Rob Woestenborghs

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Rob Woestenborghs (August 2008)
Rob Woestenborghs (August 2008)
Personal information
Date of birth 30th August 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Turnhout, Belgium
size 187 cm
Weight 73 kg
societies
2009-2015 Cycling Club Bourgas
successes
2008, 2013 2 × World Champion Duathlon short distance
2010 National Duathlon Champion
2013 World champion duathlon long distance
2014 European champion duathlon short distance
2014 European champion duathlon long distance
status
resigned

Rob Woestenborghs (born August 30, 1976 in Turnhout , Belgium ) is a former Belgian duathlete . He is a two-time duathlon world champion in the short distance (2008, 2013) and in the long distance (2013) and European duathlon champion in the short distance (2014) and long distance (2014).

Career

Rob Woestenborghs began his athletic career in athletics . After his sporting beginnings in athletics he started cycling and took in the years to various competitions, especially in the Duathlon , Cross Duathlon and Winter Duathlon part.

World Champion Duathlon short distance 2008

His first major international success was winning the Duathlon World Championship on the short distance in Rimini in September 2008, although he had to wait a year for the world title to be awarded: Rob Woestenborghs collided with his compatriot Jurgen Dereere on the bike course . Rob Woestenborghs finished ahead of Briton Paul Amey . After the race Jurgen Dereere challenged the result, whereupon both Woestenborghs and Dereere were disqualified by the International Triathlon Union for dangerous driving without the possibility of objection and Paul Amey initially received the world title. The disqualification of Rob Woestenborghs was objected to in October 2009 by the International Sports Court , whereupon the International Triathlon Union again corrected its result lists and Rob Woestenborghs ultimately awarded the world title.

In 2009 Rob Woestenborghs switched temporarily to cycling. For the Bulgarian team Cycling Club Bourgas he took part in races for the UCI Europe Tour . A serious fall at the Kempen Omloop forced him to take a longer injury break and ended his excursion into professional cycling.

World Champion Duathlon Short Distance 2013

With a second place at Powerman Zofingen , Rob Woestenborghs returned to the top of the world duathlon at the end of 2012 and in July 2013 he became Duathlon World Champion on the short distance for the second time in the Netherlands.

Rob Woestenborghs was supported as an athlete by the Flemish sports authority Bloso and is now an osteopath . He has two children and lives with his family in Oudenaarde .

Sporting successes

Duathlon short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Aug 24, 2014 1 ETU Duathlon European Championships AustriaAustria Weyer 01:51:49 European champion duathlon at Powerman Austria
May 31, 2014 6th ITU Duathlon World Championships SpainSpain Pontevedra 01:52:35 ITU Duathlon World Championship
July 27, 2013 1 ITU Duathlon World Championships ColombiaColombia Cali 01:43:39 ITU Duathlon World Champion (short distance)
22 Sep 2012 12 ITU Duathlon World Championships FranceFrance Nancy 01:41:57
26 Sep 2010 1 BEL Belgian Duathlon Championship BelgiumBelgium Wetteren 01:47:49 Belgian duathlon champion
03rd Sep 2010 2 ITU Duathlon World Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh 01:50:23 ITU Duathlon Vice World Champion (short distance)
27 Sep 2008 1 ITU Duathlon World Championships ItalyItaly Rimini 01:47:37 ITU Duathlon World Champion (short distance)
May 24, 2008 7th ETU Duathlon European Championships GreeceGreece Serres 1:45:45
June 26, 2007 2 ETU Duathlon European Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh 01:56:53 ETU Duathlon Vice European Champion (short distance)
May 20, 2007 11 ITU Duathlon World Championships HungaryHungary Győr 01:41:58
0Oct 7, 2006 13 ETU Duathlon European Championships ItalyItaly Rimini 01:55:08
July 29, 2006 3 ITU Duathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Corner Brook 01:51:05
25 Sep 2005 6th ITU Duathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Australia 01:58:07
May 30, 2004 24 ITU Duathlon World Championships BelgiumBelgium Geel 01:45:58
Long distance duathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Apr 12, 2015 3 ETU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Horst aan de Maas 02:27:00 European Duathlon Championships long distance
0Sep 7 2014 14th ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen
Apr 13, 2014 1 ETU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Horst aan de Maas 02:43:34 Duathlon European champion long distance
08 Sep 2013 1 ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen 06:21:39 Duathlon world champion
Apr 21, 2013 2 ETU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon European Championships NetherlandsNetherlands Horst aan de Maas 02:40:40 European Duathlon Championship
0Sep 2 2012 2 ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zofingen 06:12:34 ITU Duathlon Vice World Champion (long distance) at Powerman Zofingen
Oct 21, 2007 9 ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Richmond 03:18:37
May 28, 2006 4th ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fredericia 03:40:37

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amey takes Duathlon World Champs . Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2008 Rimini ITU Duathlon World Championships: Elite Men: Results . Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Nyström and Woestenborghs siegen, Silver for viellehner (September 10, 2013)


personal data
SURNAME Woestenborghs, Rob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian duathlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Turnhout