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== ITU competitions == |
== ITU competitions == |
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The following lists are based upon the official [[International Triathlon Union|ITU]] rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTE=|title=Results for: Spirig, Nicola (SUI)|publisher=International Triathlon Union|accessdate=4 October 2012}}</ref> Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category. |
The following lists are based upon the official [[International Triathlon Union|ITU]] rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTE=|title=Results for: Spirig, Nicola (SUI)|publisher=International Triathlon Union|accessdate=4 October 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818185220/http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTE=|archivedate=18 August 2012|df=}}</ref> Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category. |
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===Olympics=== |
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* {{Official website|http://www.nicolaspirig.ch}} |
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* [http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TVRFeQ==&id=OTE=&keep=sh Profile] at triathlon.org |
* [http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TVRFeQ==&id=OTE=&keep=sh Profile] at triathlon.org |
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* [http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-women/nicola-spirig-sui.htm Archived profile] at triathlon.org |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102626/http://www2.triathlon.org/profiles/prof-elite-women/nicola-spirig-sui.htm Archived profile] at triathlon.org |
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Revision as of 07:39, 1 January 2018
![]() Nicola Spirig at the Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, 2011 | |
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Born | Bülach | 7 February 1982
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Updated on 20 August 2016 |
Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and 2015 European Games champion in women's triathlon.
Career
She is a member of the Swiss National Team and a double Olympian. She is an Olympic champion, and was World Championship runner up in 2010, Junior World Champion in 2001, Junior European Champion in 1999, and Elite European Champion in 2009 and 2010.
Spirig was born in Bülach. On 4 August 2012, Spirig won Gold in the Olympic Women's Triathlon,[1] winning a close race in a photo finish with Sweden's Lisa Nordén.
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.
Spirig has also competed as a long-distance runner, finishing second at the Swiss Cross-Country Championships in 2014 and competing at the 2014 Zurich Marathon.[2] She subsequently competed in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, where she finished 24th in a time of 2:37.12.[3]
Personal life
Nicola Spirig lives in Bachenbülach[4] and holds a degree in law (lic.iur.). Both her elder sister Kathrin and her elder brother Thomas were high-performance athletes before they started their academic careers, and Nicola Spirig's parents Ursula and Sepp are PE teachers. She is married to former Swiss triathlete Reto Hug. They have a son, born 2013[5] and a daughter, born 2017.[6]
ITU competitions
The following lists are based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.[7] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
Olympics
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2012-08-04 | Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom | ![]() |
2016-08-20 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ![]() |
2008-08-18 | Summer Olympics | Beijing, China | 6 |
2004-08-25 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 19 |
World Championships
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Nicola_Spirig_Kitzbuhel_1.jpg/220px-Nicola_Spirig_Kitzbuhel_1.jpg)
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2012-06-23 | World Triathlon | Kitzbuehel, Austria | ![]() |
2012-05-26 | World Triathlon | Madrid, Spain | ![]() |
2012-04-14 | Dextro Energy World Championships Series | Sydney, Australia | 5 |
2011-08-21 | Team World Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | ![]() |
2011-08-20 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championship | Lausanne, Switzerland | 16 |
2011-08-06 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | 8 |
2011-07-16 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg, Germany | 12 |
2010-09-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Budapest, Hungary | ![]() |
2010-08-21 | World Championships (Sprint) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 6 |
2010-08-14 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel, Austria | 18 |
2010-07-24 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | ![]() |
2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid, Spain | ![]() |
2010-05-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Seoul, South Korea | 4 |
2009-08-22 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Yokohama, Japan | 10 |
2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | ![]() |
2009-07-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel, Austria | ![]() |
2007-08-30 | BG World Championships | Hamburg, Germany | 19 |
2005-09-10 | World Championships (U23) | Gamagori, Japan | ![]() |
2004-05-09 | World Championships | Madeira | DNF |
2003-12-06 | World Championships | Queenstown, New Zealand | 33 |
2002-11-09 | World Championships (U23) | Cancun, Mexico | ![]() |
World Cups
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Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2012-03-25 | World Cup | Mooloolaba, Australia | ![]() |
