Successful Olympic triathletes prepared @ CLS

Posted: Tuesday September 2, 2008

Out of the top 10, five triathletes of the present Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing participated in a triathlon camp/week, did their Olympic preparations here or are regular guests at Club La Santa.

Official Results (Men’s Final) Tue Aug 19

Rank Name/NOC Total Time
1 Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:48:53.28
2 Simon Whitfield (CAN) 1:48:58.47
3 Bevan Docherty (NZL) 1:49:05.59
4 Javier Francisco Gómez (ESP) 1:49:13.92
5 Iván Raña (ESP) 1:49:22.03
6 Daniel Unger (GER) 1:49:43.78
7 Hunter Kemper (USA) 1:49:48.75
8 Rasmus Henning (DEN) 1:49:57.47
9 Igor Sysoev (RUS) 1:49:59.38
10 Frederic Belaubre (FRA) 1:50:00.30

Jan Frodeno

German triathlete from Saarbrücken who did several training camps at Club La Santa, last time the Long Distance camp with the German National Triathlon Team (inclusive Daniel Unger) in March 2008. Jan is also a regular guest.

*Gold medal Olympic Games Beijing 2008

*2nd U23 World Championships Madeira 2004

*2nd European Championships Copenhagen 2007

*German Champion 2007, 2004 (U23)

*2nd German Championships 2008, 2003 (U23)

Javier Francisco Gómez

Spanish triathlete with Swiss roots. Together with his fellow Iván Raña, he used to do preparations at CLS as well.

*World Champion 2008, 2003 (U23)

*2nd World Championships Hamburg 2007

*European Champion Copenhagen 2007

Iván Raña

Galician triathlete who enjoys doing his preparations here. In his opinion is Club La Santa the best place for training camps.

*5th place Olympic Games Sydney 2000

*World, European and National Champion 2002

*2nd World Championships 2003, 2004

*European Champion 2003, 1999 (Junior)

*2nd European Championships Carlsbad 2001

Daniel Unger

German triathlete who did a training camp at Club La Santa in March 2008 which was a part of his intensive preparations for the present Olympic Games. Together with the German National Triathlon Team (inclusive Jan Frodeno) he comes regularly to Club La Santa.

*World Champion 2007

*3rd European Championships Copenhagen 2007

*German Champion 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008

Rasmus Henning

33-year-old Danish triathlete and regular guest of “Little Denmark” Club La Santa

*7th Olympic Games Athens 2004

*European Champion Valencia 2004

*2nd World Championships Frederica 2001

We are looking forward to their next stay at Club La Santa and wish the triathletes all the best luck for future competitions!