Rubén Ruzafa
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
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct. 27, 2019 | Xterra World Championships | Maui | |||
July 10, 2018 | 1 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | Fyn | 02:06:04 | ITU world champion cross triathlon for the fourth time |
23 Aug 2017 | 2 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | Penticton | 02:09:36 | Vice world champion cross triathlon |
2nd July 2017 | 1 | Xterra France | Xonrupt | 03:27:52 | fourth win in a row |
Nov 19, 2016 | 1 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | Snowy Mountains | 02:34:25 | ITU world champion cross triathlon for the third time in a row |
Oct 23, 2016 | 2 | Xterra World Championships | Maui | 02:51:03 | Xterra Vice World Champion |
3rd July, 2016 | 1 | Xterra France | Xonrupt | 03:07:00 | |
June 25, 2016 | 1 | ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships | Vallée de Joux | 02:47:58 | European champion cross triathlon |
Apr 17, 2016 | 1 | Xterra Reunion | Reunion | ||
Nov 1, 2015 | 3 | Xterra World Championships | Maui | 02:40:40 | World championship cross triathlon |
26 Sep 2015 | 1 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | Orosei | 02:13:11 | ITU world champion cross triathlon |
Sep 1 2015 | 1 | Xterra European Championships | Cranleigh | 02:29:05 | Xterra European Champion - at Xterra England |
5th July 2015 | 1 | Xterra France | Xonrupt | ||
Oct 26, 2014 | 1 | Xterra World Championships | Maui | 02:29:57 | World champion in cross triathlon |
16 Aug 2014 | 1 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | Olbersdorf | 02:34:33 | ITU world champion cross triathlon |
Aug 9, 2014 | 1 | Xterra Czech Championships | Okres Prachatice | 02: 40: 44.4 | |
July 26, 2014 | 1 | Xterra Italy Championships | Lake Scanno | 02:45:23 | |
June 28, 2014 | 1 | Xterra Switzerland | Les Charbonnières | 02:05:32 | |
June 1, 2014 | 1 | Xterra Portugal Championships | Golega | 02:35:47 | |
July 6, 2014 | 1 | Xterra France | 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 | Maui | 02:34:34 | World champion in cross triathlon |
July 13, 2013 | 2 | ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships | The hague | 02:01:52 | Vice world champion cross triathlon |
May 31, 2009 | 2 | ETU European Cross Triathlon Championships | Sardinia | 02:24:23 | Vice European Champion at Xterra Italy in Valle del Cedrino |
Oct 26, 2008 | 1 | Xterra World Championships | Maui | 02:37:36 | World champion in cross triathlon (1.5 km swimming, 30 km mountain bike and 11 km trail run) |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Sep 7 2013 | 15th | ESP Triathlon National Championships | Los Narejos | 01:54:53 |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Aug 7, 2011 | 10 | European Mountain Bike Championships 2011 | Dohnany | 01:49:03 | |
20 Mar 2011 | 3 | Spanish Open 2011 | Madrid | ||
19 Sep 2009 | 2 | UCI World Cup | Schladming | 01:41:12 | in the CDM class |
23 Aug 2009 | 1 | Coupe de France | Val d'Isère | 02:07:33 | |
July 19, 2009 | 2 | Spanish MTB National Championships | 01:33:52 | in class CN | |
22 Aug 2006 | 7th | Mountain bike world championships 2006 | Rotorua | 01:30:20 | in the season with Carlos Coloma, David Lozano and Margarita Fullana |
2005 | 1 | Mountain bike world championships 2005 | 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 | Wałbrzych | 01:53:17 | in the U23 class (30 km) |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official website of Rubén Ruzafa
- Rubén Ruzafa in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Profile and results of Rubén Ruzafa in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 27, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships: Ruzafa and Müller win at O-See (August 17, 2014)
- ↑ Mendez, Duffy win XTERRA Worlds (October 23, 2016)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Triathlon international: Kathrin Müller with third Xterra victory (July 7, 2014)
- ↑ Xterra Maui: Nicky Samuels and Ruben Ruzafa win the world title (October 2013)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ X-Terra World Cup on Maui: Ruben Ruzafa in front of Michi Weiss ( Memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Xterra: Rubén Ruzafa surprisingly world champion
- ↑ Rubén Ruzafa rises to the winners podium of the Spanish Open in Madrid ( Memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Ranking - Mountain Bike 2009 ( Memento from May 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruzafa, Rubén |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruzafa Cueto, Rubén (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Málaga |