2010-10-10 | World Cup | Huatulco, Mexico | ![]() |
2008-09-27 | BG World Cup | Lorient, France | 8 |
2008-07-20 | BG World Cup | Kitzbuhel, Austria | ![]() |
2008-04-26 | BG World Cup | Tongyeong, South Korea | 8 |
2008-04-13 | BG World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 6 |
2007-12-01 | BG World Cup | Eilat, Israel | ![]() |
2007-10-07 | BG World Cup | Rhodes, Greece | 6 |
2007-09-15 | BG World Cup | Beijing, China | 7 |
2007-07-29 | BG World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 10 |
2007-07-22 | BG World Cup | Kitzbuhel, Austria | 6 |
2007-05-13 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay, South Africa | 5 |
2007-05-06 | BG World Cup | Lisbon, Portugal | 8 |
2007-04-15 | BG World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 6 |
2007-03-25 | BG World Cup | Mooloolaba, Australia | 17 |
2006-11-12 | BG World Cup | New Plymouth, New Zealand | 12 |
2006-11-05 | BG World Cup | Cancun, Mexico | 17 |
2006-07-23 | BG World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | DNS |
2006-06-11 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay, South Africa | 8 |
2006-06-04 | BG World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 17 |
2005-09-17 | OSIM World Cup | Beijing, China | 32 |
2005-08-06 | World Cup | Hamburg, Germany | DNF |
2005-07-31 | World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 12 |
2005-06-05 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 11 |
2004-07-25 | World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 13 |
2004-04-25 | World Cup | Mazatlan, Mexico | 11 |
2004-04-11 | World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 14 |
2003-10-25 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 24 |
2003-10-19 | World Cup | Madeira | 17 |
2003-09-21 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | DNF |
2003-09-06 | World Cup | Hamburg, Germany | 15 |
2003-07-20 | World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | 11 |
2003-07-13 | World Cup | Edmonton, Canada | 19 |
2003-06-07 | World Cup | Tongyeong, South Korea | 26 |
2002-10-13 | World Cup | Madeira | 20 |
2002-09-21 | World Cup | Nice, France | 21 |
2002-08-31 | World Cup | Lausanne, Switzerland | 15 |
2002-07-21 | World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | 9 |
2001-08-25 | World Cup | Lausanne, Switzerland | 9 |
European Championships
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2012-04-20 | European Championships | Eilat, Israel | ![]() |
2010-07-03 | European Championships | Athlone, Ireland | ![]() |
2009-07-02 | European Championships | Holten, Netherlands | ![]() |
2008-05-10 | European Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 4 |
2007-06-29 | European Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
2006-06-23 | European Championships | Autun, France | 13 |
2005-08-20 | European Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | 12 |
2005-07-17 | European Championships (U23) | Sofia, Bulgaria | ![]() |
2004-04-18 | European Championships | Valencia, Spain | 14 |
2003-06-21 | European Championships | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | 12 |
2002-07-06 | European Championships | Győr, Hungary | 14 |
European Games
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2015-06-13 | 1st European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | ![]() |
European Cups
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2007-08-19 | European Cup | Geneva, Switzerland | ![]() |
2002-06-08 | European Cup | Belgrade, Serbia | ![]() |
Junior results
Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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2001-07-22 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | ![]() |
2001-06-23 | European Championships | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | ![]() |
2000-07-08 | European Championships | Stein, Netherlands | 5 |
2000-04-30 | World Championships | Perth, Australia | ![]() |
1999-07-03 | European Championships | Funchal, Madeira | ![]() |
1998-08-30 | World Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 |
1998-07-04 | European Championships | Velden, Austria | 18 |
Awards
References
- ^ "Nicola Spirig". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Spirig can set the tone on a marathon day in Europe". European Athletics Association. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (16 August 2014). "Euro marathon gold for Christelle Daunay". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ [https://www.zuonline.ch/buelach/empfang-fuer-nicola-spirig/story/14498753 zuonline.ch)
- ^ Jörg Greb: Der «schnelle» Sohn der Triathlon-Olympiasiegerin. In: Tages-Anzeiger vom 24. März 2013
- ^ Nicola Spirig bringt ein Mädchen zur Welt (11. Juli 2017)
- ^ "Results for: Spirig, Nicola (SUI)". International Triathlon Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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Further reading
- Carlson, Timothy (12 September 2012). "Anatomy of Olympic gold - Part 1". slowtwitch.com. Retrieved 12 March 2013. Part 2 The story of how Spirig trained for, and won, her 2012 London Olympic title.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website
- Profile at triathlon.org
- Archived profile at triathlon.org
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Olympic triathletes of Switzerland
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in triathlon
- People from Bülach
- Swiss lawyers
- Swiss female triathletes
- Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swiss female marathon runners
- European Games competitors for Switzerland
- European Games gold medalists for Switzerland
- European Games medalists in triathlon
- Triathletes at the 2015 European Games
- Swiss women lawyers
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics