Robert ("Rob") Alexander Barel (born 23 December 1957 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

) is an athlete from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. He competes in triathlon

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...

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Career

Originally a swimmer Barel competed and won his first triathlon in 1982 (Amsterdam). Won the very first ETU European Championships in 1985 (Immenstadt). Competed in the first ITU Word Championships in 1989 (Avignon, 5th place). Won the first ITU Long Distance Championships in 1994 (Nice). Competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. He took forty-third place with a total time of 1:55:36.69 at the age of 42.

Titles

• World Champion Long Distance triathlon: 1994
• European Champion Middle Distance triathlon EK: 1986, 1988, 1994
• European Champion Olympic distance triathlon: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
• National Champion Olympic distance triathlon: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998
• National Champion duatlon: 1993, 1994, 1997
• National Champion cross triathlon: 2005, 2008
• European Champion cross triathlon: 2008
• National Champion Mountainbike Masters2: 2005, 2006, 2007

Major achievements

Year	Pst.	Tournament	Venue
1984	3rd	National Championship Long Distance	Almere Almere Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the... , Holland
1985	2nd	European Championships Long Distance	Almere Almere Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the... , Holland
1987	2nd	European Championships Long Distance	Joroinen Joroinen Joroinen is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish.... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
1988	1st	European Championships Olympic Distance	Venice, Italy
1989	5th	World Championship Olympic Distance	Avignon, France
1989	2nd	European Championships Olympic Distance	Cascais Cascais Cascais is a coastal town in Cascais Municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal... , Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
1990	5th	World Championship Olympic Distance	Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... , USA
1990	2nd	European Championships Olympic Distance	Linz, Austria
1991	2nd	European Championships Olympic Distance	Geneva, Switzerland
1992	2nd	National Championship duatlon	Den Dungen Den Dungen Den Dungen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel next to the village Maaskantje.Den Dungen was a separate municipality until 1996, when it was merged with Sint-Michielsgestel.... , Holland
1992	3rd	World Championship Olympic Distance	Huntsville, Ontario Huntsville, Ontario Huntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay.... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
1993	2nd	European Championships Long Distance	Embrun, France
1995	3rd	National Championship Long Distance	Almere Almere Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the... , Holland
1996	3rd	European Championships duatlon	Mafra, Portugal Mafra, Portugal Mafra is a town in Mafra Municipality in Portugal.The town is 28 km north-west from the center of Lisbon. It is mostly known for the sumptuous Palácio de Mafra , which also makes it a popular tourist destination in the Lisbon area...
1997	2nd	Long Distance World Championships	Nice, France
1997	3rd	National Championship Olympic Distance	Roermond Roermond Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231... , Holland
1998	2nd	World Long Distance	Sado Island, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
2000	43rd	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
2003	2nd	National Championship Middle Distance	Nieuwkoop Nieuwkoop Nieuwkoop is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on January 1, 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar.... , Holland
2004	3rd	National Championship Middle Distance	Nieuwkoop Nieuwkoop Nieuwkoop is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on January 1, 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar.... , Holland
2008	2nd	Masters 2 National Championship Mountainbike	Oss Oss Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :... , Holland