Thomas Dold

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Thomas Dold
Thomas Dold (2008)

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 10th September 1984 (age 35)
place of birth Wolfach , Germany
Career
status resigned
last change: August 21, 2018

Thomas Dold (born September 10, 1984 in Wolfach ) is a former German athlete who was best known as a stair runner . In addition, he set several world records for running backwards in his career .

Career

Before Dold became a stair runner, he was a member of the German national mountain running team . Dold achieved success at the most prestigious stair run in the world, the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York . When he participated for the first time in 2005, he was able to take second place after Rudolf Reitberger after the photo finish . In the following year he won the competition for the first time, beating the previous year's winner. On February 6, 2007, Dold successfully defended his title on his third participation in the flight of stairs in what was once the tallest building in the world. In February 2008 he completed the run in a personal best of 10:08 minutes, won for the third time in a row and thus managed a hat trick , but he could not endanger the record of the Australian Paul Crake of 9:33 minutes. Also in 2009, 2010 and 2011 Dold was able to win the run-up and has won the event six times in a row.

On June 15, 2008, Thomas Dold won the flight of 2046 steps to the 91st floor of Taipei 101 , which at that time was still the tallest skyscraper in the world. It took him 10:53 minutes. He repeated this success in 2009, in 2010 he was third, but again first in 2011.

Twice in a row, in 2009 and 2010, he won the Sydney Tower Run-Up. He also repeated his victories in Berlin at the Sky Run and the Vertical Sprint Milan in the Pirelli high-rise . All five races in 2010 are part of the Vertical World Circuit 2010 . Dold described the use of carefully appropriate support stockings as a secret of his success .

On August 3, 2013, he covered 330 hm in 9:55 minutes in the “China World Summit Hotel” in Beijing, thus winning 1st place. Thomas Dold was also among the world's best in backward running , known as retro running . His greatest success was winning two world championships each in 2006 in Rotkreuz / Switzerland and in 2008 in Pietrasanta in Italy . He has not appeared internationally since 2013.

Private

Thomas Dold was married to the marathon runner Anna Hahner (* 1989) until 2019 . Until 2018 he managed and trained his ex-wife and her twin sister Lisa .

successes

Flight of stairs

competition 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Empire State Building Run-Up , New York City - 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. -
Taipei 101 Run Up , Taipei - - 2. 2. 1. 1. 3. 1. - -
Donauturm Run Up, Vienna 2. 3. 1. 1. - - - - - -
Uptown Run Up, Munich 1. - - - - - - - - -
Sky Run, Berlin - - 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. -
TV tower run, Stuttgart - - 1. 1. 1. 1. - - - -
Towerrunning, Basel - - 1. 2. - - - - - -
Pirelli Towerrun, Milan - - - - 1. - 1. - - -
Towerrun, Benidorm - - - - 1. - - - - -
Swissôtel Vertical Marathon, Singapore - - - - 1. - - - - -
Sydney Tower Stair Challenge , Sydney - - - - - 1. 1. - - -
Tower Run-Up, Beijing - - - - - - - - - 1.

Walk backwards

  • 2004, 2005: Winner of the German championships in backward running
  • 2006, 2008: Double world champion in backward running over 400 and 3000 meters

World records in backward running

  • 2003: over 1000 meters (3: 32.35 min, 2008 improved)
  • 2004: over 800 meters (2: 40.00 min, 2008 improved)
  • 2004: over a mile (5: 46.59 min)
  • 2005: over 400 meters (1: 09.56 min)
  • 2006: over 1500 meters (5: 24.00 min, improved in 2009)
  • 2008: over 1000 meters (3: 20.09 min)
  • 2008: over 800 meters (2: 31.30 min)
  • 2009: over 1500 meters (5: 01.02 min)
  • 2015: over 10,000 meters (39:20 min)
  • 2018: over 5000 meters (19:07 min)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Four victories in New York - Steinacher Thomas Dold is one of the world's best stair runners suedkurier.de February 26, 2009
  2. ^ Dold, Walsham Defend Titles at Empire State Building Run-Up ( English ) IAAF . February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008. Retrieved on April 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Dold and Moon take Empire State Building Run-Up titles ( English ) IAAF. February 3, 2010. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved on April 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ Dold wins in the Empire State Building . Sport1. February 2, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ Taipei 101 Run Up Race ( English ) Taipei Financial Center Corp .. 2009. Retrieved on April 6 of 2010.
  6. ↑ sid / fc: Thomas Dold triumphs on the Sydney Tower . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. July 23, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ The Sydney Tower Run-Up ( English ) Sydney Aquarium Pty Ltd. July 23, 2010. Archived from the original on July 13, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sydneytowerrunup.com.au
  8. ^ 2010 Vertical World Circuit ( English ) ISF (International Skyrunning Federation). July 23, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  9. ↑ The secret of support stockings . Berliner Morgenpost. February 2, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  10. ↑ The played luck of the Hahner Twins (November 1, 2016)
  11. ↑ The Hahnertwins. In: run2sky.com. February 24, 2015, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Critically eyed marathon stars: Anna and Lisa Hahner. Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 24, 2015, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
  13. ↑ cover girls of the marathon bnn.de August 6, 2016
  14. ↑ Less social media, more calm: Hahner Twins give everything for second Olympic participation. Retrieved January 29, 2020 (German).
  15. ^ Winfried Schenk: World record board at the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion after 29 years with a new entry. In: Menschen-in-dresden.de. September 22, 2015, accessed November 13, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Back to the world record. In: Saxon newspaper. May 23, 2018, accessed May 24, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dold, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stair, mountain and backward runner
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfach