Thomas Hellriegel

Thomas Hellriegel.

Thomas Hellriegel
Medal record

Representing Germany
Men's triathlon
Ironman World Championship
	1997	Men's race
	1995	Men's race
	1996	Men's race
	2001	Men's race

Thomas Hellriegel (born 14 January 1971) a.k.a. "Hell on Wheels" is a German Ironman triathlete. His biggest achievement is winning the 1997 Ironman World Championship. Hellriegel was also second in the event in 1995 (to Mark Allen) and 1996 (to Luc Van Lierde).^[1]

Hellriegel set the bike course record at the 1996 championship race with a time of 4:24:50; which had stood for 11 years,^[1] until Normann Stadler finished the bike course in a new record time at 4:18:23.

References

1 2 "Athlete Info - Pro Corner - Thomas Hellriegel". Ironman.de. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

External links

Thomas-Hellriegel website (German)

World Champions in men's Ironman Triathlon

Gordon Haller (1978) Tom Warren (1979) Dave Scott (1980) John Howard (1981) Scott Tinley (Feb 1982) Dave Scott (Oct 1982) Dave Scott (1983–84) Scott Tinley (1985) Dave Scott (1986–87) Scott Molina (1988) Mark Allen (1989-93) Greg Welch (1994) Mark Allen (1995) Luc Van Lierde (1996) Thomas Hellriegel (1997) Peter Reid (1998) Luc Van Lierde (1999) Peter Reid (2000) Tim DeBoom (2001–02) Peter Reid (2003) Normann Stadler (2004) Faris Al-Sultan (2005) Normann Stadler (2006) Chris McCormack (2007) Craig Alexander (2008–09) Chris McCormack (2010) Craig Alexander (2011) Pete Jacobs (2012) Frederik Van Lierde (2013) Sebastian Kienle (2014) Jan Frodeno (2015–16)

(women)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 220446282 GND: 189442506

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