Rutger Beke
Rutger Beke | |
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Rutger Beke in Knokke, Belgium 2008
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 8th August 1977 (age 43) |
place of birth | Hall |
societies | |
successes | |
1996, 1997 | 2 × National Youth Champion Triathlon |
2003 | Second Ironman Hawaii |
2005 | Winner Ironman 70.3 |
2007, 2009 | 2 × Ironman winner |
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Resigned in 2011 |
Rutger Beke (born August 8, 1977 in Halle ) is a former Belgian triathlete and multiple Ironman winner (2007, 2009).
Career
As a 17-year-old Rutger Beke came to triathlon. In 1996 and 1997 he was the Belgian National Youth Triathlon Champion.
In 2002 he was third at the World Long Distance Championship in Nice
Ironman Hawaii 2003
In 2003 he was runner-up at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships).
Beke also got into the media because of his alleged doping abuse : he was tested positive for EPO in the A and B tests in 2004 and banned for 18 months. A year later, the University of Leuven provided evidence that it was not positive. The Belgian had an underactive kidney due to hard training. This released proteins into the urine, which falsified the test. A Belgian court finally acquitted the triathletes. Claims for damages against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the two laboratories involved are ongoing.
In May 2011 he announced the end of his active career after eight years as a professional athlete.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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June 6, 2010 | 11 | Challenge Kraichgau | Bad Schönborn | 04:05:07 | |
July 25, 2010 | 10 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 | Antwerp | 04:00:22 | |
July 25, 2010 | 11 | Wildflower triathlon | Lake San Antonio | 04:15:34 | |
Aug 2, 2009 | 8th | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 | Antwerp | 03:50:55 | |
Apr 4, 2009 | 15th | Ironman 70.3 California | Oceanside | 04:08:19 | |
July 2, 2006 | 2 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 | Antwerp | ||
2005 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Monaco | Monaco | 04:31:46 | |
Apr 3, 2004 | 3 | Ralph′s California Half-Ironman | Oceanside | 04:07:22 | |
Apr 5, 2003 | 2 | Ralph′s California Half-Ironman | Oceanside | 04:00:05 | Second behind the American Tim DeBoom |
Aug 17, 2002 | 1 | International Triathlon Weiswampach | Weiswampach | 02:02:58 | |
1997 | 1 | BEL Triathlon National Championship Junior Men | National youth state champion triathlon | ||
1996 | 1 | BEL Triathlon National Championship Junior Men | National youth state champion triathlon |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Nov 28, 2010 | 10 | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 08:46:28 | |
13 Mar 2010 | 25th | Abu Dhabi International Triathlon | Abu Dhabi | 07:10:01 | |
Nov 29, 2009 | 1 | Ironman Mexico | Cozumel | 08:18:40 | Winner of the first edition of the Ironman on the Mexican island of Cozumel. |
Oct 11, 2008 | 3 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:21:23 | |
June 22, 2008 | 4th | Ironman France | Nice | 08:55:11 | |
Apr 15, 2007 | 1 | Ironman Arizona | Tempe | 08:21:17 | |
Oct 21, 2006 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:21:04 | |
July 23, 2006 | 3 | Ironman USA | Lake Placid | 08:46:44 | |
Oct 15, 2005 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:22:30 | |
Oct 16, 2004 | 5 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:54:23 | |
Oct 18, 2003 | 2 | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:28:25 | |
Nov 9, 2002 | 3 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 08:35:07 | |
22 Sep 2002 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Nice | 06:22:52 | The long distance World Championship was held in 2002 as part of the Triathlon International de Nice . |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official homepage of Rutger Beke ( Memento from February 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Portrait of Rutger Beke ( Memento from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: tri2b.com
- Profile and results of Rutger Beke in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 20, 2020 (English).
- Profile for Rutger Beke at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 26, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to a report by the online magazine triathlon on November 27, 2007, the Rutger Beke case will be reopened as announced by representatives of WADA.
- ↑ Rutger Beke retires (May 31, 2011)
- ↑ Heather Fuhr Race Report - ½ Ironman California ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2009 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.
- ↑ Ironman Cozumel 2009: Rutger Beke wins the premiere clearly
- ↑ Ironman Cozumel: Van Vlerken and Beke win at Premiere ( Memento from July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Neveu and Estedt new long distance world champions
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Beke, Rutger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |