Peter Croes
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Peter Croes is a Belgian triathlete
specialized at the Olympic distance. He won the European Junior Triathlon Championships twice, in 2002 and 2003.
Peter Croes was selected for the Olympic Games 2008 together with Axel Zeebroek. Before the start of the games, he was ranked 52nd on the qualification ranking according to the International Triathlon Union
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Triathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
specialized at the Olympic distance. He won the European Junior Triathlon Championships twice, in 2002 and 2003.
Peter Croes was selected for the Olympic Games 2008 together with Axel Zeebroek. Before the start of the games, he was ranked 52nd on the qualification ranking according to the International Triathlon Union
International Triathlon Union
The International Triathlon Union or ITU is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations...
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triathlon
- 2001:
EC Juniors in KarlsbadKarlovy VaryKarlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370... - 2002:
EC Juniors in GyőrGyor-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the... - 2003: EC Juniors in Karlovy Vary
- 2003: 5th WC Juniors in QueenstownQueenstown, New ZealandQueenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
- 2004: 5th ITU World Cup in MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
- 2005: 17th WC Olympic distance in Gamagori - 1:51.16
- 2006: European Cup in San RemoSanremoSanremo or San Remo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. Founded in Roman times, the city is best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival...
- 2006: 6th ITU World Cup in Corner Brook
- 2006: 19th EC Olympic distance in AutunAutunAutun is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in Burgundy in eastern France. It was founded during the early Roman Empire as Augustodunum. Autun marks the easternmost extent of the Umayyad campaign in Europe.-Early history:...
- 2:00.52 - 2006: 63rd WC Olympic distance in LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
- 2:02.02 - 2007: 31st EC Olympic distance in Kopenhagen - 1:54.41
- 2008: 5th ITU World Cup in New PlymouthNew PlymouthNew Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....
- 2008: 16th EC Olympic distance in Lissabon - 1:55.45
- 2008: 27th Olympic Games in BeijingTriathlon at the 2008 Summer OlympicsThe Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....
- 1:51.40,94 - 2009: 12th EC Olympic distance in HoltenHoltenHolten is a small village in the municipality of Rijssen-Holten in the Dutch province of Overijssel, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. Holten is located in an ample-forested area, just south of the Holterberg. This hill, which is about 65m high, is part of the "Sallandse Heuvelrug" National...
- 1:45.35 - 2009: 19th ITU World Cup in MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
- 1:54.44 - 2009: 20th ITU World Cup in Washington D.C. - 1:52.27
- 2010: 5th ITU Triathlon World Cup HuatulcoHuatulcoHuatulco , centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist development in Mexico. It is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca. Huatulco's tourism industry is centered on its nine bays thus the name Bahias de Huatulco but has since been unofficially shortened to simply Huatulco...
- 01:50:22 - 2010: 14th ITU Elite Sprint Triathlon World Championships LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
- 0:53:59 - 2010: 6th ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup BrasschaatBrasschaatBrasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 2006 for the most liveable municipality in the world....
- 1:45:13 - 2011: 8th ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup IxtapaIxtapaIxtapa is a beach resort in the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located to the northwest of the municipal seat, Zihuatanejo, and some northwest of Acapulco....
- 1:57:55 - 2011: 9th Cremona ITU Sprint Triathlon European Cup CremonaCremonaCremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
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duathlon
- 2003: WC Juniors in Affoltern
- 2004: 4th WC < 23 yr in GeelGeelGeel is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp which acquired the status of a city in the 1980s.It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns : Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum...