In 2021, Kristian Blummenfelt made history by becoming the first male triathlete to win
the Olympic and the World title in the same year. In this video, we are going to tell
you all about Kristian Blummenfelt’s biography, career record and the ironman,
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Olympic triathlon champion Kristian Blummenfelt was born on 14th of February 1994. He is a
Norwegian triathlete and an Olympic gold medalist who competed at the short course (sprint and
standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman), and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. In the 2020 Summer
Olympics, Blummenfelt managed to get the gold medal in the men's triathlon held in Tokyo,
Japan.
Kristian Blummenfelts Career
In 2018, Blummenfelt set a world record by winning the 70.3 distance in 3:29:04. In 2019,
he repeated his form and improved his own record with a time of 3:25:21. He won his
third race in the Middle East ironman 70.3 Championships held in Bahrain and won the
Ironman 140.6 distance in Cozumel with a time of 7:21:12. In 2018, he was part of
a 1-2-3 Norwegian finish at WTS Bermuda and finished second after compatriot Casper Stories.
As a track runner, he represented the clubs Fana IL and TIF Viking. In 2011, he competed
in the junior race at the European Cross Country Championships. In 2015, he won a bronze medal
at the European Championships in the triathlon. In 2016, He placed 13th at the Olympics. Blummenfelt
trains up to eight hours a day including, swimming up to 45 km, cycling about 400 km,
and running 120 km per week. In 2020, Blummenfelt won the gold medal in Men's Triathlon at the
Summer Olympics.
In 2019 Blummenfelt achieved his first career gold at ITU World Triathlon Series
at the Grand Final in Lausanne. He finished with an ITU WTS ranking of 10th. That same
year he failed to make the podium in any other ITU WTS races, and didn’t even reach the
finish line in Tokyo, Hamburg, and Yokohama. In 2019, he participated in the 70.3 Ironman
Middle East Championships and beat his previous world record and set a new one of 3:25:21.
In 2018 Blummenfelt achieved 4 podium places with three silvers and a bronze, but in the
ITU WTS he registered two DNFs at Yokohama and Abu Dhabi. Finishing the season off, ranking
5th overall in the ITU WTS.
How Ironman world records work
An Ironman world record needs to meet very strict requirements to be acknowledged as
a world record, including course certification and drug testing. Course distances have to
be confirmed on a high-level for the World Triathlon racing. But the distances are never
exactly the same, the race has approximately 70.3 or 140.6 miles. The Guinness World Records
recognizes the "fastest time to complete an Ironman triathlon"
Fastest Ironman time:
Kristian Blummenfelt set the world record Ironman time of: 7:21:12 at Kristian IM Cozumel
in 2021 for the men category.
Sara Svensk set the world record Ironman time 8:22:41 at IM Cozumel in 2021 for the
women's category.
Fastest half-Iron distance:
Kristian Blummenfelt set the world record for the half Ironman with a time of: 3:25:21
at Bahrain 70.3 in 2019 for men category.
Holly Lawrence set the world record for the Half Ironman with a time of 3:52:51 at
Bahrain 70.3, in 2019 for the women category.
Career Highlights
- Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion
- 2021 World Triathlon Champion
- Winner 2021 World Triathlon Yokohama
- Winner 2021 World Triathlon Championship Finals Edmonton
- Winner 2019 World Triathlon Championship Finals Laus
Fast swim
His Ironman Cozumel time is declared invalid because of his fast swim time.
Blummenfelts brilliant marathon
- Blummenfelt's lead running an incredible 2:35:24 to take the win.
Kristian Blummenfelt weight and height
Kristian Blummenfelt has maintained his body weight around 77 kg equal to 169.8 lbs. His
height is 5 feet 8 inches which is equal to 1.73 m As a child, Kristian Blummenfelt really
liked to swim and run. At a young age, it was already clear that he had a talent for
both.
PTO removes Kristian Blummenfelts 7:21 from the record list
After his Olympic victory in Tokyo, Kristian Blummenfelt said that his next goal was to
win the Ironman World Championship, and he did. Kristian Blummenfelt blasted an unbelievable
7:21:12 on his Ironman debut in Cozumel and broke the world record for the distance.
He achieved one of the fastest times ever for a full-distance race. The only question
now is whether Blummenfelt's record time will be acknowledged due to the down-current swim
in Cozumel. Ironman acknowledges Blummenfelt's performance as the world record, but the Professional
Triathletes Organization has removed his time from the PTO statistics page for the fastest
full-distance performances.
It is surprising to see the Cozumel race being removed from the list. One year earlier, the
same thing happened to Tamara Jewett's 1:13:09 half-marathon run at Ironman 70.3 Augusta,
which isn’t listed on the PTO site as the fastest ever run for a half-distance triathlon.
According to the PTO statistics, Thorsten Radde did a down-current swim at Augusta and
made it ineligible for "fastest times." The Cozumel results initially appeared on the
PTO site, but soon after were removed. Brett Sutton was one of the sport's premier coaches;
and said that he acknowledges that Blummenfelt's performance was incredible
Despite this condition, the PTO's continued promotion of Blummenfelt's Cozumel race as
a world record. The organization posted a video from Pho3nix, the sponsor of next year's
Sub7Sub8 project that will feature Blummenfelt, Alistair Brownlee, Lucy Charles-Barclay, and
Nicola Spirig. They are attempting to go under seven hours (men) and eight hours (women)
for a full-distance triathlon.
The issue is that most triathlon courses aren't certified. World Athletics has strict criteria
that a course must meet before a performance can be "considered eligible for top lists,
entry standards, world rankings, and world records." The courses need to hold a valid
International Course Measurement Certificate. Triathlon's organizing bodies are trying to
enforce similar types of criteria at triathlon races.
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