- Nicola Spirig
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Gold medalist Spirig with Charayron and Jenkins Tucker at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
Nicola Spirig and Helen Jenkins at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
Nicola Spirig at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbuhel, 2010.
Nicola Spirig at the Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, 2011.Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in Winkel) is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team (i.e. Team London 2012), double Olympian, Junior World Champion of the year 2001, Junior European Champion of the year 1999, and Elite European Champion of the years 2009 and 2010.
In the 13 years from 1998 to 2010, Spirig took part in 72 ITU competitions and achieved 39 top ten positions. In 2010, she won the European Championships and the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, and the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in London. In the overall World Championship Series ranking she place second.
Nicola Spirig lives in Dielsdorf and holds a degree in law (lic.iur.). Both her elder sister Kathrin and her elder brother Thomas were high-performance sports people before they started their academic career, and Nicola Spirig's parents Ursula and Sepp are PE teachers.
ITU Competitions
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.[1] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
Date Competition Place Rank 1998-07-04 European Championships (Junior) Velden 18 1998-08-30 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 5 1999-07-03 European Championships (Junior) Funchal 1 2000-04-30 World Championships (Junior) Perth 3 2000-07-08 European Championships (Junior) Stein 5 2001-06-23 European Championships (Junior) Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 2 2001-07-22 World Championships (Junior) Edmonton 1 2001-08-25 World Cup Lausanne 9 2002-06-08 European Cup Belgrade 3 2002-07-06 European Championships Győr 14 2002-07-21 World Cup Corner Brook 9 2002-08-31 World Cup Lausanne 15 2002-09-21 World Cup Nice 21 2002-10-13 World Cup Madeira 20 2002-11-09 World Championships (U23) Cancun 3 2003-06-07 World Cup Tongyeong 26 2003-06-21 European Championships Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 12 2003-07-13 World Cup Edmonton 19 2003-07-20 World Cup Corner Brook 11 2003-09-06 World Cup Hamburg 15 2003-09-21 World Cup Madrid DNF 2003-10-19 World Cup Madeira 17 2003-10-25 World Cup Athens 24 2003-12-06 World Championships Queenstown 33 2004-04-11 World Cup Ishigaki 14 2004-04-18 European Championships Valencia 14 2004-04-25 World Cup Mazatlan 11 2004-05-09 World Championships Madeira DNF 2004-07-25 World Cup Salford 13 2004-08-25 Olympic Games Athens 19 2005-06-05 World Cup Madrid 11 2005-07-17 European Championships (U23) Sofia 2 2005-07-31 World Cup Salford 12 2005-08-06 World Cup Hamburg DNF 2005-08-20 European Championships Lausanne 12 2005-09-10 World Championships (U23) Gamagori 3 2005-09-17 OSIM World Cup Beijing 32 2006-06-04 BG World Cup Madrid 17 2006-06-11 BG World Cup Richards Bay 8 2006-06-23 European Championships Autun 13 2006-07-23 BG World Cup Corner Brook DNS 2006-11-05 BG World Cup Cancun 17 2006-11-12 BG World Cup New Plymouth 12 2007-03-25 BG World Cup Mooloolaba 17 2007-04-15 BG World Cup Ishigaki 6 2007-05-06 BG World Cup Lisbon 8 2007-05-13 BG World Cup Richards Bay 5 2007-06-29 European Championships Copenhagen 3 2007-07-22 BG World Cup Kitzbuhel 6 2007-07-29 BG World Cup Salford 10 2007-08-19 European Cup Geneva 2 2007-08-30 BG World Championships Hamburg 19 2007-09-15 BG World Cup Beijing 7 2007-10-07 BG World Cup Rhodes 6 2007-12-01 BG World Cup Eilat 1 2008-04-13 BG World Cup Ishigaki 6 2008-04-26 BG World Cup Tongyeong 8 2008-05-10 European Championships Lisbon 4 2008-07-20 BG World Cup Kitzbuhel 1 2008-08-18 Olympic Games Beijing 6 2008-09-27 BG World Cup Lorient 8 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 1 2009-07-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 2 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 1 2009-08-22 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama 10 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 4 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 1 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone 1 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 2 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 18 2010-08-21 World Championships (Sprint) Lausanne 6 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 3 2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 2 2011-07-16 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 12 2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 8 2011-08-20 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championship Lausanne 16 2011-08-21 Team World Championships Lausanne 2 Notes
- ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTE=. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at triathlon.org
- Archived profile at triathlon.org
- teamTBB profile
- Nicola Spirig's blog
European Champions in women's ETU Triathlon Alexandra Kremer (1985) • Lieve Paulus (1986) • Sarah Coope (1987) • Sarah Springman (1988) • Simone Mortier (1989) • Thea Sybesma (1990) • Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (1991) • Sonja Krolik (1992) • Simone Westhoff (1993) • Sonja Krolik (1994) • Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (1995) • Suzanne Nielsen (1996) • Natascha Badmann (1997) • Wieke Hoogzaad (1998) • Anja Dittmer (1999) • Kathleen Smet (2000) • Michelle Dillon (2001) • Kathleen Smet (2002) • Ana Burgos (2003) • Vanessa Fernandes (2004-2008) • Nicola Spirig (2009-2010) • Emmie Charayron (2011)
(men) Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Swiss triathletes
- Olympic triathletes of Switzerland
- Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from the canton of Zurich
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