Ruedi Wild
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 3rd April 1982 (age 38) |
place of birth | Richterswil, Switzerland |
societies | |
Current | Swiss Elite B-team and Richterswil-Saturdayern ski and sports club |
successes | |
2003 | Vice European Champion U23 Duathlon |
2005 | European U23 triathlon champion |
2009, 2010 | 2 × team world champion triathlon sprint distance |
2011-2013 | 3 × Swiss champion triathlon short distance |
2014-2017 | 3 × Swiss Champion Duathlon short distance |
2015-2017 | 3 × winners Ironman 70.3 |
2016 | Swiss champion triathlon middle distance |
2016, 2018 | 2 × Third Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
2018 | Vice world champion ITU long distance triathlon |
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Ruedi Wild (born April 3, 1982 in Richterswil ) is a Swiss duathlete and triathlete . He is U23 European champion (2005), multiple Swiss champion (2011–2015), Olympian (2012) and reigning runner-up in the long-distance triathlon (2018). He is included in the list of Swiss triathletes on the Ironman distance .
Career
Ruedi Wild has been a member of the Swiss national triathlon team since 2000 and starts in the Elite B team . He was a member of the Swiss Triathlon Team London 2012 . In 2003 he became U23 vice-European duathlon champion.
U23 European triathlon champion 2005
In 2005 Ruedi Wild became the U23 European Triathlon Champion.
In 2009 and 2010 he became triathlon world champion in the team sprint classification with the Swiss team.
In August 2011 he became vice world champion with the Swiss team in Lausanne and a week later Wild became Swiss triathlon champion on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and he was able to repeat this success in 2012.
2012 Olympic Games
In June 2012 he qualified for the Olympic Games and competed for Switzerland in London with Nicola Spirig , Daniela Ryf and Sven Riederer . He reached the 39th rank.
In August 2013 he won the title of Swiss triathlon champion on the Olympic distance for the third time in a row.
Swiss Champion Duathlon 2014
In Zofingen he became Swiss Duathlon Champion for the second time after 2014 in May 2015 and only a week later he was fourth at the European Championships in the middle distance triathlon. In June he won the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland, after finishing second here the previous year, and he was fourth in the World Triathlon long distance championship in Sweden. In August he came eleventh in the middle distance in the Austrian state of Salzburg at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship as part of the Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun .
Long distance triathlon since 2016
In April 2016 he started the Ironman distance for the first time (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) and finished sixth at the Ironman South Africa . At the Swiss Championships in Rapperswil-Jona in June 2016, with second place in Ironman 70.3 Switzerland, he was able to secure the title in the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21 km running) and in Italy he could only win a week later also to get the second victory in an Ironman 70.3 race.
In September Ruedi Wild finished third at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Australia . In October 2016, Ruedi Wild competed in the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) for the first time in October 2016 and finished in 21st place.
In May 2017 he became Swiss Duathlon Champion for the third time in Zofingen and second at Ironman Switzerland in July .
In July 2018, the 36-year-old was runner-up on the ITU long distance world champion in Denmark. At the Ironman World Championships in October, he finished 14th as the best Swiss with a personal best on the Ironman distance in 8:14:31 h.
Ruedi Wild lives in Saturdayern . His son was born in May 2017.
Awards
- Swiss Triathlon Award 2017 (Swiss Triathlete of the Year)
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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May 21, 2017 | 1 | Swiss Duathlon Championships |
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01:30:46 | Swiss championship in the interval duathlon |
17th May 2015 | 1 | Swiss Duathlon Championships |
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01:30:44 | Swiss championship in the interval duathlon (4 km running, 16 km cycling, 4 km running, 16 km cycling, 4 km running) |
May 18, 2014 | 1 | Swiss Duathlon Championships |
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Oct 25, 2003 | 2 | ETU Duathlon European Championship U23 |
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Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 24, 2019 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon |
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02:21:07 | |
8 Sep 2019 | DNF | Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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- | Task on the running distance after dehydration |
17th June 2018 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 European Championships |
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03:44:46 | Ironman 70.3 European Championships at Ironman 70.3 Elsinore |
April 15, 2018 | 6th | Challenge Roma |
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03:26:00 | "Middle distance" (unclear route information) |
Feb. 2, 2018 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Dubai |
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03:42:42 | |
18th June 2017 | 8th | Ironman 70.3 Elsinore |
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03:50:03 | Ironman 70.3 European Championships |
June 11, 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland |
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03:49:38 | second win after 2015 |
19 Mar 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Taiwan |
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03:42:54 | |
March 12 2017 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay Philippines |
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03:48:24 | |
Jan. 27, 2017 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Dubai |
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03:44:59 | Third on the middle distance |
4th Sep 2016 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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03:44:40 | |
23rd July 2016 | 1 | 5150 Zurich |
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01:52:38 | |
June 12, 2016 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Italy |
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03:59:03 | |
5th June 2016 | 1 | Swiss Triathlon Championships middle distance |
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03:52:33 | as second at Ironman 70.3 Switzerland |
May 22, 2016 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Austria |
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Dec 5, 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Bahrain |
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03:12:26 | third race of the “Challenge Triple Crown Series” - the race had to be held as a duathlon due to the weather |
Nov 29, 2015 | 1 | Challenge Laguna Phuket |
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03:54:45 | successful title defense |
Nov 22, 2015 | 2 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon |
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02:32:57 | 1.8 km swimming, 55 km cycling and 12 km running |
Aug 30, 2015 | 11 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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04:01:34 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
Aug 9, 2015 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
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04:06:53 | |
July 18, 2015 | 2 | 5150 Zurich |
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01:50:48 | |
June 7, 2015 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland |
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03:51:27 | |
May 24, 2015 | 4th | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships |
