Silvia Felt

0 Silvia Felt
at the Ironman European Championships 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	15th June 1977 (age 43)
place of birth	Weinheim, Germany
societies
Current	TG Neuss
successes
2008	Second Ironman 70.3 World Championship W30–34
2010	Second Ironman World Championship W30–34
2011	Ironman winner
2018	German runner-up in triathlon middle distance
status
active

Silvia Felt (* 15. June 1977 in Weinheim as Silvia Balbach ) is a German duathlete and triathlete . She is Ironman winner (2011) and German runner-up in the triathlon middle distance (2018).

Career

Silvia Balbach was active as a handball player in her youth and won the German runner-up in the B-Youth in 1994.

In 2004 she started with a triathlon on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) and started in Roth in 2008 for the first time on the long distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) .
In 2008 she was second in her age group W30-34 in Florida at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running).

In 2009 she was able to qualify for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii in Zurich , where she came in 26th.
In July 2010 she was fourth fastest woman overall and fastest amateur at the Ironman European Championship. In October, she was second in her age group (W30-34) at the Ironman Hawaii. She has been married since August 2010 and has since started as Silvia Felt . She studied at the University of Bayreuth , lives with her husband in Munich and works for TG Neuss .

In April 2011, she narrowly missed the podium and finished fourth at the Ironman South Africa. In June 2011 she was able to achieve her first Ironman victory in Nice. She started as a professional from 2011 to 2013. She is trained by Helmut Dollinger , the husband of the former Austrian triathlete Eva Maria Dollinger (* 1978).

In August 2016 she came third at the Challenge Regensburg .

German Vice-Champion Triathlon Middle Distance 2018

In June 2018 the then 40-year-old became German runner-up in the middle distance triathlon in Ingolstadt.

In October 2019, the 42-year-old won the Mallorca Marathon after 3:04:41 hours .

Awards

• In October 2009, Silvia Balbach was named Weinheim's Sportswoman of the Year .

Sporting successes

Web links

Commons : Silvia Felt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile for Silvia Felt at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on September 3, 2014
• Profile and results of Silvia Felt in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 2, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport as the elixir of life
2. ↑ MEDIUM DISTANCE DM: FUNK AND MOROFF BRING THE ELITES IN INGOLSTADT (June 10, 2018)
3. ↑ Johnstone and Felt win on Mallorca
4. ↑ Selected athlete of the year
5. ↑ Raelert dominates Mallorca
6. ↑ Raelert defeats time measurement
7. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Cup: victory for Böcherer and Krebs in Viernheim
8. ^ Stadler And Keat Win Action-Packed Challenge Kraichgau
9. ↑ Silvia Balbach just runs sensationally
10. ↑ Normann Stadler starts the new season with victory . In: Heilbronn voice .
11. ↑ 24th Viernheim V-Card Triathlon: Katja Schumacher and Sebastian Kienle win.
12. ↑ Ironman Brazil: Victory with a course record
13. ↑ Ironman France: Felt manages the first victory
14. ↑ Ironman Hawaii 2010: strong running Mirinda Carfrae takes the crown
15. ^ Watch out for Silvia Balbach In: slowtwitch.com
16. ↑ Great Hawaii debut - Silvia Balbach takes bronze at the Ironman World Championships
17. ↑ Hawaii: Franconians get bronze at the Ironman .
18. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Swiss Sibylle Matter defends title at IRONMAN Switzerland, Monika Lehmann comes second . In: 3athlon.de . July 12, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2009.
19. ↑ Team member achieves Hawaii qualification . Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
20. ↑ Dorian Wagner and Silvia Balbach win the 20th Hilpoltsteiner Duathlon
21. ↑ SAS Half Marathon of TSG 78 Heidelberg ( Memento from March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )