Eneko Llanos

Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava) is a Spanish triathlete.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llanos and the second or maternal family name is Burguera.
Eneko Llanos
Eneko Llanos Ironman triathlon in Frankfurt, Germany
Eneko Llanos 2013 Ironman triathlon in Frankfurt, Germany
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  Spain
ITU Long Distance World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Ibiza Elite
Ironman World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Elite
XTERRA World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Elite
Gold medal – first place 2004 Elite
Gold medal – first place 2009 Elite

Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48.35. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Llanos competed again, moving up in the ranking to twentieth place. His time on the more difficult Athens course was 1:54:52.37.

He has also been a top-10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on three occasions. In 2008 Eneko became a recognized competitor for the Ironman Hawaii crown. After a fierce duel with Chris Mccormack in Wildflower, where he finished 19 seconds behind Mccormack, and when the scenario repeated itself in Frankfurt, it was clear that Eneko was a serious contender. He was then mentioned on many occasions as one of the pre-favourites, with Mccormack, Craig Alexander and Normann Stadler.

Again it was a 2nd place, and again it was to a time difference of 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

He is vegetarian.[1]

He was champion of the first Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

References
  1. Eneko Llanos: "Pensé que el Ironman no era lo mío" Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

Ironman Arizona 1st place 11/18/2018


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.