| Host | Alanya, Antalya |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Organizer | Turkish Triathlon Federation |
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| Sports | Triathlon (swimming, biking, running) |
| Dates | October |
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The Alanya Triathlon is an annual internationai triathlon competition established in 1992 and held in Alanya District of Antalya, Turkey. It is one of the European Triathlon Cup legs. [1]
Organized by the Turkish Triathlon Federation in cooperation with the local district municipality, the event was held for the first time on 1 July 1992, [2] [3] as the "International Alanya Triathlon" (Turkish : Uluslararası Alanya Triatlonu). The competition is carried out in Alanya District of Antalya, southwestern Turkey scheduled in every October. The competition became part of the European Triathlon Cup. [4]
The event starts at Galip Dede Beach with swimming at a distance of 750 m (2,460 ft), [5] and continues with 20 km (12 mi) biking and 5 km (3.1 mi) running. In the public triathlon race, organized to encourage citizens to participate in sports, athletes compete in shortened distances like the 250 m (820 ft) swimming, 5 km (3.1 mi) biking and 1.2 km (0.75 mi) running stages. Male and female triathletes for the public event are categorized in five-year age groups between 20 and 79. [4]
In the 30th edition in 2021, mixed relay event was introduced, where a world record of 34 teams competed. The Hungarian team (Romina Nadas, Zolin Hobor, Lili Dobi, Kolos Trungel-Nagy) became the winner before the Italian and Russian teams. [6] At the 2022 European Triathlon Cup Alanya, 600 triathletes from 27 nations competed. [7] The number of athletes were 232 from 23 nations in 2023, [5] 367 from 26 nations in 2024, [2] and 242 from 34 nations in 2025. [4]
| Year | Athlete | Time | Ref. |
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| Elite men | |||
| 2022 | | 53:01 | [7] |
| 2023 | | 52:26 | [5] |
| 2024 | | 50:58 | [2] |
| 2025 | | 47:58 | [4] |
| Elite women | |||
| 2022 | | 59:16 | [7] |
| 2023 | | 58:43 | [5] |
| 2024 | | 56:38 | [2] |
| 2025 | | 54:09 | [4] |