Vendula Frintová
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Date of birth | 4th September 1983 (age 36) |
place of birth | Náchod, Czech Republic |
size | 168 cm |
Weight | 50 kg |
societies | |
Current | Ekel Elite Triathlon Team and Krefeld Canoe Club |
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2004, 2005 | 2 × U23 vice world champion triathlon |
2005 | European champion duathlon |
2009 | World champion duathlon |
2011 | Vice European Triathlon Champion |
2012 | 5th place in the European Triathlon Championship |
2013 | 3rd place in the European Championship Triathlon short distance |
2017 | 3rd place European Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance |
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active |
Vendula Frintová (born September 4, 1983 in Náchod ) is a Czech duathlete and triathlete . She is a two-time Olympian (2008, 2016), European Duathlon Champion (2005) and Duathlon World Champion (2009).
Career
Frintová is a multiple Czech triathlon champion in various categories such as B. State champion of 2006 and 2007 as well as winner of the Czech championship series in 2009 and gold medal winner of the World Cup in Mooloolaba 2010.
European Duathlon Champion 2005
In 2004 and 2005 she was triathlon vice world champion U23. In 2005 she became European champion in the duathlon. At the Summer Olympics, she finished 23rd in Beijing in August 2008.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished 23rd.
World Champion Duathlon 2009
In 2009 she became Duathlon World Champion. In the eight years from 2002 to 2009, Vendula Frintová took part in 75 ITU competitions and secured 37 top ten placements, including five gold medals.
In the Czech Republic, Vendula Frintová starts for Ekol Elite Triathlon Team, in France and Germany she will again take part in competition series as an elite legionnaire in 2010, namely for the Krefeld Kanu Klub in the German Bundesliga and for TCG 79 Parthenay in the French club championship series Lyonnaise des eaux . In the opening triathlon of this French Grand Prix de Triathlon in Dunkirk, Frintová was 17th, in the second triathlon in Beauvais 26th, so she was both times among the three triathlètes classants l'équipe whose places are used for the club ranking.
In June 2011 she was European triathlon champion on the Olympic short distance and in April 2012 she finished fifth at the European Triathlon Championship.
She finished the 2015 World Championship racing series in 21st place.
2016 Summer Olympics
In May 2016 she finished fourth at the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic distance.
Vendula Frintová took 27th place for the Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on August 20. In the 2016 ITU annual ranking, she came twelfth as the best Czech woman.
In the first race of the 2017 world championship series, she finished twelfth in March in Abu Dhabi. As in the previous year, she finished fourth at the European Triathlon Championship in Kitzbühel in June. A week later, the 33-year-old was third in the European championship on the sprint distance in Düsseldorf.
Vendula Frintová studied anthropology and genetics at Charles University in Prague and lives in her native Náchod.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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21 Sep 2019 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
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02:11:27 | behind the Swiss Julie Derron |
Sep 2 2018 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
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02:08:22 | |
9 Aug 2018 | 6th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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02:02:06 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
May 12, 2018 | 7th | ITU World Championship Series 2018 |
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01:55:46 | |
June 24, 2017 | 3 | ETU Sprint Distance Triathlon European Championships |
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01:03:38 | European championship on the sprint distance at the T3 triathlon |
June 16, 2017 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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01:58:41 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
8 Apr 2017 | 10 | ITU World Championship Series 2017 |
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00:58:38 | |
Apr 2, 2017 | DNF | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
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3rd Mar 2017 | 12 | ITU World Championship Series 2017 |
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02:05:56 | first race of the 2017 World Championship series |
Aug 20, 2016 | 27 | 2016 Summer Olympics |
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02:01:49 | |
May 28, 2016 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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02:04:40 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
May 8, 2016 | 6th | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
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01:05:05 | |
Apr 11, 2015 | 32 | ITU World Championship Series 2015 |
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02:02:58 | |
29 Mar 2015 | 4th | ITU World Championship Series 2015 |
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02:11:23 | in the second race of the season |
June 28, 2014 | 8th | ITU World Championship Series 2014 |
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01:57:18 | |
14th of June 2013 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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01:55:53 | |
March 16, 2013 | 3 | ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup |
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01:58:44 | behind the winner Paula Findlay |
Apr 20, 2012 | 5 | ETU Distance European Championships |
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02:09:00 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
Feb. 19, 2012 | 8th | ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup |
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01:02:55 | 750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running |
June 24, 2011 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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02:05:27 | Vice European champion on the Olympic short distance |
July 3, 2010 | 11 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
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01:59:44 | at the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic short distance; behind the Swiss winner Nicola Spirig |
June 5, 2010 | 19th | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2010 |
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02:09:36 | |
Aug 18, 2008 | 23 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
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02:03:27 | The competition consisted of 3 disciplines: 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running. |
Sep 10 2005 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 |
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02:03:41 | Vice-World Champion U23, behind Andrea Hewitt |
July 17, 2005 | 4th | ETU Triathlon European Championship U23 |
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02:08:23 | U23 triathlon European championship |
May 9, 2004 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 |
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01:57:04 | U23 vice world champion |
July 6, 2002 | 27 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Women |
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01:13:31 | European Junior Championship |
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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26 Sep 2009 | 1 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
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02:08:17 | Duathlon world champion |
Oct 7, 2006 | 3 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
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02:05:56 | |
2005 | 1 | ETU Duathlon European Championships |
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European champion in duathlon |
(DNF - Did Not Finish)
Web links
- Vendula Frintovás Homepage ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile and results of Vendula Frintová in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on January 3, 2020 (English).
- Profile for Vendula Frintová at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 17, 2014
- Vendula Frintová in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTL Schwalbe-Team KKK 2010 ( Memento from June 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ Triathlon de Dunkerque 2010 ( Memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ Triathlon de Beauvais 2010.Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ↑ ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2016 | Elite women
- ↑ Laura Lindemann is European Champion (June 24, 2017)
- ↑ Short-distance European Championships Athlone: Spirig defends title
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frintová, Vendula |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th September 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | After that |