Stefan Holzner

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Personal information
Date of birth 20th May 1968 (age 52)
place of birth Bad Reichenhall, Germany
societies
since 2003 Opel Triathlon Team
until 2006 TSV Bad Reichenhall
successes
1995-2004 5 × Ironman winner
2003 German runner-up in triathlon middle distance
2004 German champion triathlon middle distance
status
Resigned in 2006

Stefan Holzner (born May 20, 1968 in Bad Reichenhall ) is a former German triathlete and five-time Ironman winner (1995-2004). He is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

The trained chef Stefan Holzner played tennis in his youth and became Bavarian champion at the age of 16.

He started triathlon in 1989, started as a triathlon professional in 1991 and in June 1997 he finished eleventh at the ITU World Championships as part of the "Triathlon International de Nice".

His strength was cycling and his Ironman best time is 8 hours and 9 minutes (1999). Since 2003 he has been a member of the Opel Triathlon Team and he started for TSV Bad Reichenhall. In 2003 and 2004 he won the Ironman Germany in Frankfurt am Main .

In 2004 he became German champion in the middle-distance triathlon in Kulmbach, after having been runner-up in the previous year.

In 2006 he declared his sporting career over. He runs a hotel on Thumsee near Bad Reichenhall. Holzner has been married since 1997 and has two children.

Awards

  • Reichenhaller Badge of Honor, 2018

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Aug 14, 2004 1 DTU German Championship Triathlon Middle Distance GermanyGermany Kulmbach 04:09:39 German champion middle distance
Aug 26, 2003 2 DTU German Championship Triathlon Middle Distance GermanyGermany Kulmbach 04:22:59 Behind Norman Stadler German runner-up in the middle distance
0May 6, 2001 5 Siegerland Cup GermanyGermany Bush huts 1 km swimming, 41.7 km cycling and 10 km running
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
July 10, 2005 65 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 09:35
July 11, 2004 1 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 08:11:43
July 13, 2003 1 Ironman Germany GermanyGermany Frankfurt 08:12:27
Oct 19, 2002 20th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 08:59:00 with the fifth fastest bike time
Aug 25, 2002 3 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton 08:43:54
May 25, 2002 2 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen 08:56:23 Second behind the Dane Peter Sandvang
03rd Mar 2001 3 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo 08:30:05
Aug 27, 2000 2 Ironman Canada CanadaCanada Penticton 08:42:56
May 20, 2000 2 Ironman Lanzarote SpainSpain Playa del Carmen 08:49:17
0Feb 5, 2000 DNF Ironman South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa Cape Town -
July 23, 2000 4th Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:19:23
  1999 DNF Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii -
July 12, 1999 2 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt 08:09:29 personal best Ironman time
15th Mar 1998 5 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 08:53:53
July 19, 1998 1 Ironman Austria AustriaAustria Klagenfurt
0June 8, 1997 11 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships FranceFrance Nice 05:52:25 In 1997 the ITU World Championship was held as part of the Triathlon International de Nice .
  1997 3 Almere triathlon NetherlandsNetherlands Almere 08:09:38
 March 1997 2 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 08:46:09
0Sep 7 1996 16 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships United StatesUnited States Muncie Triathlon World Championship on the long distance
03rd Mar 1996 1 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 08:54:10
  1995 1 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 08:51:06
  1994 5 Ironman New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland 08:58:41

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From Tennis to Triathlon: Stefan Holzner Serves Up An Ace In Frankfurt
  2. ↑ Press release: Thomas Hellriegel, Markus Forster, Stefan Holzner and Katja Schumacher start for the world's best triathlon team (June 16, 2003)
  3. ↑ Professional portraits - Stefan Holzner . Xdream GmbH. Archived from the original on May 2, 2003.
  4. ↑ Interview on the resignation of Stefan Holzner (GER): 'I won against everyone and lost against everyone.'
  5. ↑ Reichenhaller Badge of Honor for Stefan Holzner 2018 (June 1, 2018)
  6. ↑ Stefan Holzner wins Ironman
  7. ↑ Ironman Lanzarote 2002: Hard in the wind - Stefan Holzner comes second  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tri2b.com  
personal data
SURNAME Holzner, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete and hotelier
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Reichenhall