In this video, we are going to highlight how Jan Frodeno became the
best Olympic triathlete in the world. People saw him as an unstoppable athlete
because of his victories in the Kona men’s races in 2015, 2016, and 2019 and winning the
Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2015& 2018. In 2016, he broke the world record for the long
distance in Roth, Germany and finished with a time of 7:35:39 hours. In 2021,
he improved his own world record with a time of 07:27:53 during the Tribattle in Allgäu.
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In 2016, he broke the world record for the long distance in Roth,
Germany and finished with a time of 7:35:39 hours.
In 2021, he improved his own world record with a time of 07:27:53 during the Tribattle in Allgäu.
JAN FRODENO was born in
August 1981 in Cologne, Germany. He immigrated to South Africa and is now living in Girona, Spain
Jan Frodeno is 1.94 m long and eventually became the Greatest of All Time.
He’s set some of the best performances at the highest level on the short, middle and full
distance races. For Example, Challenge Roth and the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.
Frodeno already proved that he's an exceptional athlete.
It’s difficult to find a weak spot in his performances. He takes advantage of his swim
background by entering T1 at the front of the race, then bikes strongly, and runs swiftly.
Like many sportsmen, Frodeno has a passion for coffee He has his own coffee brand, Frodissimo,
in Girona. His hobbies are cooking, surfing, eating, and playing volleyball. Jan Frodeno
is not the only triathlon champion in his household. Emma Frodeno his wife,
in 2008 she won the Olympic triathlon in Beijing She also is a three-time World Champion.
His sponsors are some of the largest companies on the planet for example canyon, Asics, Mercedes,
ryzon, ameo, glukos and many more. His Career records made him a superstar.
Jan started his career as a swimmer at the age of 15 in the town of Cape Town, South Africa.
He spends most of his childhood in South Africa. In 2000, he watched his first Olympic Games in
Sydney, Australia. Frodeno took a deep interest in the sport of triathlon. It became his new
passion and eventually his career. He participated in a few triathlons
in South Africa before returning to Europe to compete in the German League as an amateur.
He achieved a lot of success and won a silver medal at the 2004 Under-23 World Championships.
Then, Frodeno decided to turn professional and participated in the ITU World Cup circuit.
By winning multiple races in the ITU Olympic distance events, he had earned
himself a place in the German Olympic Team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
He set a gold medal performance in Beijing. After this, he retired from the Olympic distance because
he wanted to focus on long-distance racing. He went on to win race after race and won the
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in 2015 and 2018, IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona in 2015 and 2017,
Challenge Roth in 2016, IRONMAN Austria in 2017, and the IRONMAN European Championship,
Frankfurt, in 2015, 2018, and 2019. Jan Frodeno held the fastest iron-distance
time for five years. In 2016, he broke the record set by fellow German Andreas Raelert
and broke his own record at Challenge Roth by crossing the line after 7:35:39
Unfortunately, he faced an injury in 2017 And had to withdraw from the
coming race due to a stress fracture in his hip. He won his second Ironman 70.3 World Championship
in September 2018, defeating Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee. even though the course was
very short, he ran a minute faster than Brownlee on his new carbon-plated running shoes.
The third Ironman World Championship he won was in 2019, and he did it in a time of 7:51:13,
becoming the third triathlete to complete the World Championship race in less than 8 hours.
In 2021, he went head-to-head with Canadian Lionel Sanders and crossed the finish line just ahead
of him in a surprising time of 7:27:53. Something crazy about that race is that
he could have gone even faster, but he slipped during his transition, landing hard on his hip.
Frodeno’s time record stood until November 2021. Until Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt
beat it with a 7:21:12 at IRONMAN Cozumel. Swimming is Frodeno's best element of the race,
and he's always at the front of the pack during the swim. Frodeno said that his Olympic win was
the highest point in his sports career. 6 Important Things You Should
Know about Jan Frodeno He always surprises himself.
Jan Frodeno always does nearly impossible things with ease. In both performance and appearance,
he's magnificent due to his IRONMAN training intensity and volume.
He became a multitasking machine. Apart from sports he also has a job,
family obligations, and social life disciplines. His Time-management
ability makes him a multitasking machine. He teaches us how to live in the moment.
Jan Frodeno is the most successful IRONMAN racer, and during the race his game-plan is
the only thing he’s thinking about, in the moments before the swim start. He’s focused on the race,
and doing everything he can to set himself up for success.
He gets comfortable being uncomfortable. The IRONMAN distance is not easy,
race day will be a big challenge even for pro athletes. But Jan frodeno has learned
to embrace the pain by teaching his body and mind to be okay with the discomfort.
He's grateful for his abilities He's racing across 140.6 miles in a single day
on his own strength. That is amazing! Finishing an IRONMAN will continually remind him how strong,
capable, and resilient he is. He reframed the definition of "hard."
After all that he has accomplished in an IRONMAN, he rewrote the definition of "hard". For him,
shorter races seem like nothing. Who's your faforite triathlete? Let us know in the comments below '
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