Sofie Goos
  Sofie Goos
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 Sofie Goos (February 2011)
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 6th May 1980 (age 40) |
| place of birth | Antwerp , Belgium |
| size | 168 cm |
| Weight | 51 kg |
| societies | |
| Current | BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team |
| successes | |
| 2008 | Vice national champion triathlon short distance |
| 2009, 2012 | 2 × Ironman winner |
| 2012 | 5th place Ironman European Championships |
| status | |
| active | |
Sofie Goos (born May 6, 1980 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian triathlete and Ironman winner (2009, 2012).
Career
Sofie Goos competes as a triathlete in both the short and middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling, 21.1 km running) and since 2007 also in the long distance (3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running).
In July 2008 she became Vice State Champion on the short distance triathlon.
Ironman winner 2009
In November 2009, the 29-year-old won the Ironman Florida on the long-distance triathlon .
In the middle distance she achieved the third victory in a row at the Ironman 70.3 in Antwerp in July 2011.
5th place in the European Ironman Championship 2012
In May 2012 she won her second Ironman victory in Brazil and in July she was fifth at the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurt am Main.
In May 2016, Sofie Goos was attacked with a knife by a stranger during a training run in Antwerp's Park Spoor Noord . She suffered injuries to her back and kidney. The perpetrator could then be arrested.
She starts for the BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team and is trained by Bart Decru . Sofie Goos stated that she would end her active career at the end of the 2018 season.
She lives in Antwerp with her partner .
Sporting successes
Triathlon short and medium distance
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| May 27, 2018 | 6th | Challenge Salou |
 Cataluña
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04:27:10 | on the middle distance |
| April 15, 2018 | 11 | Challenge Roma |
 Rome
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"Middle distance" (unclear route information) | |
| Oct 14, 2017 | 4th | Challenge Peguera Mallorca |
Peguera
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04:34:40 | |
| May 7, 2017 | 5 | Challenge Lisboa |
Lisbon
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04:20:37 | behind the British winner Lucy Charles |
| May 7, 2016 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Mallorca |
Alcúdia
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04:45:19 | |
| 5th July 2015 | 6th | Ironman 70.3 Norway |
 Haugesund
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04:22:37 | behind the Austrian winner Eva Wutti |
| 20th June 2015 | 3 | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg |
 Remich
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04:24:46 | |
| Apr 5, 2015 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil |
 Brasilia
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04:17:15 | |
| May 10, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 Mallorca |
Alcúdia |
04:27:58 | |
| Apr 14, 2014 | 2 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan |
 San Juan
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04:26:50 | Swimming 1.9 km, cycling 90 km and running 21.1 km |
| Apr 6, 2014 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Texas |
 Galveston Island
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04:06:23 | with a new personal best in the middle distance |
| 8 Sep 2013 | 1 | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg |
Remich |
04:21:27 | |
| May 7, 2012 | 1 | Mallorca Olympic |
Colonia de Sant Jordi
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01:47:13 | Winner after Heather Jackson was disqualified |
| Aug 14, 2011 | 9 | Ironman 70.3 Germany |
 Wiesbaden
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04:56:23 | European championship on the middle distance |
| July 24, 2011 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp
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04:21:24 | Goos achieved the third victory here after 2009 and 2010. |
| July 25, 2010 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
04:13:39 | Sofie Goos was able to defend her win from last year. |
| May 16, 2010 | 2 | Challenge Barcelona-Maresme |
Barcelona
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04:09:30 | second place behind Tiina Boman at the first edition |
| Aug 2, 2009 | 1 | Antwerp Ironman 70.3 |
Antwerp |
04:08:07 | |
| July 6, 2008 | 2 | BEL Belgian National Triathlon Championships |
Kortrijk
