Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn

Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn
venue	Lensahn Germany
First run	1992
organizer	TSV Lensahn from 1924 e. V.
Records
distance	11.4 km 540 km 126.6 km
track record	Men: 30:48:57 h, 2011 Robert Karas   Women: 37:54:54 h, 1996 Astrid Benöhr
Website	Official website

The Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn is a long-distance triathlon event. This ultratriathlon covers three times the Ironman distance: After swimming 11.4 kilometers, there is 540 kilometers on the bike and then a run over the triple marathon distance (126.6 kilometers).

organization

The event took place for the first time in 1992 on the initiative of the extreme athlete Wolfgang Kulow . The organizer is TSV Lensahn von 1924 e. V.

Up to 50 athletes take part in the competition, which takes place on the last weekend in July in Lensahn . Swimming takes place in the Lensahn outdoor pool (228 lanes at 50 m). The bike course consists of a circuit between Lensahn and Beschendorf, with a total of 112 laps of 4.82 km each. The subsequent run will also take place on a circuit (96 laps of 1.32 km each) in Lensahn.

As a qualification for the Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn, the athletes must have at least one completed participation in an Ironman triathlon (or a comparable distance) from the two previous years.

The competition in Lensahn is not an event approved by the German Triathlon Union (DTU). In 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2014 Lensahn hosted the unofficial world championship of the International Ultratriathlon Association (IUTA) over the triple long distance and in 2001 the European championship was held.

Between 1992 and 2005 Astrid Benöhr won the Triple Ultra Triathlon in Lensahn 13 times, during which she was unofficial world champion in 1998, 2000 and 2003 and European champion in 2001.

In 2015, 41 triathletes from eleven nations started. The 26th edition took place here in July 2017.

Winners list

Date / year	Winner men	time	Winner women	time
26th July 2019	Thorsten Eckert	36:25:02	Mareile Hertel (SR)	37:18:17
29th July 2018	Robert Karas (SR)	30:48:57	Marie Veslestaul -2-	39:29:43
28th July 2017	Rait Ratasepp	34:19:34	Šárka Kolbova -5-	57:21:59
29th July 2016	Richard Widmer -3-	33:14:33	Marie Veslestaul	40:56:03
2015	Richard Widmer -2-	33:05:16	Šárka Kolbova -4-
2014	Richard Widmer	34:49:02	Katrin Burow	40:53:32
July 26, 2013	Mark Hohe-Dorst	38:00:04	Manuela Correc	51:20:14
July 29, 2012	Heiko Stokloßa -3-	34:47:11	Šárka Kolbova -3-	47:22:09
July 31, 2011	Paul Thompson	35:35:18	Šárka Kolbova -2-	48:12:42
2010	Adrian Brennwald	33:29:55	Šárka Kolbova	48:04:44
July 26, 2009	Matej Markovic	35:15:11	Miriam Rau	52:11:57
2008	Emmanuel Conraux -4-		Susanne Beisenherz -3-	51:44:16
2007	Emmanuel Conraux -3-	34:54:59	Susanne Beisenherz -2-	54:07:16
2006	Emmanuel Conraux -2-		Susanne Beisenherz	46:45:18
2005	Werner Strauch		Astrid Benöhr -13-
2004	Emmanuel Conraux		Astrid Benöhr -12-
2003	Luis Wildpanner	31:47:57	Astrid Benöhr -11-	39:49:29
2001 (EM)	Heiko Stokloßa -2-	34:54:58	Astrid Benöhr -10-
2000	Heiko Stokloßa	35:24:31	Astrid Benöhr -9-	43:36:45
1999	Beat Knechtle		Astrid Benöhr -8-
1998	Antonio Fusaro	35:04:13	Astrid Benöhr -7-	41:03:59
1997	Norman Schaake		Astrid Benöhr -6-
1996	Rainer Wybranietz	33:52:37	Astrid Benöhr -5-	37:54:54
1995	Gerhard Weber -2-	34:17:26	Astrid Benöhr -4-	38:09:29
1994	Gerhard Weber	34:13:59	Astrid Benöhr -3-	38:32:18
1993	Mathias Willner	36:09:40	Astrid Benöhr -2-	41:44:19
Aug 1992	Karl Kiermeyer	36:57:05	Astrid Benöhr	39:51:05

Unofficial World Championship Triple Ultratriathlon of the International Ultratriathlon Association (IUTA)

(SR: course record)

Web links

• Official homepage of the Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results archive of the Triple Ultra Triathlon Lensahn ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
2. ↑ She can still do it: Benöhr wins Triple Ultra Triathlon in Lensahn (July 31, 2005)
3. ↑ 3 Ironman in one piece: The Triple Ultra Triathlon in Lensahn (July 31, 2005)
4. ↑ Rait Ratasepp, an Estonian in the fast lane - Extreme weather challenged the athletes in the Triple Ultra Triathlon (July 31, 2017)