Triathlon’s most consistent IRONMAN athlete?
The triathlon year for Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker started with a DNF at IRONMAN New Zealand, and then a planned start at IRONMAN Lanzarote ended before it started following a bike crash and broken bones.
However, Marino is a man who is driven to win and at IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant he added is 16th career IRONMAN title to his C.V. He has now won at least one IRONMAN in 12 of the last 13 seasons.
In typical style, Marino crushed everyone on the bike via a 4:26:56 bike split – to which he added the only Sub-3 marathon of the day too.
Do what I do best, hit it hard from the start, another huge solo made me a 16 x Ironman Champion now @TopsportBelDef @pewagracingteam pic.twitter.com/7hdAIRsyFH
— Marino Vanhoenacker (@BinkMarino) August 21, 2017
IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant – Sunday 20th August 2017
3.8km / 180km / 42.2km
1st – Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) – 8:21:29
2nd – Chris McDonald (AUS) – 8:41:47
3rd – Jordan Monnick (CAN) – 8:51:29
Marino Vanhoenacker’s 16 Career Ironman Wins
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Year
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Event(s) |
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2005
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Ironman Florida |
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2006
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Ironman Austria |
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2007
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Ironman Austria |
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2008
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Ironman Austria |
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2009
|
Ironman South Africa, Ironman Austria |
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2010
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Ironman Malaysia, Ironman Austria |
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2011
|
Ironman Austria |
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2012
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Ironman Frankfurt (Euro Champs) |
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2013
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N/A |
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2014
|
Ironman Canada |
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2015
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Ironman Brasil, Ironman Austria |
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2016
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Ironman Austria, Ironman Chattanooga |
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2017
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Ironman Mont-Tremblant |
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