Jan Frodeno

Jan " Frodo " Frodeno ( born August 18, 1981 in Cologne ) is a German triathlete and Olympic gold medalist (2008).

Career

Jan Frodeno grew up in South Africa and began with 15 years of his sporting career as a swimmer. Three years later he came because of the versatility of the various disciplines to rescue swimming.

In November 2000, he started his triathlon career, and in 2002 he started for the first time in the triathlon Bundesliga. In the same year Frodeno also managed the leap into the German national team. In 2005 and 2006 he was able to hold in the German men by good performance. Between 2005 and 2008 launched Frodeno in the Triathlon Bundesliga for the Hansgrohe team.

He was a member of the " top team Beijing " (A- squad of the national team) and was able to at the World Championships in Hamburg by his sixth place ahead of 2007 secure qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the gold medal.

In September 2009 he was sent to eight races in the overall ranking fourth in the short -distance world championship of the International Triathlon Union ( ITU) .. In 2010, he joined also with the fourth rank from in the overall standings. In November 2009 Frodeno founded his own junior triathlon team named "Team Strive ". It consists of three male and three female junior athletes.

Frodeno lives in Saarbrücken and launched through 2010 for the club ' Sport Tri- Saar- timber forest ". From 2011 he competes for the " Athletics Centre Saarbrücken " and has Specialized as a new bike sponsor. He is a member of the ASICS DTU elite team of the German Triathlon Union.

He was appointed a member of the " Gold Group " for the 2011 season by the International Triathlon Union ( ITU) - the ten best men and women of previous years represent the ITU in public and secure their national associations for each of the seven races of the ITU World Championship Series one additional place. Since May 2011, Jan Frodeno engaged as ambassadors of " matter of the heart - The children relief from SWR and SR " for disadvantaged children and young people in the Saarland.

He had qualified together with Steffen Justus and Maik Petzold for a place at the 2012 Olympics and won in August 2012 in London sixth. Jan Frodeno start of 2013 with the bromelain -POS team Saar in the First Bundesliga.

His nickname is "Frodo " in reference to the protagonist in the movie " The Lord of the Rings" ( bon mot to the Olympic rings ). In October 2013, he married the Australian triathlete Emma Snowsill.

Sporting successes

( DNF - Did Not Finish )

  • 2nd Place German Championship Gelsenkirchen
  • 9th place overall World Cup
  • 2nd Place ITU World Cup Team Cancun / Mexico
  • 5th Place ITU World Cup Beijing
  • 2nd Place ITU World Cup Tiszaujvaros / Hungary
  • 3rd ITU World Cup Richards Bay / South Africa
  • 13th Place ITU World Cup Madrid
  • 3rd ITU World Cup Mazatlan / Mexico
  • 3rd place Olympic test World Cup China
  • 4th place World Cup Mexico
  • 5th Place World Cup Hungary
  • 11th Place World Cup Hawaii
  • 3rd Place German Championship Elite

2004

  • 4th German Championship Elite
  • 7th place World Cup Mexico
  • 9th place World Cup Japan
  • 16th Place World Cup Hungary
  • 31 in World Cup Hungary

Honors

  • Saar Sportsman of the Year 2009
  • Silver Bay Leaf 2008
  • Champion of the Year 2008
  • Saar Sportsman of the Year 2008
  • Triathlete of the Year 2008
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