Nicola Spirig
SPORT:
Triathlon
BIRTHDATE:
7 lutego, 1982
BIRTH PLACE:
Switzerland
RESIDENCE:
Switzerland
BIOGRAPHY
Nicola Spirig won gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games in one of the closest sprint finishes in triathlon. In 2016 she claimed silver in Rio and made her final Olympic appearance in Tokyo, her fifth Olympic Games.
Nicola’s career has largely focused on the Standard distance (1.5km swim, 40km cycle, 10km run) but has been littered with half distance races and a win on debut over the full distance triathlon in 2014.
Spirig won her first half distance triathlon in 2007, and from 11 races she has never finished off the podium with 11 wins, 3 seconds and a third.
STATYSTYKI I OSIĄGNIĘCIA
- 2012 London Olympic Games Champion
- Silver, 2016 Rio Olympic Games
- 2014 Ironman Cozumel Champion (win on debut)
- second woman to go under 8 hours over the full distance at Sub7Sub8
INTERESUJĄCY FAKT
Nicola finished second in the 10,000 metres at the Swiss National Athletics Championships in 2021, at the age of 39.
