17 Facts About Jan Frodeno

Jan Frodeno had set the world record for the long distance in Roth, Germany in 2016 with 7:35:39 hours.

Jan Frodeno then went to Germany to compete in the Triathlon-Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in 2002.

Jan Frodeno had previously placed second and third in various races of the World Cup from 2005 to 2008.

Jan Frodeno's gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a surprise.

Jan Frodeno beat the 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield in a sprint finish, while the hot pre-race favorite and 2008 World Champion Javier Gomez finished in fourth place.

Jan Frodeno continued to perform strongly in 2009 and 2010, finishing 4th overall in the World Championship Triathlon Series both years.

Jan Frodeno was on course to become World Champion in 2010, needing only a 4th place in the Series Grand Final in Budapest, but due to an injury struggled to a 41st-place finish, losing the Overall title to Javier Gomez.

Jan Frodeno returned to the Olympics in 2012 to compete in the men's triathlon event where he would finish 6th.

Jan Frodeno subsequently switched to longer distance endurance triathlons, finishing second at the 2013 Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Wiesbaden and scoring his first Ironman 70.3 win at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland.

Jan Frodeno finished third on his full-length Ironman debut at the Ironman European Championship and finished third at the 2014 Ironman World Championship on his World Championship debut.

In 2015 Jan Frodeno suffered a cycling injury that took him out of the inaugural Challenge Dubai.

Jan Frodeno won the 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship defeating Sebastian Kienle and the defending champion Javier Gomez.

Jan Frodeno won over a field that included defending champion Kienle, 2013 champion Frederik Van Lierde, Andy Potts, and Andreas Raelert.

Jan Frodeno won his second Ironman World Championship in October 2016, pulling away from 2014 champion and countryman Sebastian Kienle early on the run.

Jan Frodeno won his second Ironman 70.3 World Championship in September 2018, defeating his fellow Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and defending champion Javier Gomez.

Jan Frodeno finished his career at the Ironman Championships 2023 in Nice where he got 24th after a tough race.

Jan Frodeno is married to Emma Snowsill, the gold medalist in women's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.