Mario Mola

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Mario Mola
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Mola in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameMario Mola Díaz
Nationality Spanish
Born (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 (age 33)
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Website www.mariomola.com
Sport
Country Spain
Sport Triathlon
Medal record
Men's Triathlon
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
ITU World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Elite
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Elite
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Elite
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Elite
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Elite
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Elite
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Elite
European Triathlon Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Elite

Mario Mola (born 23 February 1990 in Palma de Mallorca), is a Spanish professional triathlete. He is the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series World Champion. He has placed 19th at the London Olympic Games 2012, 8th at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and 10th at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. [1] [2] In addition to his World Triathlon Series wins, he has placed second and third in 2014 and 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series.

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Sports career

Mola began swimming at five years old in Palma de Mallorca, where he grew up. But it wasn't before the age of 15 that started riding on a racing bike. [3] Mola started to take part in junior triathlons in 2005. From 2006 on he has been a member of the Spanish National Team. Since 2008 he belongs to the world's best triathlon athletes in the world. In France, he represented ECS Triathlon in the Club Championship Series Grand Prix de Triathlon.

In 2009, Mola became Triathlon Junior World Champion. In France, at the club championship series Grand Prix de Triathlon, Mola competed for the E.C. Sartrouville. In Germany, Mola competed in the first league for the club EJOT Buschütten. In Düsseldorf (8 of July 2012) he won the gold medal.

In 2012 he competed in the Olympic Games, placing 19th place in London. In June 2013 he landed in third place at the Olympic distance European Championship.

Mola placed second overall 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series behind fellow Spanish competitor Javier Gomez. In March 2015 he won the starting race of the season in Abu Dhabi. In September in the same year, he also won the last race of the season in Chicago. Again, he placed second overall, behind Javier Gomez in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series.

In March 2016, he won the ITU WTS Series race in Abu Dhabi. At the Rio Olympic Games he competed for Spain, placing 8th place.

ITU Triathlon world champion

Mola and Carolina Routier at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011. MarioMola CaroRoutier Pontvedra2011.jpg
Mola and Carolina Routier at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.

In Mexico at the last race of the 2016 season Mola landed in 5th place and was crowned short distance triathlon world champion. He beat Jonathan Brownlee by 4 points.

In 2017, the 27 year old Mola successfully defended his title with four wins in nine races and repeated as world champion in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series. [4] and was nominated ETU athlete of the year 2017. In 2018, at the grand final in Australia, he was crowned world champion for the third time in a row. Additionally, with a total of 197.000 Us-Dollar, Mario Mola was leading the prize money ranking of the season 2018. [5]

Mola is married to the Catalan triathlon athlete Carolina Routier and is studying economics besides his professional career as an athlete.

ITU results

Mola's ITU race results are: [6]

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start · DQ = disqualified

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References

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