Ritchie Nicholls
Ritchie Nicholls | |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 12th July 1987 (age 33) |
place of birth | Montrose (Angus) , Scotland |
size | 172 cm |
Weight | 65 kg |
societies | |
Current | Team TBB |
successes | |
2005 | Junior Vice World Champion Duathlon |
2007 | U23 European triathlon champion |
2013 | Winner Ironman 70.3 European Championship |
2013-2015 | 3 × winners Ironman 70.3 |
status | |
active |
Ritchie Nicholls (born July 12, 1987 in Montrose , Scotland ) is a triathlete from the United Kingdom . He is U23 European Champion (2007), Vice World Champion Duathlon in the Juniors (2005) and won the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in 2013 .
Career
In September 2005 Nicholls was Duathlon Vice World Champion in the Juniors.
U23 European Triathlon Champion 2007
In 2007 he was U23 European triathlon champion in July and fourth in the triathlon world championship on the Olympic distance in the U23 class in Hamburg.
In May 2013 he finished fifth at the European Triathlon Championships on the middle distance in Barcelona. On August 11, 2013 he won the Ironman 70.3 Germany in Wiesbaden with a new course record of under 4 hours for the first time. With his winning time of 3:56:55 h he undercut the previous record of last year's German winner Michael Raelert, who did not start after an injury, by 7 minutes.
He is trained by Brett Sutton and starts for the TBB team . In May 2015 he was tenth at the European Championships on the triathlon middle distance.
Private
Ritchie Nicholls has been married to Irish triathlete Eimear Mullan (* 1982) since March 2016 . The two live in Portstewart.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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19th Feb 2017 | 2 | Bangsaen triathlon | Bangkok | Second behind Michael Raelert (1.5 km swimming, 75 km cycling and 15 km running) | |
5th July 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Norway | Haugesund | 03:52:03 | |
May 24, 2015 | 10 | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships | Rimini | 04:16:50 | European championship on the middle distance as part of the Challenge Rimini |
Apr 25, 2015 | 2 | Challenge Fuerteventura | Fuerteventura | 04:03:10 | Second on the half distance |
Oct 26, 2014 | 2 | Challenge Sardinia | Forte Village | 03: 57: 13.00 | Second on the half distance |
6 Sep 2014 | 3 | Triathlon de Gérardmer | Gerardmer | Third in the Vosges | |
31 Aug 2014 | 2 | Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl | Walchsee | 03:51:55 | |
15th June 2014 | 3 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:26:32 | |
May 10, 2014 | 3 | Challenge Rimini | Rimini | Third on the half distance | |
Aug 11, 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Germany | Wiesbaden | 03:56:55 | Winner of the Ironman 70.3 European Championship with a new course record |
July 24, 2013 | 1 | Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez | Alpe d'Huez | 05:40:01 | |
July 7, 2013 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Norway | Haugesund | ||
June 16, 2013 | 1 | UK Ironman 70.3 | Somerset | 04:15:04 | Victory at the first start on the Ironman 70.3 distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) |
May 19, 2013 | 5 | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships | Barcelona | 04:15:20 | European Championship in the middle distance as part of the Half Challenge Barcelona |
July 30, 2011 | 1 | London triathlon | London | ||
Aug 31, 2007 | 4th | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championship U23 | Hamburg | 01:49:44 | Triathlon World Championship on the Olympic distance in the U23 class (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
July 21, 2007 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 | Kuopio | 01:48:57 | U23 European Champion |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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26 Sep 2015 | 5 | Ironman Mallorca | Alcúdia | 08:32:47 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Jan. 22, 2017 | 2 | Powerman Thailand | Nakhon Nayok | 02:46:46 | |
Jan. 19, 2013 | 1 | International Lanzarote Duathlon | Lanzarote | 00:58:13 | |
5th Sep 2010 | 5 | ITU Duathlon World Championship U23 | Edinburgh | 01:57:43 | Duathlon World Championship U23 |
25 Sep 2005 | 2 | ITU Duathlon World Championship Junior Men | Newcastle | 01:01:58 | Silver in the juniors (5 km run, 20 km bike ride and 2.5 km run) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official website of Ritchie Nicholls
- Profile for Ritchie Nicholls at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed May 20, 2014
- Ritchie Nicholls' profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 29, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Almost barefoot. August 11, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013 .
- ↑ Alpe D'Huez Triathlon: Mountains fed up! (July 25, 2013)
- ↑ 70.3 UK: Mullan and Nicholls win, Möller third (June 17, 2013)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nicholls, Ritchie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British triathlete and European champion on half the Ironman distance |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montrose , Scotland |