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04:08:12 | European championship on the middle distance as part of the Challenge Rimini |
Feb. 27, 2015 | 25th | Challenge Dubai |
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03:57:59 | at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series" |
Nov 30, 2014 | 1 | Challenge Laguna Phuket |
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04:02:43 | |
Nov 16, 2014 | 3 | Challenge Shepparton |
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03:51:49 | |
31 Aug 2014 | 2 | Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 |
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01:45:01 | US Championships |
Aug 10, 2014 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
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04:09:33 | Fourth at the European Championships over half the Ironman distance |
July 26, 2014 | 2 | 5150 Zurich |
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01:47:46 | European Championships |
20th July 2014 | 2 | Swiss triathlon championships |
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01:58:48 | Swiss runner-up behind Sven Riederer - as part of the ETU Triathlon European Cup |
May 4, 2014 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 St. Croix |
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04:10:12 | |
June 1, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland |
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Apr. 27, 2014 | 1 | 5150 St. Anthony's Triathlon |
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01:46:46 | |
15th Mar 2014 | 3 | Abu Dhabi International Triathlon |
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03:16:59 | on the short distance |
Nov 24, 2013 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon |
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02:34:41 | |
Oct 5, 2013 | 4th | Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote |
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8 Sep 2013 | 11 | Ironman 70.3 World Championships |
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04:00:21 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship |
Sep 1 2013 | 8th | Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 |
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01:48:54 | US Championships |
4th Aug 2013 | 1 | Swiss triathlon championships |
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02:01:17 | third victory in a row at Swiss championships |
July 27, 2013 | 3 | 5150 Zurich |
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European Championships | |
June 23, 2013 | 1 | Sempachersee triathlon |
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00:59:21 | 750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running |
June 9, 2013 | 2 | 5150 Klagenfurt |
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01:54:39 | |
Dec 2, 2012 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific |
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04:07:17 | |
Nov 25, 2012 | 1 | Laguna Phuket Triathlon |
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02: 29: 22.9 | |
Oct 20, 2012 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Mandurah |
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Sep 15 2012 | 1 | Swiss triathlon championships |
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Aug 7, 2012 | 39 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
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June 10, 2012 | 1 | 5150 Klagenfurt |
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02:00:12 | |
19 Sep 2011 | 6th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 |
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01:50:17 | The result of the race should already be taken into account for the evaluation of the 2012 season. |
28 Aug 2011 | 1 | Swiss triathlon championships |
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Swiss champion in the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) | |
Aug 21, 2011 | 2 | ITU Triathlon Team Sprint World Championship |
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at the team world championship - together with Nicola Spirig , Melanie Annaheim and Sven Riederer | |
22 Aug 2010 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Team Sprint World Championship |
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Triathlon team world champion - together with Nicola Spirig , Daniela Ryf and Sven Riederer | |
June 28, 2009 | 1 | ITU Triathlon Team Sprint World Championship |
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Triathlon team world champion - together with Magali Di Marco Messmer , Daniela Ryf and Lukas Salvisberg | |
June 23, 2007 | 1 | Züri Triathlon |
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July 17, 2005 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 Men |
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U23 European Champion |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 13, 2018 | 14th | Ironman Hawaii |
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08:14:31 | Ironman World Championships; personal best time on the Ironman distance |
July 14, 2018 | 2 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
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05:22:13 | Vice world champion in the long distance triathlon |
April 28, 2018 | 7th | Ironman Texas |
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07:50:19 | with a new personal best - shortened bike course |
Oct 14, 2017 | 16 | Ironman Hawaii |
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July 30, 2017 | 2 | Ironman Switzerland |
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Oct 8, 2016 | 21st | Ironman Hawaii |
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Ironman World Championship | |
Apr 10, 2016 | 6th | Ironman South Africa |
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08:24:47 | |
June 27, 2015 | 4th | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
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04:55:42 | Triathlon World Championship on the long distance |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Ruedi Wild's website
- Profile for Ruedi Wild at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 12, 2016
- Ruedi Wild's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 1, 2019 (English).
- Ruedi Wild in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 7 other athletes selected for London (June 15, 2012)
- ↑ Ruedi Wild and Martina Krähenbühl are Swiss Champions 2015 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ JOLANDA ANNEN AND RUEDI WILD RECOGNIZED THE SWISS TRIATHLETS OF 2017 (December 10, 2017)
- ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET VICTORY TO WILD AND SIMMONDS, MICHAEL RAELERT SECOND (November 24, 2019)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay: Wild wins, Raelert Siebter (March 12, 2017)
- ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 WM: TIM REED WRESTLES SEBASTIAN KIENLE DOWN IN THE FINAL PRINT (September 4, 2016)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Bahrain: Ryf is now a triathlon millionaire
- ↑ Challenge Laguna Phuket: Swiss doubles in vacation paradise (November 29, 2015)
- ↑ Results Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden 2015 (August 9, 2015)
- ↑ 5150 Zurich: Lisk and Bazlen on the winners' podium ( memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) 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)
- ↑ Ryf Smashes Switzerland (June 1, 2014)
- ↑ EM silver for Swiss triathletes (July 27, 2013)
- ↑ Ryf and Wild come to championship honors (September 15, 2012)
- ↑ Ruedi Wild Swiss champions for the first time - Ruedi Wild and Nicola Spirig take the national titles. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 28, 2011, accessed July 15, 2014 .
- ↑ IRONMAN TEXAS: Matt Hanson back in front on the short record day (April 28, 2018)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wild, Ruedi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss duathlete and triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Richterswil |