Strongman All Japan Triathlon

Aerial view of Miyakojima

The Strongman All Japan Triathlon ( Japanese 全 日本 ト ラ イ ア ス ロ ン 宮 古 島 大会 ) is a long-distance triathlon (3 km swim, 155 km bike and 42.195 km run) on Miyako-jima in Okinawa Prefecture , Japan , which has been held every April since 1984 .

organization

This long-distance triathlon was held for the first time on April 28, 1985 with 243 participants. Japan's most traditional triathlon quickly developed into the most important long-distance triathlon in the island state and represents the sporting highlight of the year on the subtropical island, which is inhabited by around 50,000 people. A monument in Miyakojima , the individual city on the island, where all the winners of the previous events of the Miyako Strongman are immortalized on ceramic panels. Already in the 1990s, twice as many registrations were received for the competition, which was limited to 1,500 starters. TV broadcasts take place in several channels. The field of participants, which is dominated by Japanese, is completed every year with a number of invited top athletes from Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Strongman Triathlon also took place in Torquay (Victoria) until the mid-2000s .

In 2013 and 2015 the swimming distance was canceled due to weather conditions, instead a duathlon was held. Lothar Leder was the first German to win the competition in 1994, with Markus Forster and Beate Görtz each taking two wins . Other German triathletes invited so far are Matthias Klumpp (1999, 2000 and 2001), Norbert Huber (2005 and 2009), Wolfgang Dittrich (1998 and 1999), Jochen Basting (1996 and 1998), Hans Mühlbauer (2006), Clemens Coenen (2008 ), Olaf Sabatschus (1995), Harald Feierabend (2002) as well as Verena Walter (2008 and 2012) and Julia Bohn . From Austria z. B. Werner Leitner (2002) and Gernot Seidl (2008) invited.

In 2018 the race was held for the 34th time.

Route

• The 3 km long swim course is designed as a circuit in the East China Sea .
• The 155 km long bike course leads over 1½ laps through the slightly hilly surrounding area and is completely closed to other traffic by the police during the competition.
• The final marathon is designed as a turning point route.

Winners list

Men

Women

year First place Second place third place Apr. 14, 2019 Apr 22, 2018 Cameron Brown -2- Kaito Tohara Simon Jung 23 Apr 2017 Cameron Brown Simon Jung Shawn Wilyman Apr 17, 2016 April 19, 2015 * Tobarra Hirakihito Ryan Cross Viktor Aloshyn April 20, 2014 Benjamin Williams Hiroyuki Nishiuchi Tobarra Hirakihito April 21, 2013 * Anton Blokhin -2- Hayato Kawahara Tadejo Miyazuka Apr 15, 2012 Anton Blokhin Shingo Kani Kim Yo-hil Apr 25, 2011 Hayato Kawahara -2- Kanji Kuwabara Masayuki Matsumaru Apr 18, 2010 Wolfgang Guembel Iboshi mochi Masuda Daiki Apr 19, 2009 Mitchell Anderson Masayuki Matsumaru Hirotsugu Kuwabara Apr 20, 2008 Hayato Kawahara Masayuki Matsumaru Gernot Seidl Apr 22, 2007 Park Byung-Hoon Masayuki Matsumaru Hiroyuki Nishiuchi Apr 23, 2006 Masayuki Matsumaru -2- Takumi Obara Hans Mühlbauer Apr 17, 2005 Masayuki Matsumaru Park Byung-Hoon Chann McRae Apr 25, 2004 Markus Forster -2- Mitchell Anderson Petr Vabrousek 20 Mar 2003 Markus Forster Péter Kropkó Garrett MacFedyen Apr 19, 2002 Péter Kropkó -4- Hideya Miyatsuka Shingo Tani Apr 15, 2001 Péter Kropkó -3- Yoshinori Tamura Hideya Miyazuka Apr 23, 2000 Péter Kropkó -2- Matthias Klumpp Yoshinori Tamura Apr 25, 1999 Péter Kropkó Matthias Klumpp Shingo Tani Apr 19, 1998 Yoshinori Tamura Frank Heldoorn Shingo Tani Apr 20, 1997 Shingo Tani Yoshinori Tamura Jan van der Marel Apr 14, 1996 Hideya Miyazuka -2- Jochen Basting Hideki Yamane Apr 23, 1995 Hideya Miyazuka Yoshinori Tamura Olaf Sabatschus Apr 24, 1994 Lothar leather Hideya Miyazuka Yoshinori Tamura Apr 11, 1993 Paul Huddle Hideya Miyazuka Micky Yamamoto Apr 26, 1992 Apr 21, 1991 Apr 15, 1990 Apr 23, 1989 Apr. 24, 1988 Apr 19, 1987 Apr. 27, 1986 Apr 28, 1985

year First place Second place third place 2019 2018 2017 Naomi Washizu -3- 2016 Julia May 2015 * Sakai Emi Ishii Asami Julia Bohn 2014 Keiko Tanaka Sakai Emi Matsumaru Hiromi 2013 * Beate Goertz -2- Emma Shaw Lisa Bartle 2012 Beate Goertz Verena Walter Matsumaru Hiromi 2011 Emi Shiono -2- Hiromi Matsumaru May Taketomo 2010 Tamara Kozulina -2- Emi Shiono Nishiuchi Maki 2009 Tamara Kozulina Emi Shiono Maki Nishiuchi 2008 Naomi Imaizumi -2- Emi Shiono Saki Kubota 2007 Rachel Ross Emi Shiono Naomi Imaizumi 2006 Emi Shiono Saki Kubota Izumi Oka 2005 Naomi Imaizumi Emi Shiono Edith Niederfriniger 2004 Izumi Oka Noriko Yamakura Emi Shiono 2003 Chiharu Chiba Susan Burr Ronda Guzda 2002 Megumi Shigaki -2- Brigitte Egbert Izumi Oka 2001 Megumi Shigaki Noriko Yamakura Harumi Matsumoto 2000 Marci Aitken Etsuko Yoshida Noriko Yamakura 1999 Noriko Yamakura -2- Marci Aitken Cora Vlot 1998 Lisa Bentley -2- Junko Murakami Harumi Matsumoto 1997 Lisa Bentley Katinka Wiltenburg Ayako Suzuki 1996 Katinka Wiltenburg Alison Coote Noriko Yamakura 1995 Terry Martin Noriko Yamakura Junko Takeuchi 1994 Noriko Yamakura J. Despas Deidre Grace 1993 Junko Murakawi Sheryl MacMilan Kim Isherwood 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985

^* * Due to the weather, the swimming distance was replaced by a 6.5 km run in 2015.

Web links

• Website Strongman (English)
• Strongman 2012 racing video
• Results 1994 to 2000 ( Memento from April 21, 2001 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stormy race in Okinawa: Beate Görtz wins Strongman All Japan Triathlon. tri-mag.de of April 23, 2013.
2. ↑ Clemens Coenen's report on April 29, 2008.