Yvonne van Vlerken

0 Yvonne van Vlerken
at the Trans Vorarlberg Triathlon , 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	5th November 1978 (age 41)
place of birth	Krimpen aan de Lek , Netherlands
Nickname	Vonsy
size	164 cm
Weight	57 kg
societies
Current	RV DJ's bike shop SIMPLON Hard
successes
2006	World champion duathlon long distance
2007-2017	6 × winner of the long distance challenge
2009-2018	9 × Ironman winner
2011	Winner Ironman 70.3 European Championships
2017, 2019	2 × ETU European champion long distance triathlon
2017, 2018	2 × Dutch champion long distance triathlon
status
inactive

Yvonne van Vlerken (born November 5, 1978 in Krimpen aan de Lek ) is a former Dutch duathlete and triathlete living in Austria . She is world champion on the long-distance duathlon (2006), multiple Ironman winner (2009-2017) and two-time ETU European champion on the long-distance triathlon (2017, 2019). With 8:45:48 hours she held the world best time (Challenge Roth, 2008) over the long distance, until this was undercut again on July 12, 2009 by Chrissie Wellington in Roth .

Career

In her youth, Yvonne van Vlerken was active in the South Holland football team, she later began with duathlon and finally in 2000 also with triathlon. She is multiple Dutch champion in duathlon and triathlon.

World champion duathlon 2006

In 2005 she became vice European champion in the long distance duathlon and in 2006 she was able to secure the title of European champion here.

July 13, 2008 at Challenge Roth near Nuremberg could the previous world best of 8:45:48 in triathlon with Hours Paula Newby-Fraser undercut and October 11, 2008 at her first start in Hawaii, she reached behind the last year's winner Chrissie Wellington to second place (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.2 km running).

Winner Ironman-70.3 European Championships 2011

In November 2012, at her first start for Austria with a new personal best, she won her third Ironman gold medal in Florida - the second Ironman gold medal for Austria after Kate Allen (2003, 2005). In November 2014 she was able to win the Ironman Florida for the third time in a row and she got her seventh victory in the long distance triathlon.

Yvonne van Vlerken starts for the Tri Team Lustenau . She was trained after 2009 by Mark Allen and today by Siri Lindley with a team of consultants and coaches. After five years of unsuccessful application for Austrian citizenship, according to her own statement, she ended this effort in 2015 and starts again for the Netherlands. In July 2015 she won the Challenge Roth for the third time after 2007 and 2008 and in August she won the first Ironman Maastricht-Limburg .
In February 2016 she won the Challenge Wanaka on the long distance .

European champion long distance triathlon 2017 and 2019

The then 38-year-old won the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam with a new course record in September 2017 , her sixth race on the Challenge long distance and thus became ETU European Champion and national champion on the Triathlon long distance. In September she was able to win her eighth Ironman race after 2015 with the Ironman Barcelona and set a new course record. In 2017 she won the Challenge Family's “European Bonus Ranking” .

In September 2019 she became the ETU European Champion Long Distance Triathlon for the second time at the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam . The then 40-year-old declared her active time over after the race.

Yvonne van Vlerken has been married to the German triathlete Per Bittner (* 1985) since July 2018 . The Austrian by choice now lives in Schwarzach in Vorarlberg . Their nicknames are "Dutch Dynamo" or "Vonsy".

Awards

• In 2008 she was voted “Triathlete of the Year” for the third time in her home country.
• In 2010 she was elected “Sportswoman of the Year” in Rotterdam alongside soccer player Giovanni van Bronckhorst .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish ; DNS - Did Not Start)

Web links

Commons : Yvonne van Vlerken  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of Yvonne van Vlerken
• Profile for Yvonne van Vlerken at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on May 28, 2016
• Profile and results of Yvonne van Vlerken in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 30, 2019 (English).
• Pro-Hawaii: Yvonne Van Vlerken - I can get a lot better (interview with Yvonne van Vlerken)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kai Baumgartner: Interview with Yvonne Van Vlerken. In: 3athlon.de. October 5, 2007, archived from the original on July 3, 2009 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Subordinate everything to sport
3. ↑ Yvonne Van Vlerken: Team ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2015 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. (August 14, 2015)  
4. ↑ Triathlon podcast: Yvonne Van Vlerken & Per Bittner (August 7, 2015)
5. ↑ Yvonne Van Vlerken: "Lanzarote is the toughest place in the world to train" ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (March 14, 2014)  
6. ↑ Yvonne Van Vlerken rejects Austrian citizenship (February 23, 2015)
7. ↑ Yvonne Van Vlerken: “Down Under, neat 'grenades' meet” ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. (March 11, 2015)  
8. ↑ IRONMAN BARCELONA: VICTORS TO COSTES AND VAN VLERKEN, SÄMMLER THIRD (September 30, 2017)
9. ↑ CHALLENGE TRIATHLON: RECORD DAY AND FAREWELL DAY IN ALMERE, HEEMERYCKS THIRD ATTACK IN DAVOS (September 15, 2019)
10. ↑ Around 1500 participants sweat at the Leipzig Triathlon (July 22, 2918)
11. ↑ LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON: MICHAEL RAELERT HAS THE THAILAND HAT TRICK (November 19, 2017)
12. ↑ Lukas Krämer happy with fourth place (August 14, 2017)
13. ↑ BITTNER AND VAN VLERKEN WIN THE CHALLENGE ARUBA (October 24, 2016)
14. ↑ Ladykracher at Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau: van Vlerken challenges Gajer (February 19, 2016)
15. ↑ 3rd place in the debut as a professional: Winhöringer Julia viellehner in Rimini straight away on the podium (May 11, 2016)
16. ↑ Triathlon Ingolstadt 2015: Bittner and Möller win, Van Vlerken dominates half distance (June 14, 2015)
17. ↑ Van Vlerken wins the final sprint, Bittner third (March 30, 2015)
18. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Rügen: Michael Raelert wins again (September 14, 2014)
19. ↑ Schildknecht and Van Vlerken win in Walchsee ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2011 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. 
20. ^ Speedman Triathlon Munich Anne Haug before Yvonne van Vlerken
21. ↑ Great atmosphere at the Salzburger Land Triathlon ( memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ Everything was fine on the crisp bike course
23. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 St. Pölten: The anniversary edition is in the starting blocks
24. ↑ Monster triathlon: Van Vlerken wins premiere
25. ↑ Challenge Walchsee 2010: Michael Weiss wins with the strongest bike split
26. ↑ Masters athletes fought for the Austrian Championship title in Kuchl
27. ^ Kai Baumgartner: Half Challenge Barcelona, ​​disqualification of the Spaniard Virginia Berasategui Luna canceled. In: 3athlon.de. October 25, 2009, archived from the original on November 1, 2009 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . 
28. ^ Warriner wins on debut; Alexander continues top form ironman.com February 7, 2009 (EST)
29. ↑ Austria IRONMAN 70.3 2008: Crucial change on the Finishline through Massimo Cigana ( Memento from June 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
30. ↑ Meet Team Sirius Athlete Yvonne Van Vlerken. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 6, 2017 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . 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.  
31. ↑ Trautman and van Vlerken awesome in Almere (September 14, 2019)
32. ↑ DAY OF RECORDS AT CHALLENGE ALMERE (September 8, 2018)
33. ↑ IRONMAN NEWS: BRITISH DOMINATE IN WEYMOUTH, CARFRAE-O´DONNELL FAMILY WINS IN AUGUSTA, MAASTRICHT WINNER VISSER SUBSEQUENTLY DISQUALIFIED (23 September 2018)
34. ↑ Ironman Western Australia: Bozzone wins Duathlon (December 3, 2017)
35. ↑ Rule violation: Roth third Lisa Roberts deleted from the evaluation (November 13, 2017)
36. ↑ Ironman Hawaii: Andreas Raelert moves up (September 1, 2014)
37. ↑ Yvonne van Vlerken: "This is my comeback!" (October 13, 2013)
38. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon: rendezvous of the Ironman stars in the land of the sheikhs. In: 3athlon.de. March 10, 2010, archived from the original on March 13, 2010 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . 
39. ↑ ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL TRIATHLON 2010 - Yvonne van Vlerken on 7th place ( Memento from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
40. ^ Ironman Cozumel: Van Vlerken and Beke win at Premiere
41. ↑ Van Vlerken takes Lanzarote Duathlon (January 16, 2017)
42. ↑ Kai Baumgartner: 10th International Lanzarote Duathlon: Kris Gemmel (NZL) just ahead of Rasmus Henning (DEN), Wenke Kujala (GER) third behind the winner Yvonne Van Vlerken (NLD). In: 3athlon.de. January 21, 2006, archived from the original on February 12, 2006 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . 
43. ↑ Successful weekend for thoni mara athletes ( memento of the original from May 28, 2014 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. 
44. ↑ Erika Csomor and Benny Vansteelant win Powerman Holland (April 23, 2007)
45. ↑ POWERMAN Luxembourg 2004 - Weiswampach - women. In: tri2b.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 .