Jan Frodeno
Jan Frodeno at the 2015 Ironman Germany in Frankfurt am Main.
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| Nickname(s) | Frodo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 August 1981 Cologne, Germany |
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| Residence | Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | Beach Volleyball, Surfing, Cooking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tri-Sport Saar-Hochwald e. V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Dan Lorang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jan Frodeno (born 18 August 1981) is a German triathlete. He is the gold medal winner in men's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 2-time winner of the Ironman World Championship in 2015 and 2016, and the winner of the 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. He is the world record holder for the long distance, set in Roth, Germany in 2016 with 7:35:39 hours.
Born in Cologne, Frodeno started out as a swimmer in South Africa at the age of 15, and he entered triathlon in 2000. He then went to Germany to compete in the Triathlon-Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in 2002. As part of the national team he trained at the Olympic Training Centre in Saarbrücken. Before his Olympic victory, his best result was placing sixth in the 2007 World Championships, and winning the German Championship the same year. He had previously also placed second and third in various races of the World Cup from 2005 to 2008.
Frodeno's gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a surprise. He beat the 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield in a sprint finish, while the hot pre-race favorite and 2008 World Champion Javier Gómez finished in fourth place. The victory came the day after his twenty-seventh birthday. Frodeno continued to perform strongly in 2009 and 2010, finishing 4th overall in the World Championship Triathlon Series both years. He was on course to become World Champion in 2010, needing only a 4th place in the Series Grand Final in Budapest, but due to an injury struggled to a 41st-place finish, losing the Overall title to Javier Gómez.
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