Svenja Thoes

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Personal information
Date of birth 30th June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Neunkirchen (Saar), Germany
Nickname Toasti
size 167 cm
Weight 52 kg
societies
Current LAZ Saarbrücken
successes
2014 European champion triathlon middle distance age group 20–24
2016 Winner Ironman World Championships age group 25–29
2018 Ironman winner
status
active

Svenja Thoes (born June 30, 1991 in Neunkirchen ) is a German triathlete . She is included in the best list of German triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

In 2012, Svenja Thoes won a starting place at Ironman 70.3 Mallorca (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) through a competition and was able to place second in her age group after just three months of preparation. So she qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas.

In 2014 Svenja Thoes became European champion in the triathlon middle distance in Spain in the age group 20–24. In October 2016 she was able to win the age group 25-29 at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships).

She has been a professional athlete since 2017. In November 2018, the then 27-year-old from Saarland won her first Ironman race in Cozumel with the Ironman Mexico (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) .

In June 2019 she was third in Ironman 70.3 Switzerland and in Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg she was second in the same month. In November 2019 she started as the defending champion at Ironman Mexico and had to abandon the race after falling badly while evading with the bike.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
June 30, 2019 3 Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl AustriaAustria Walchsee
June 16, 2019 2 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg Remich 04:18:50
02nd June 2019 3 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 04:23:43
Oct 28, 2018 1 Challenge Forte Village Sardinia ItalyItaly Sardinia had to be carried out as a duathlon
Sep 30 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 Cozumel MexicoMexico Cozumel
Sep 24 2017 3 Ironman 70.3 Cozumel MexicoMexico Cozumel
23rd July 2017 3 Ironman 70.3 Calgary CanadaCanada Calgary
Oct 18, 2014 1 ETU Challenge Triathlon European Championship 20–24 SpainSpain Peguera 05:02:49 European Championship on the middle distance; Age group winner
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Nov 24, 2019 DNF Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel - Fall on the bike at the start as the defending champion
Oct 12, 2019 20th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:30:50
Nov 18, 2018 1 Ironman Mexico MexicoMexico Cozumel 08:56:17 first Ironman victory
0Oct 8, 2016 15th Ironman Hawaii United StatesUnited States Hawaii 09:40:48 Winner of the age group 25–29
26 Sep 2015 Ironman Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 09:38:05 Winner of the age group 18–24

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Svenja Thoes (Team Sport for Good)
  2. ↑ Tough race in Switzerland - RYF AND BÖCHERER VICTORY IN RAPPERSWIL (June 2, 2019)
  3. ↑ IRONMAN: BUTTERFIELD WINS IN COZUMEL, CROWLEY IN ARIZONA (November 25, 2019)
  4. ↑ CHALLENGE FORTE VILLAGE SARDINIA: VICTORY FOR THOES, BERLINGER AND FUNK THIRD PARTIES (October 28, 2018)
  5. ↑ IRONMAN COZUMEL: THOES HOLT FIRST IN VICTORY, WHITE FOR THE THIRD (November 18, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Thoes, Svenja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen (Saar)