Kristian Blummenfelt

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Kristian Blummenfelt
Kristian Blummenfelt Rio2016.jpg
Blummenfelt at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 27)
Bergen, Norway
Sport
SportTriathlon
ClubViking, NOR
Valence Triathlon, FRA[1]
Coached byOlav Aleksander Bu
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Triathlon
Gold medal – first place Elite
Gold medal – first place Elite
Gold medal – first place Elite
Gold medal – first place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Silver medal – second place Elite
Bronze medal – third place Elite
Bronze medal – third place Elite
Bronze medal – third place Elite
Bronze medal – third place Elite
European Triathlon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Geneva Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bahrain Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bahrain Individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bahrain Individual

Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete and Olympic and World Champion Gold medalist, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career[]

He is the world record holder for the 70.3 distance, setting a time of 3:29:04[3] in 2018 and both repeating the feat and bettering his own mark in 2019 with a time of 3:25:21.[4] This was the third victory for him in as many years at the Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championships held in Bahrain. He is also the world record holder for the 140.6 distance with a time of 7:21:12, set at Ironman Cozumel in 2021.[5] Despite competing in the ITU World Triathlon Series for a number of years, his highest finish was second place until the 31st August 2019 when he took the gold at the Grand Final in Lausanne.[6]

Notably, he was part of a 1-2-3 Norwegian finish at WTS Bermuda in 2018, finishing second to his compatriot Casper Stornes and ahead of their third teammate Gustav Iden.[7] This was the first time this feat had been achieved in the ITU.

A similar feat was achieved at the 70.3 Middle East Championships in Bahrain in 2018, with Blummenfelt finishing first ahead of Iden with Stornes in third place.[4]

As a track runner, he represented the clubs Fana IL and TIF Viking and competed in the junior race at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships.[8] In the triathlon he won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Championships and placed 13th at the 2016 Olympics.[9][1]

Blummenfelt trains up to eight hours a day, swimming up to 45 km, cycling about 400 km and running up to 120 km per week.[1] During the 2020 Summer Olympics, Blummenfelt won the gold medal in Men's Triathlon.[10]

Due to the events of the COVID-19 outbreak the 2020 World Triathlon Series was put on hold with no races being contested at the time of writing (1 July).

In 2019, Blummenfelt achieved his first career gold at ITU World Triathlon Series level at the Grand Final in Lausanne on the 31 August. He finished the year with an ITU WTS ranking of 10th overall, capping off a year where he failed to make the podium in any other ITU WTS races, and registered a DNF three times (Tokyo, Hamburg and Yokohama[6]).

He raced the 70.3 Ironman Middle East Championships 2019 for the third year running, beating his previous world record time to win and set a new mark of 3:25:21.[4]

In 2018, in the ITU WTS, Blummenfelt achieved 4 podium places with three silvers and a bronze, together with registering two DNFs at Yokohama and Abu Dhabi.[6]

He finished the 2018 season ranking 5th overall in the ITU WTS.

He raced the 70.3 Ironman Middle East Championships 2018 for the second year running, finished in the top spot and in doing so set a new world record for the distance of 3:29:04.[3]

In 2017, Blummenfelt achieved 3 silvers, a bronze and registered one DNF in the ITU WTS.

He finished the 2017 season ranking 3rd overall in the ITU WTS, a career-best placing in the competition to date.[11]

He raced the 70.3 Ironman Middle East Championships 2017 for the first time and finished in the top spot, registering a time of 3:40:24.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kristian Blummenfelt. nbcolympics.com
  2. ^ "Men's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ironman".
  4. ^ a b c "Results - IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain".
  5. ^ https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/ironman-cozumel-2021-results-report-men
  6. ^ a b c "World Triathlon".
  7. ^ "Results: Elite Men | 2018 ITU World Triathlon Bermuda".
  8. ^ "B". Norwegian Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. ^ Kristian Blummenfelt Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  10. ^ "Kristian Blummenfelt". olympedia.org. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b "World Triathlon Championship Series".

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