Helle Frederiksen

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Helle Frederiksen
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Helle Frederiksen on her way to the silver medal at the Premium European Cup in Alanya, 2009.
Personal information
Full nameHelle Houmann Frederiksen
NationalityDanish
Born (1981-03-05) March 5, 1981 (age 42)
Odense, Funen
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Website www.hellefrederiksen.com
Sport
TeamUplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team
Coached byJoel Filliol
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 27th Place, London 2012 Olympics
Personal best(s)3:55:50 Current World Best (1.9km, 90km, 21.1km)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Women's triathlon
ITU Long Distance World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Individual

Helle Frederiksen (born 5 March 1981 in Odense, Funen) is a Danish professional triathlete. She represented Denmark in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 27th, and raced on International Triathlon Union race circuit. She is the winner of the 2018 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships as well as the 2014 Hy-Vee Triathlon and 2014 Challenge Bahrain.

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Career

Frederiksen was a swimmer from the age of 12 to 18 and a member of the national Danish swimming squad. She had won several Danish championships when, in 1999, she decided to retire from elite sports.

Frederiksen studied at Syddansk Universitet an earned a bachelor's degree in sports (Idræt og Sundhed, 2005) and after having moved to Farum she studied for a master's degree in Physical Education and Nutrition (Cand. Scient. i Human Ernæring, 2008) at the University of Copenhagen. [1]

Having worked as a spinning trainer for five years, she missed her former life as an elite sportswoman and in 2004 she took part in, and won, a women's triathlon (Piger med Power) in Odense, and in 2005, at the Danish Championships, she placed second in the Sprint and third in the Olympic Distance. In 2006, an intensive training period on the Gold Coast in Australia was worth the effort, and Frederiksen won the Danish Championships at the Olympic Distance. For 4 consecutive years, from 2006 to 2009, she was the Danish Triathlon Champion. In 2010, however, due to a flat tyre in the bike stage, she could not finish the National Championships in Nykøbing Falster.

In 2010, Frederiksen suffered a mixture of misfortunes. Since her bicycle crash at the World Championship Series event in Madrid, she suffered from a hip and back injury and later a spinal disc prolapse dating back to 2007 started to cause pains again. On the other hand, Helle Frederiksen was awarded an Olympic Scholarship for Athletes London 2012 and competed at the 2012 Olympic Games, finishing in 27th place. [2]

ITU competitions

Helle Frederiksen checking in at the Premium European Cup in Alanya, 2009. Helle Frederiksen 1.jpg
Helle Frederiksen checking in at the Premium European Cup in Alanya, 2009.
Helle Frederiksen at the World Championships Series triathon in Madrid, 2010. Helle Frederiksen 3.jpg
Helle Frederiksen at the World Championships Series triathon in Madrid, 2010.

In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Helle Frederiksen took part in 36 ITU competitions and achieved 18 top ten positions, among which 10 medals. [2]

DNS = did not start · DNF = did not finish

Personal life

Helle Frederiksen and the Welsh triathlete Ben Powell, former member of the Swansea High Performance Squad and son of the former Welsh Ironman record holder Martin Powell, are a couple. Ben Powell works at the triathlon high performance centre Club LaSanta in Lanzarote where Helle Frederiksen spends her training period. [3]

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References

  1. See http://www.hellefrederiksen.com/index.php/da/profil.html. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NDc4MA==. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. On her blog Helle Frederiksen mentions her boyfriend Ben but does not give his surname. Cf. http://hellefrederiksen.blogspot.com. Retrieved 3 December 2010.