Athlete Profile: Nicola Spirig

Nicola Spirig

Switzerland
Born: 1982

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	28
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	26
Continental Ranking	17

Starts

97

Podiums

38

Wins

21 Biography

Nicola started out with great success with becoming the Junior European and World Champion as well as winner of multiple ITU World Series and Half-Ironman-Races.

Her career has gone from strength to strength with Vice-World Champion and Team World Champion 2010, then becoming a six-times European Champion (2009,2010,2012, 2014 and 2015, 2018) as well as winning gold at the Ironman Cozumel 2014 and at the European Games 2015. During the years she has also won seven 70.3 Ironman, being on the podium at each half Ironman race she ever entered.

Nicola is an Olympic champion, after winning a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and followed up with a silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, she is the most successful female triathlete at Olympic Games.

During her long career she has also managed to study and become a lawyer and has a family together with Vice World Champion Reto Hug, naming her two children Yannis (2013) and Malea (2017) her greatest gift. 2019 will see their third child being born.

Recent Highlights:

- European Champion in Glasgow 2018;
- Winner World Cup Lausanne 2018
- 4th place at the WTS in Hamburg and 5th place at the WTS in Montreal 2018
- 2nd place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games;
- 5th place at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm; and
- Winner at the 2015 Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships.

Latest Athlete Results

5	2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 25 Aug, 2018 - Elite Women - 02:00:52
1	2018 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Cup 18 Aug, 2018 - Elite Women - 02:05:11
2	2018 Glasgow ETU Triathlon European Championships 11 Aug, 2018 - Mixed Relay - 00:19:18
1	2018 Glasgow ETU Triathlon European Championships 09 Aug, 2018 - Elite Women - 01:59:13
8	2018 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships 15 Jul, 2018 - Mixed Relay - 00:21:16
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5	2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 2018-08-25 - Elite Women - 02:00:52
4	2018 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 2018-07-14 - Elite Women - 00:58:42
13	2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam 2017-09-14 - Elite Women - 02:03:23
DNF	2016 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2016-03-05 - Elite Women - DNF
5	2015 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm 2015-08-22 - Elite Women - 02:01:55
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2	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016-08-18 - Elite Women - 01:56:56
1	2015 Baku European Games 2015-06-13 - Elite Women - 02:00:28
1	2012 London Olympic Games 2012-08-04 - Elite Women - 01:59:48
6	2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008-08-18 - Elite Women - 02:00:30
19	2004 Athens Olympic Games 2004-08-25 - Elite Women - 02:08:44
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2016 Photo Competition: Rio Olympics & Paralympics
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23 Jan, 2017
Best of 2016: Women's Showdown
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27 Dec, 2016
Best of 2016: Women's Swim
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14 Nov, 2016
Gwen Jorgensen (USA) claims Olympic Gold in dominant Rio perfomance
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20 Aug, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Swim, Bike Run - Women's Race
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16 Aug, 2016

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Nicola
Family Name	Spirig
Representing	SUI
Year of Birth	1982
Place of Birth	Bülach
Residence	Bachenbülach, Switzerland
Coach	current: Brett Sutton before: 15 years Sepp Spirig
Sponsors	Main Sponsors: Erdgas, Ochsner Sport, Raiffeisen, Land Rover, Specialized Sponsors: Descente, On, Giardino Mountain, St. Moritz, Lian Chinaherb, Zollinger, Krauers Radstudio, Sponser, Micarna, Sport Heart, ISM, LZC, Uvex, Micarna
Hobbies	Other sports, going to the movies, reading
Website	http://www.nicolaspirig.ch
Twitter	@NicolaSpirig
Facebook	Athlete Facebook