European Ironman Championships

Frankfurt

In less than two weeks, Amber will be taking on some of Europe’s best triathletes at the European Pro Championships in Frankfurt, Germany on July 7th. This will be her first Ironman race of the year and it looks to be fast. As far as I can tell, there are 37 female pros toeing the line. I have listed IM results for all the athletes that I could find one on and if not a 70.3 result. As you will see this race is going to be another FAAAAAST one! I am excited to see how well Amber will do!

I don't think there will be many joggers in this race

Eddie Izzard on Europe(my brother, Andrew, would be rolling his eyes at this)

Female Pros with an Ironman result in last 2 years

1. Keiko Tanaka-Japanese 09:02:40 2013 IM Melbourne(short swim)**

2. Kristy Hallett –Australian- 09:05:53 2013 IM Melbourne(short swim)**

3. Erika Csomor –Hungarian 09:12:09 at 2012 IM Austria

4. Jodie Swallow-English( not an African Swallow-see below):09:17:00 at 2013 IM South Africa

5. Sofie Goos-Belgian- 09:17:42 2012 IM Brazil

6. Mirjam Weerd-Dutch: 09:21:04 at 2013 IM Brazil

7. Rebekah Keat –Australian- 09:26:14 2012 IM Western Australia

8. Eva Nyström –Swedish- 09:26:19 2012 IM Florida

9. Simone Braendli –Swiss 09:32:24 at 2013 IM South Africa

10. Amber Ferreira –American- 09:34:51 2012 IM Arizona

11. Lisa Ribes – American- 9:36:43 2013 IM France

12. Kristin Moeller-German- 09:37:07 2012 IM France

13. Julia Bohn –German 09:37:37 at 2012 Challenge Roth

14. Silvia Felt –Germany 09:40:03 at 2012 IM Brazil

15. Elizabeth Lyles-American: 09:40:36 2012 IM Cozumel

16. Mareen Hufe –German: 09:40:50 at 2013 IM Los Cabos

17. Charisa Wernick-American: 09:41:59 at 2012 IM Arizona

18. Regula Rohrbach-Swiss- 09:45:09 2012 IM Wales

19. Monique Grossrieder- Swiss: 09:48:22 2013 IM South Africa

20. Stephanie Jones-American: 09:55:36 2012 IM Cozumel

21. Lucie Reed-Czech- 09:57:44 2013 IM France

22. Nina Pekerman- Israeli: 09:59:13 at 2013 IM South Africa

23. Diana Riesler-German- 10:01:14 at 2012 IM South Africa

24. Kristin Lie –Norwegian- 10:16:27 at 2012 IM Wales

25. Joanna Carritt –English 10:16:59 at 2013 IM South Africa

26. Nicole Woysch –German- 10:17:44 at 2012 IM Lanzarote

27. Leslie Lamacchia-American: 10:26:24 at 2012 IM Arizona

28. Dana Wagner-German: 10:39:58 at 2013 IM Melbourne(short swim)**

29. Megumi Shigaki-Japanese: 10:40:01 2013 IM New Zealand

30. Carla Van Rooijen- Dutch- 10:43:03 2012 IM Lanzarote



Barring the women who did Melbourne(the short swim really throws off their times), it looks like the women to watch will be Jodie Swallow, Erica Csomor, Sofie Goos and Mirjam Weerd. After those four women, there is a plethora of female pros to round out the top ten. Don’t be surprised if Amber puts up some good results:)

Athletes without an Ironman Result(that I could find at least)

1. Camilla Pedersen- Danish: 04:19:00 at 2013 IM 70.3 San Juan

2. Natascha Schmitt-German: 04:33:16 at 2013 IM 70.3 Mallorca

3. Daniela Sämmler-German: 4:35:05 at 2013 IM 70.3 Mallorca

4. Anja Beranek -German 04:35:45 at IM 70.3 Mallorca (Swam a 51:39 at 2012 IM Germany)

5. Susan Blatt –German- 04:42:53 at 2013 IM 70.3 Mallorca

6. Anna Halasz-Hungarian: 04:49:45 at 2013 IM 70.3 Mallorca

7. Maria Lemeseva-Russian: 5:02:24 at 2013 IM 70.3 Mallorca

Amazingly, almost all of these women raced Mallorca so there is some easy comparisons within this group... Camilla Pederson will be doing her first IM and could be a contender in the race as she has performed very well at the 70.3 distance.

Every time I see Jodie Swallow I think of this:

As always you can follow Amber at ironman.com's Live Coverage of the European Championships on July 7th.