Mario Huys

Mario Huys
Personal information
Born	9 February 1959 (age 62); Bruges, Belgium
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Representing Belgium
Men's triathlon

Mario Huys is a former professional triathlete from Belgium who is currently living in Austria. He is the head coach and managing director of Mario Huys Coaching. Huys holds a master's degree in sports science.^[1] He is a former coach of the Oakley Transition Ironman Team^[2] and founding member of Triangel Institut, Ironman Nice and Ironman 70.3 Monaco.^{[citation needed]}

Athletic career highlights[]

Former world record holder for double Ironman 19:54^[3] (two Ironman races consecutively, both under 10 hours)
Coached two pro triathletes to each break the world record (Luc Van Lierde and Yvonne van Vlerken)
Completed 18 Ironman branded races as well as 24 Ironman distance triathlons for a total of 42 Ironman finishes
Won 11 Long distance races
Vice European Champion Ironman Distance Köln 1985
Ironman personal best time 8:19
Best finish at the Ironman World Championships - 11th place
Ironman Hawaii best time 8:48
Marathon personal best 2:28
Member Belgian Olympic rowing team
Professional Triathlete for 14 years
Semi Professional Cyclist for 2 years by ADR Greg LeMond’s team
Skiing instructor, mountain guide, rafting guide, canyoning guide and paraglider

Coaching highlights[]

France (European and French Triathlon Champ)
Luc Van Lierde Belgium (Hawaii Ironman Champ)
Kate Allen Australia (Olympic Gold and 2 Ironman wins)
Austria (International Triathlon and Duathlon Champ)
Yvonne van Vlerken Netherlands (World Duathlon and Ironman Champ)^[4]
Switzerland (National Champ)
Austria (National Champ, Olympic team Austria)
Scott Ragsdale United States (7 IM in Emirates in 7 days)^[5]^[6]
France (National Champ)

Pro athletes currently coached by Mario[]

Michael Weiss Austria (Olympian, Ironman Champ and Xterra Champ)^[7]
Josef Fuchs Austria (World Champion FIS Masters, 2 x Bronze FIS Masters and Silver Medallist)
Austria (professional alpine skier)
Germany (National Champ)

References[]

External links[]

Official website
"Triathlon Team". Bezirksblätter. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Oakley Transition Ironman Team
Starcoaching
Triangle Institut

[1] Sports Science

[2] Ironman aus Heinsberg bald fit für Monaco

[3] vier Minuten unter dem bisherigen Weltrekord von Mario Huys

[4] Slowtwitch talks to Yvonne van Vlerken

[5] Ragsdale trains hard to emerge as ultimate Ironman

[6] Finish or failure my RAAM solo 2013 challenge

[7] "A day with Mario Huys at the 2009 Ironman World Championships".

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