Rutger Beke

0 Rutger Beke
Rutger Beke in Knokke, Belgium 2008
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
status
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

(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

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Rutger Beke retires (May 31, 2011)
3. ↑ 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. 
4. ↑ Ironman Cozumel 2009: Rutger Beke wins the premiere clearly
5. ↑ Ironman Cozumel: Van Vlerken and Beke win at Premiere ( Memento from July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Neveu and Estedt new long distance world champions