Thomas Frühwirth
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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Graz, Austria | 12 August 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | H4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Frühwirth (born 12 August 1981) is an Austrian Para-cyclist who represented Austria at the Paralympic Games.
Early life
[edit]Thomas Frühwirth was born on a farm in southeast Styria, Austria. He has three brothers. At the age of 15 he started Enduro sports. He completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic and car electrician, worked in development at Steyr Daimler Puch and later at the motorcycle manufacturer KTM AG. In 2004 he had a motorcycle accident while on vacation in Poland. The result was incomplete paraplegia.
Career
[edit]Frühwirth represented Austria in the men's road time trial H4 and road race H4 events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in time trial.[1] He again represented Austria in the men's road time trial H4 and road race H4 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won two silver medals.[2]
Thomas Frühwirth owns the course record in the division Handcycling at the Ironman Hawaii in 8h 15' 39" (Ironman World Championship 2022).[3]
Sports achievements
[edit]Achievements in para-cycling
[edit]Year | Competition | Country | Ranking |
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2024 | 2024 Summer Paralympics - Time Trial | ![]() |
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2024 Summer Paralympics - Road Race | ![]() |
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2023 | UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Road Race | ![]() |
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2022 | UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Time Trial | ![]() |
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UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Road Race | ![]() |
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2021 | 2020 Summer Paralympics - Time Trial | ![]() |
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2020 Summer Paralympics - Road Race | ![]() |
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UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Time Trial | ![]() |
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UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Road Race | ![]() |
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2019 | UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Time Trial | ![]() |
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2016 | 2016 Summer Paralympics - Time Trial | ![]() |
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2015 | UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Time Trial | ![]() |
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2014 | UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Time Trial | ![]() |
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Achievements in Para-Triathlon
[edit]The table shows the most significant results (podium) obtained in paratriathlon competitions since 2010.
Year | Competition | Country | Ranking | Time |
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2023 | Ironman World Championship 2023 Nice | ![]() |
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9h 43' 21" |
2022 | Ironman World Championship 2022 Hawaii | ![]() |
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8h 15' 39" |
Ironman World Championship 2021 St. George Utah | ![]() |
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9h 29' 35" | |
2020 | Ironman Cozumel | ![]() |
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8h 08' 27" |
Knappenman "Ironman" | ![]() |
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7h 26' 18" | |
2017 | 30. Austria Triathlon (Ironman distance) | ![]() |
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7h 48' 36" |
2017 European Para-Triathlon Championships PTWC-H2 | ![]() |
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1h 02' 42" | |
Austrian Para-Triathlon Championships PTWC-H2 | ![]() |
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58' 05" | |
2015 | Ironman 70.3 Zell am See | ![]() |
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4h 53' 35" |
2013 | Ironman World Championship Hawaii | ![]() |
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9h 2' 55" |
2011 | ITU Para-Duathlon World Championships TR1 | ![]() |
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58' 44" |
IUTA Double Ironman | ![]() |
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22h 05' 52" | |
2010 | ITU Para-Triathlon World Championships TR1 | ![]() |
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1h 08' 36" |
Ironman World Championship Hawaii | ![]() |
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10h 13' 27" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Fruhwirth". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Fruehwirth". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Frühwirth raises the bar at the IRONMAN World Championship". tri247.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- Living people
- 1981 births
- Austrian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the European Para Championships
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- Paralympic silver medalists for Austria
- Sportspeople from Graz
- 20th-century Austrian people
- 21st-century Austrian people
- Austrian cycling biography stubs