phuket Triathlon: Jan Frodeno alone in front
25. ^ Powerman Malaysia Report. Accessed December 30, 2019 . 
26. ↑ Duathlon EM: Morrison and Vansteelant win. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 9, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )