Nicola Spirig
| 200px Nicola Spirig at the Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, 2011. |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Switzerland |
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| Women's triathlon | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | Individual |
| ITU Team Triathlon World Championships | ||
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2011 Lausanne | Team |
| European Games | ||
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2015 Baku | Individual |
Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and 2015 European Games champion in women's triathlon.
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Career
She is a member of the Swiss National Team and a double Olympian. She is an Olympic champion, and was World Championship runner up in 2010, Junior World Champion in 2001, Junior European Champion in 1999, and Elite European Champion in 2009 and 2010.
Spirig was born in Bülach. On 4 August 2012, Spirig won Gold in the Olympic Women's Triathlon,[1] winning a close race in a photo finish with Sweden's Lisa Nordén.
In the 13 years from 1998 to 2010, Spirig took part in 72 ITU competitions and achieved 39 top ten positions. In 2010, she won the European Championships and the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, and the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in London. In the overall World Championship Series ranking she place second.
Spirig has also competed as a long-distance runner, finishing second at the Swiss Cross-Country Championships in 2014 and competing at the 2014 Zurich Marathon.[2] She subsequently competed in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, where she finished 24th in a time of 2:37.12.[3]
Personal life
Nicola Spirig lives in Winkel and holds a degree in law (lic.iur.). Both her elder sister Kathrin and her elder brother Thomas were high-performance sports people before they started their academic career, and Nicola Spirig's parents Ursula and Sepp are PE teachers. She is married to former Swiss triathlete Reto Hug. They have a son, born 2013.[4]
ITU competitions
The following lists are based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.[5] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
Olympics
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2012-08-04 | Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom |  |
| 2008-08-18 | Summer Olympics | Beijing, China | 6 |
| 2004-08-25 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 19 |
World Championships
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2012-06-23 | World Triathlon | Kitzbuehel, Austria | |
| 2012-05-26 | World Triathlon | Madrid, Spain | |
| 2012-04-14 | Dextro Energy World Championships Series | Sydney, Australia | 5 |
| 2011-08-21 | Team World Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland |  |
| 2011-08-20 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championship | Lausanne, Switzerland | 16 |
| 2011-08-06 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | 8 |
| 2011-07-16 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg, Germany | 12 |
| 2010-09-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Budapest, Hungary |  |
| 2010-08-21 | World Championships (Sprint) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 6 |
| 2010-08-14 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel, Austria | 18 |
| 2010-07-24 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | |
| 2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid, Spain | |
| 2010-05-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Seoul, South Korea | 4 |
| 2009-08-22 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Yokohama, Japan | 10 |
| 2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London, United Kingdom | |
| 2009-07-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel, Austria | |
| 2007-08-30 | BG World Championships | Hamburg, Germany | 19 |
| 2005-09-10 | World Championships (U23) | Gamagori, Japan | |
| 2004-05-09 | World Championships | Madeira | DNF |
| 2003-12-06 | World Championships | Queenstown, New Zealand | 33 |
| 2002-11-09 | World Championships (U23) | Cancun, Mexico | |
World Cups
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2012-03-25 | World Cup | Mooloolaba, Australia | |
| 2010-10-10 | World Cup | Huatulco, Mexico | |
| 2008-09-27 | BG World Cup | Lorient, France | 8 |
| 2008-07-20 | BG World Cup | Kitzbuhel, Austria | |
| 2008-04-26 | BG World Cup | Tongyeong, South Korea | 8 |
| 2008-04-13 | BG World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 6 |
| 2007-12-01 | BG World Cup | Eilat, Israel | |
| 2007-10-07 | BG World Cup | Rhodes, Greece | 6 |
| 2007-09-15 | BG World Cup | Beijing, China | 7 |
| 2007-07-29 | BG World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 10 |
| 2007-07-22 | BG World Cup | Kitzbuhel, Austria | 6 |
| 2007-05-13 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay, South Africa | 5 |
| 2007-05-06 | BG World Cup | Lisbon, Portugal | 8 |
| 2007-04-15 | BG World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 6 |
| 2007-03-25 | BG World Cup | Mooloolaba, Australia | 17 |
| 2006-11-12 | BG World Cup | New Plymouth, New Zealand | 12 |
| 2006-11-05 | BG World Cup | Cancun, Mexico | 17 |
| 2006-07-23 | BG World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | DNS |
| 2006-06-11 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay, South Africa | 8 |
| 2006-06-04 | BG World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 17 |
| 2005-09-17 | OSIM World Cup | Beijing, China | 32 |
| 2005-08-06 | World Cup | Hamburg, Germany | DNF |
| 2005-07-31 | World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 12 |
| 2005-06-05 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 11 |
| 2004-07-25 | World Cup | Salford, United Kingdom | 13 |
| 2004-04-25 | World Cup | Mazatlan, Mexico | 11 |
| 2004-04-11 | World Cup | Ishigaki, Japan | 14 |
| 2003-10-25 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 24 |
| 2003-10-19 | World Cup | Madeira | 17 |
| 2003-09-21 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | DNF |
| 2003-09-06 | World Cup | Hamburg, Germany | 15 |
| 2003-07-20 | World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | 11 |
| 2003-07-13 | World Cup | Edmonton, Canada | 19 |
| 2003-06-07 | World Cup | Tongyeong, South Korea | 26 |
| 2002-10-13 | World Cup | Madeira | 20 |
| 2002-09-21 | World Cup | Nice, France | 21 |
| 2002-08-31 | World Cup | Lausanne, Switzerland | 15 |
| 2002-07-21 | World Cup | Corner Brook, Canada | 9 |
| 2001-08-25 | World Cup | Lausanne, Switzerland | 9 |
European Championships
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2012-04-20 | European Championships | Eilat, Israel | |
| 2010-07-03 | European Championships | Athlone, Ireland | |
| 2009-07-02 | European Championships | Holten, Netherlands | |
| 2008-05-10 | European Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 4 |
| 2007-06-29 | European Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2006-06-23 | European Championships | Autun, France | 13 |
| 2005-08-20 | European Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | 12 |
| 2005-07-17 | European Championships (U23) | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| 2004-04-18 | European Championships | Valencia, Spain | 14 |
| 2003-06-21 | European Championships | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | 12 |
| 2002-07-06 | European Championships | Győr, Hungary | 14 |
European Games
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2015-06-13 | 1st European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | |
European Cups
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2007-08-19 | European Cup | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 2002-06-08 | European Cup | Belgrade, Serbia | |
Junior results
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2001-07-22 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | |
| 2001-06-23 | European Championships | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | |
| 2000-07-08 | European Championships | Stein, Netherlands | 5 |
| 2000-04-30 | World Championships | Perth, Australia | |
| 1999-07-03 | European Championships | Funchal, Madeira | |
| 1998-08-30 | World Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 |
| 1998-07-04 | European Championships | Velden, Austria | 18 |
Awards
References
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Further reading
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Part 2 The story of how Spirig trained for, and won, her 2012 London Olympic title.
External links
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- Official website
- Profile at triathlon.org
- Archived profile at triathlon.org
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| Preceded by | Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 2012 |
Succeeded by Giulia Steingruber |
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