Karin Thürig
Swiss cyclist
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Full name | Karin Thürig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 52) Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road, track, triathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005–2008 | Univega/Raleigh/Cervélo-Lifeforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karin Thürig (born 4 July 1972 in Rothenburg) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial. In 2011, she took second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
Palmarès
Cycling
- 2001
- 2nd, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 2002
- 3rd, Individual time trial, World Road Championships
- 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 2003
- 2003 Track World Cup
- 1st, Pursuit, Cape Town
- 2004
- 2004 Track World Cup
- 1st, Pursuit, Moscow
- 2nd, Pursuit, Sydney
- 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st, Stage 1, Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 3rd, Individual time trial, Olympic Games, Athens
- 1st Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
- 1st, Individual time trial, World Road Championships
- 2005
- 2004–2005 Track World Cup
- 3rd, Pursuit, Manchester
- 3rd, Pursuit, Track World Championships, Los Angeles
- 1st, Souvenir Magali Pache
- Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 1st, Stage 5
- 1st, Stage 8
- 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st, Individual time trial, World Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st, L'Heure D'Or Féminine / The Ladies Golden Hour (with Nicole Cooke, Priska Doppmann, Christiane Soeder and Joanne Kiesanowski)
- 1st, Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
- 2nd, Individual time trial, World Road Championships
- 2007
- 3rd, Souvenir Magali Pache
- Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1st, Stage 1
- 2nd, Stage 3b
- 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd, Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 1st, Memorial Davide Fardelli – Cronometro Individuale
- 1st, 2007 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 2007–2008 Track World Cup
- 3rd, Pursuit, Sydney
- 2008
- 3rd, Individual Time Trial, Olympic Games, Beijing
- 1st, 2008 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
Multisport
- Triathlon
- 1st, Ironman France 2002
- 1st, Ironman Zürich 2005
- 1st, Ironman Lanzarote 2006
- 1st, Ironman 70.3 Monaco 2006
- 2nd, Ironman 70.3 Switzerland 2007
- 1st, Ironman Zürich 2010
- 1st, Ironman 70.3 Austria 2011
- 1st, Ironman 70.3 European Championship 2011
- 2nd, Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2011
- Duathlon
- World champion, long distance: 2001, 2002
- Swiss champion: 2001, 2002, 2003
- Overall World Cup champion: 2001, 2002
External links
- Official website
- Karin Thürig at Cycling Archives
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- 1994: Karen Kurreck
- 1995, 1996, 1997: Jeannie Longo
- 1998, 1999: Leontien van Moorsel
- 2000: Mari Holden
- 2001: Jeannie Longo
- 2002: Zulfiya Zabirova
- 2003: Joane Somarriba
- 2004, 2005: Karin Thürig
- 2006: Kristin Armstrong
- 2007: Hanka Kupfernagel
- 2008: Amber Neben
- 2009: Kristin Armstrong
- 2010: Emma Pooley
- 2011, 2012: Judith Arndt
- 2013: Ellen van Dijk
- 2014: Lisa Brennauer
- 2015: Linda Villumsen
- 2016: Amber Neben
- 2017, 2018: Annemiek van Vleuten
- 2019: Chloé Dygert Owen
- 2020: Anna van der Breggen
- 2021, 2022: Ellen van Dijk
- 2023: Chloé Dygert