Rubén Ruzafa

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Triathlon
SpainSpain 0 Rubén Ruzafa
at the Mountain Bike Worldcup, September 2009
at the Mountain Bike Worldcup, September 2009
Personal information
Date of birth 9th September 1984 (age 35)
place of birth Málaga, Spain
societies
successes
2005 World champion mountain bike relay
2008-2014 3 × World Champion Xterra
2013, 2017 2 × Vice World Champion ITU Cross-Triathlon
2014-2018 4 × world champion ITU cross triathlon
2015 European champion Xterra
2016 European champion ETU cross triathlon
2016 Vice World Champion Xterra
status
active

Rubén Ruzafa Cueto (born September 9, 1984 in Málaga ) is a Spanish mountain bike professional and triathlete . In cross triathlon he is seven-time and reigning world champion (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) and two-time European champion (Xterra 2015, ETU 2016).

Career

At the Mountain Bike World Championships in 2005, Ruzafa won the relay championship.

Rubén Ruzafa, originally from Málaga, increasingly started in cross triathlon (off-road triathlon with mountain bike instead of racing bike).

World Champion Xterra Cross-Triathlon 2008, 2013 and 2014

In October 2008 he won the world championship title on the Pacific island of Maui ahead of the Austrian Michael Weiss .
In July 2013 he was ITU Vice World Champion Cross Triathlon in the Netherlands and in October he was able to repeat his success from 2008 and again won the title of Xterra World Champion Cross Triathlon.

ITU world champion cross triathlon 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018

In August 2014 he became ITU world champion cross triathlon in Germany. In October he was also able to win the Xterra World Championship in Hawaii for the third time.

In September 2015 he became Xterra European Champion in England. Only a few weeks later he won the ITU World Championship title again in Sardinia in cross triathlon after his success the previous year. In November he finished third at the Xterra World Championship.

In Hawaii he became Xterra Vice World Champion Cross Triathlon in October 2016.

In July 2018, the then 33-year-old became ITU world champion cross triathlon for the fourth time.

Sporting successes

Cross triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct. 27, 2019 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui
July 10, 2018 1 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships DenmarkDenmark Fyn 02:06:04 ITU world champion cross triathlon for the fourth time
23 Aug 2017 2 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships CanadaCanada Penticton 02:09:36 Vice world champion cross triathlon
02nd July 2017 1 Xterra France FranceFrance Xonrupt 03:27:52 fourth win in a row
Nov 19, 2016 1 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships AustraliaAustralia Snowy Mountains 02:34:25 ITU world champion cross triathlon for the third time in a row
Oct 23, 2016 2 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:51:03 Xterra Vice World Champion
03rd July, 2016 1 Xterra France FranceFrance Xonrupt 03:07:00
June 25, 2016 1 ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vallée de Joux 02:47:58 European champion cross triathlon
Apr 17, 2016 1 Xterra Reunion FranceFrance Reunion
0Nov 1, 2015 3 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:40:40 World championship cross triathlon
26 Sep 2015 1 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships ItalyItaly Orosei 02:13:11 ITU world champion cross triathlon
0Sep 1 2015 1 Xterra European Championships United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cranleigh 02:29:05 Xterra European Champion - at Xterra England
05th July 2015 1 Xterra France FranceFrance Xonrupt
Oct 26, 2014 1 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:29:57 World champion in cross triathlon
16 Aug 2014 1 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships GermanyGermany Olbersdorf 02:34:33 ITU world champion cross triathlon
0Aug 9, 2014 1 Xterra Czech Championships Czech RepublicCzech Republic Okres Prachatice 02: 40: 44.4
July 26, 2014 1 Xterra Italy Championships ItalyItaly Lake Scanno 02:45:23
June 28, 2014 1 Xterra Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Les Charbonnières 02:05:32
0June 1, 2014 1 Xterra Portugal Championships PortugalPortugal Golega 02:35:47
0July 6, 2014 1 Xterra France FranceFrance Xonrupt 03:14:41 1.5 km swimming, 34 km mountain bike and 10 km cross-country run
Oct 27, 2013 1 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:34:34 World champion in cross triathlon
July 13, 2013 2 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships NetherlandsNetherlands The hague 02:01:52 Vice world champion cross triathlon
May 31, 2009 2 ETU European Cross Triathlon Championships ItalyItaly Sardinia 02:24:23 Vice European Champion at Xterra Italy in Valle del Cedrino
Oct 26, 2008 1 Xterra World Championships United StatesUnited States Maui 02:37:36 World champion in cross triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 30 km mountain bike and 11 km trail run)
Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Sep 7 2013 15th ESP Triathlon National Championships SpainSpain Los Narejos 01:54:53
Mountain bike
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Aug 7, 2011 10 European Mountain Bike Championships 2011 SlovakiaSlovakia Dohnany 01:49:03
20 Mar 2011 3 Spanish Open 2011 SpainSpain Madrid
19 Sep 2009 2 UCI World Cup AustriaAustria Schladming 01:41:12 in the CDM class
23 Aug 2009 1 Coupe de France FranceFrance Val d'Isère 02:07:33
July 19, 2009 2 Spanish MTB National Championships SpainSpain 01:33:52 in class CN
22 Aug 2006 7th Mountain bike world championships 2006 New ZealandNew Zealand Rotorua 01:30:20 in the season with Carlos Coloma, David Lozano and Margarita Fullana
  2005 1 Mountain bike world championships 2005 ItalyItaly Livigno 01:26:02 World champion in the relay with Oliver Avilés, Rocio Gaminal and José Antonio Hermida
 Aug 2004 9 European Mountain Bike Championship 2004 PolandPoland Wałbrzych 01:53:17 in the U23 class (30 km)

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships: Ruzafa and Müller win at O-See (August 17, 2014)
  2. ↑ Mendez, Duffy win XTERRA Worlds (October 23, 2016)
  3. ↑ Ruzafa, Erbenova win XTERRA Italy Championship ( Memento of the original from August 6, 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. (July 26, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.xterraplanet.com
  4. ↑ Triathlon international: Kathrin Müller with third Xterra victory (July 7, 2014)
  5. ↑ Xterra Maui: Nicky Samuels and Ruben Ruzafa win the world title (October 2013)
  6. ↑ ITU Cross Triathlon EM Sardinia  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.swisstriathlon.ch  
  7. ↑ X-Terra World Cup on Maui: Ruben Ruzafa in front of Michi Weiss ( Memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ↑ Xterra: Rubén Ruzafa surprisingly world champion
  9. ↑ Rubén Ruzafa rises to the winners podium of the Spanish Open in Madrid ( Memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  10. ↑ Ranking - Mountain Bike 2009 ( Memento from May 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Ruzafa, Rubén
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruzafa Cueto, Rubén (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Málaga