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02:22:51 | Vice State Champion, behind Joke Coysman |
Long distance triathlon
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| June 24, 2018 | 9 | Ironman Sweden |
 Squid
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09:47:03 | |
| 20 Aug 2017 | 4th | Ironman Copenhagen |
 Copenhagen
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09:17:17 | |
| June 11, 2017 | 1 | Challenge Venice |
Venice
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09:17:17 | |
| 27 Sep 2015 | 10 | Ironman Chattanooga |
Chattanooga
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09:31:52 | |
| 23 Aug 2015 | 2 | Ironman Copenhagen |
Copenhagen |
09:03:07 | |
| Oct 11, 2014 | 41 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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10:16:31 | Rank 28 of the professional women at the Ironman World Championship |
| Aug 24, 2014 | 2 | Ironman Copenhagen |
Copenhagen |
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| June 29, 2014 | 4th | Ironman Austria |
 Klagenfurt
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08:57:08 | with a personal Ironman best time |
| May 25, 2014 | 2 | Ironman Brazil |
Florianópolis
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09:00:21 | |
| Oct 12, 2013 | 21st | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09:36:38 | |
| 17th Mar 2013 | 6th | Ironman Los Cabos |
 Los Cabos
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09:48:20 | at the first edition |
| July 8, 2012 | 5 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt
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09:28:03 | Ironman European Championship |
| May 27, 2012 | 1 | Ironman Brazil |
Florianópolis |
09:17:42 | second Ironman victory for Goos |
| Nov 5, 2011 | 3 | Ironman Florida |
Panama City
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09:22:21 | third fastest swimmer with 56:45 minutes |
| May 21, 2011 | 3 | Ironman Texas |
The Woodlands
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09:12:53 | |
| Nov 28, 2010 | 4th | Ironman Mexico |
Cozumel
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09:45:05 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 | 1 | Ironman Florida |
Panama City |
09:08:38 | |
| Oct 4, 2009 | 1 | Challenge Costa Barcelona Maresme |
Barcelona
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09:08:01 | Winner of the first edition of the Challenge Barcelona Maresme ahead of the German Katja Konschak and the American Hillary Biscay |
| June 28, 2009 | 1 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Series |
Brasschaat
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04:03:06 | |
| May 24, 2008 | 7th | Ironman Lanzarote |
Puerto del Carmen
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10:30:41 | |
| 2008 | 6th | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Series |
Brasschaat
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04:14:59 | |
| June 24, 2007 | 6th | Ironman Switzerland |
 Zurich
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09:49:22 | |
| 2007 | 3 | Almere Holland Triathlon |
 Almere
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09:40:41 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
Commons : Sofie Goos - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Official website of Sofie Goos
- Portrait of Sofie Goos (BMC Team)
- Profile for Sofie Goos at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on June 21, 2015
- Profile and results of Sofie Goos in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 9, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Penno: Title defense: Goos and Aernouts win in Antwerp , In: Tri2b.com, July 24, 2011, accessed on July 27, 2014
- ↑ Assassination attempt: knife attack on Belgian professional triathlete Sofie Goos. In: tri2b.com. May 16, 2016, accessed May 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Sofie Goos se classe 9e du dernier Ironman de sa carrière (August 18, 2018)
- ↑ LUCY CHARLES CRUSHES CHALLENGE LISBOA ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg: Gajer sovereign, Küng works (June 20, 2015)
- ↑ Bracht is "Balearic Master", Potrebitsch second (May 7, 2012)
- ^ Aernouts and Goos strike again ( Memento from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Vanhoenacker and Goos take Antwerp
- ↑ Kai Baumgartner: The Belgian Sofie Goos won the IRONMAN 70.3 Antwerp . In: 3athlon.de . August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009.
- ↑ Ironman Hawaii: Andreas Raelert moves up (September 1, 2014)
- ↑ Goos and Morales win on Sugar Loaf (May 29, 2012)
- ↑ Marcel Zamora and Sofie Goos win Challenge Costa Barcelona Maresme
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Goos, Sofie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |