Thea Sybesma
  Thea Sybesma
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 18th December 1960 (age 59) |
| place of birth | Netherlands |
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| successes | |
| 1990-1992 | 3 × ETU European Champion Duathlon |
| 1990 | ETU European champion triathlon short distance |
| 1990 | ITU world champion duathlon |
| 1991, 1993 | 2 × Ironman winner |
| 1992 | Third Ironman Hawaii |
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| Resigned in 1993 | |
Thea Sybesma (born December 18, 1960 in the Netherlands ) is a former Dutch duathlete , triathlete and two-time Ironman winner (1991, 1993).
Career
Thea Sybesma first studied physiotherapy and later medicine in Groningen .
Duathlon world champion 1990
She was three times European duathlon champion (1990, 1991, 1992) and in 1990 also achieved the title of duathlon world champion.
In 1991 she became European triathlon champion in Roth with her victory over the ironman distance - here she was the first female athlete in the world to achieve a time of less than nine hours.
In 1992 she was third at the Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii and she ended her athletic career in 1993.
She is currently working as an orthopedic surgeon at St. Anna Hospital in Geldrop .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 1993 | 1 | Ironman Australia |
 Ranger
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| July 11, 1992 | 2 | Ironman Europe |
 Roth
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| 1992 | 3 | Ironman Hawaii |
 Hawaii
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09:26:57 | Third at the World Cup |
| 1992 | 3 | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships |
 Joroinen
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| 1992 | 1 | Almere triathlon |
Almere
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09:05:53 | |
| 1991 | 4th | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
09: 34.24 | World Championship |
| September 8, 1991 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Geneva
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02:09:32 | |
| July 13, 1991 | 1 | Ironman Europe |
Roth |
08:55:29 | Victory with a new world record on the long distance (under 9 hours for the first time) - with a bike time of 04:46:22 hours for the 180 km |
| 1991 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
Almere
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| 1990 | 1 | Almere triathlon |
Almere |
09:20:35 | |
| 1990 | 2 | ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships |
trier
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Vice European Champion | |
| Aug 26, 1990 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Linz
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02:04:00 | |
| June 16, 1990 | 3 | Triathlon International de Nice |
 Nice
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06:49:33 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | distance | time | comment |
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| 1992 | 3 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
Frankfurt am Main
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Duathlon World Championship | ||
| 1992 | 3 | ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships |
Zofingen |
Duathlon World Championship | ||
| 1992 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships | ||||
| 1991 | 2 | ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships |
Zofingen |
Duathlon Vice World Champion on the long distance | ||
| 1991 | 3 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
Palm Springs |
Duathlon World Championship | ||
| 1991 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
 Birmingham
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| 1990 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
Palm Springs |
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| 1990 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | distance | time | comment | |
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| 1993 | 1 | Midwinter marathon |
Apeldoorn
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marathon | 02:46:14 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Profile for Thea Sybesma at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on September 15, 2015
- Profile and results of Thea Sybesma in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on October 4, 2018 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ History sporty - Triathlon in Roth
- ↑ Thea Sybesma krijgt laatste triathlonzege niet cadeau
- ↑ 1991 Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships: Elite Women: Results
- ↑ History sporty - Triathlon in Roth
- ↑ Summer of '92 (November 18, 2013)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sybesma, Thea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1960 |