Wintertriathlon

Winter Triathlon is the winter form of the sport of triathlon. It is an endurance -around competition, in which the disciplines of cross-country running, mountain biking and cross country skiing are executed immediately one after the other. 2014 tested the ITU disciplines Snowshoe - skiing, speed skating and cross country skiing as a new winter triathlon disciplines. The premiere competition will start in March 2014 held in Quebec, Canada.

Organization

The whole course usually leads to snow. In contrast to the triathlon is run at the Winter Triathlon first. There are mountain bikes with tire widths of at least 40 mm are allowed. The final cross-country skiing takes place in free technique.

In the early days the disciplines were also performed in a different order. Winter triathlon is organized in the triathlon federations. The sport was rejected as an Olympic sport in November 2006 by the IOC.

From the International Triathlon Union ( ITU ) World Championships every year since 1997 in the Winter Triathlon performed (6 km run, 10 km mountain bike and 8 km cross-country skiing ).

Famous athletes are:

• Sigrid Mutscheller (born Lang), multiple World Cup winner and World Champion from Germany
• Paolo Riva, several times World Cup winner and World Champion from Italy
• Marianne Vlasveld, World Champion 2002
• Marc peace, world champion, European champion and World Cup overall champion in 2002
• Benjamin Sunday, World Champion and European Champion 2004
• Siegfried Bauer, state and world champion (2004, 2005) from Austria
• Mathias Holzner, Vice World Champion 1997, European Cup overall champion in 1997, Vice European Champion 1998
• Michael Goehner, multiple German Champion from Germany