Yves Cordier

0 Yves Cordier
Yves Cordier (2016)
Personal information
Date of birth	15th July 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	France
societies
successes
1987-1999	5 × winner Embrunman
1988	National champion long distance triathlon
1989	ETU European champion triathlon short distance
1991	National runner-up in triathlon short distance
1992	National champion triathlon middle distance
status
resigned

Yves Cordier (born July 15, 1964 ) is a former French triathlete . He is European champion in the short distance triathlon (1989) and is included in the best list of French triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Yves Cordier is considered a French "triathlon legend". The extremely strong swimmer fought many duels with the American Mark Allen in the 1980s . In 1989 Cordier became European Triathlon Champion on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).

Between 1987 and 1999 he won the Embrunman five times - this triathlon in the French Alps is considered to be one of the most demanding long distance races.

After the end of his active career, Cordier is now the race director of Ironman France .

He also works as a coach and trained the French triathletes Christel Robin , Delphine Pelletier and Jeanne Collonge .

His brother Jean-Gabriel Cordier was also active as a triathlete.

Yves Cordier started again after a 15-year break in August 2018 at the 35th anniversary of the Embrunman, but he could not finish the race on the long distance.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Yves Cordier (2015)

Web links

• Profile for Yves Cordier at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on August 4, 2014
• Profile and results of Yves Cordier in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 11, 2019 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ironman France - Nice Triathlon . In: tri-mag.de . June 22, 2008.
2. ↑ L'Embrunman 2018 promet des moments de légende pour sa 35e édition (August 1, 2018)