Stefan Holzner
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
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Aug 14, 2004 | 1 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Middle Distance | Kulmbach | 04:09:39 | German champion middle distance |
Aug 26, 2003 | 2 | DTU German Championship Triathlon Middle Distance | Kulmbach | 04:22:59 | Behind Norman Stadler German runner-up in the middle distance |
May 6, 2001 | 5 | Siegerland Cup | Bush huts | 1 km swimming, 41.7 km cycling and 10 km running |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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July 10, 2005 | 65 | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt | 09:35 | |
July 11, 2004 | 1 | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt | 08:11:43 | |
July 13, 2003 | 1 | Ironman Germany | Frankfurt | 08:12:27 | |
Oct 19, 2002 | 20th | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | 08:59:00 | with the fifth fastest bike time |
Aug 25, 2002 | 3 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | 08:43:54 | |
May 25, 2002 | 2 | Ironman Lanzarote | Playa del Carmen | 08:56:23 | Second behind the Dane Peter Sandvang |
3rd Mar 2001 | 3 | Ironman New Zealand | Taupo | 08:30:05 | |
Aug 27, 2000 | 2 | Ironman Canada | Penticton | 08:42:56 | |
May 20, 2000 | 2 | Ironman Lanzarote | Playa del Carmen | 08:49:17 | |
Feb 5, 2000 | DNF | Ironman South Africa | Cape Town | - | |
July 23, 2000 | 4th | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:19:23 | |
1999 | DNF | Ironman Hawaii | Hawaii | - | |
July 12, 1999 | 2 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | 08:09:29 | personal best Ironman time |
15th Mar 1998 | 5 | Ironman New Zealand | Auckland | 08:53:53 | |
July 19, 1998 | 1 | Ironman Austria | Klagenfurt | ||
June 8, 1997 | 11 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Nice | 05:52:25 | In 1997 the ITU World Championship was held as part of the Triathlon International de Nice . |
1997 | 3 | Almere triathlon | Almere | 08:09:38 | |
March 1997 | 2 | Ironman New Zealand | Auckland | 08:46:09 | |
Sep 7 1996 | 16 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | Muncie | Triathlon World Championship on the long distance | |
3rd Mar 1996 | 1 | Ironman New Zealand | Auckland | 08:54:10 | |
1995 | 1 | Ironman New Zealand | Auckland | 08:51:06 | |
1994 | 5 | Ironman New Zealand | Auckland | 08:58:41 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish)
Web links
- Homepage of Stefan Holzner ( Memento from April 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Stefan Holzner in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Profile and results of Stefan Holzner in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 11, 2019 (English).
- Profile for Stefan Holzner at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on September 24, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ From Tennis to Triathlon: Stefan Holzner Serves Up An Ace In Frankfurt
- ↑ Press release: Thomas Hellriegel, Markus Forster, Stefan Holzner and Katja Schumacher start for the world's best triathlon team (June 16, 2003)
- ↑ Professional portraits - Stefan Holzner . Xdream GmbH. Archived from the original on May 2, 2003.
- ↑ Interview on the resignation of Stefan Holzner (GER): 'I won against everyone and lost against everyone.'
- ↑ Reichenhaller Badge of Honor for Stefan Holzner 2018 (June 1, 2018)
- ↑ Stefan Holzner wins Ironman
- ↑ 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.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holzner, Stefan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete and hotelier |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Reichenhall |