Nicola Spirig

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Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss lawyer and former professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and six times European champion in women's triathlon.

Career

Nicola Spirig is a five times Olympian. She was Olympic champion in 2012 and runner up in 2016. She was World Championship runner up in 2010, Junior World Champion in 2001, Junior European Champion in 1999, and Elite European Champion in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018. She was the second oldest competitor in the field when she won the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow.[1]

Spirig was born in Winkel.[2] On 4 August 2012, Spirig won Gold in the Olympic Women's Triathlon,[3] winning a close race in a photo finish with Sweden's Lisa Nordén.

In the 13 years from 1998 to 2010, Spirig took part in 72 ITU competitions and achieved 39 top ten positions. In 2010, she won the European Championships and the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, and the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in London. In the overall World Championship Series ranking she place second.

Spirig has also competed as a long-distance runner, finishing second at the Swiss Cross-Country Championships in 2014 and competing at the 2014 Neujahrsmarathon Zürich.[4] She subsequently competed in the marathon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich, where she finished 24th in a time of 2:37.12.[5] More recently she finished second in the 10,000 metres at the Swiss National Athletics Championships in 2021. In 2015, she and heptathlete Linda Züblin competed at the St. Moritz track in a round of the Bobsleigh World Cup, racing at the invitation of Swiss pilot Beat Hefti alongside him and brakeman Alex Baumann in the four man event, with the quartet placing 27th.[2]

In 2021, she competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also competed in the mixed relay event.[6]

Personal life

Nicola Spirig lives in Bachenbülach[7] and holds a degree in law (lic.iur.). Both her elder sister and her elder brother were competing in different sports for fun before they started their academic careers. Their parents are teachers of physical education. Spirig is married to former Swiss triathlete Reto Hug. They have a son, born 2013[8] and a daughter, born 2017.[9] When 2012 Olympic champion Nicola Spirig had her first child, she was not sure whether she would ever return to triathlon. But just 12 weeks after her third child was born in April 2019, the 37-year-old was back competing in the World Triathlon Series Grand Final held in Lausanne, Switzerland between 30 August 2019 to 1 September 2019.[10]

ITU competitions

The following lists are based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.[11] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.

Olympics

Date Competition Place Rank
  2004-08-25   Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 19
  2008-08-18   Summer Olympics Beijing, China 6
  2012-08-04   Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Script error: No such module "sort".
  2016-08-20   Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Script error: No such module "sort".
  2021-07-26   Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 6

World Championships

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Nicola Spirig and Helen Jenkins at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
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Nicola Spirig at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, 2010
Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-06-23   World Triathlon Kitzbühel, Austria Script error: No such module "sort".
  2012-05-26   World Triathlon Madrid, Spain Script error: No such module "sort".
  2012-04-14   Dextro Energy World Championships Series Sydney, Australia 5
  2011-08-21   Team World Championships Lausanne, Switzerland Script error: No such module "sort".
  2011-08-20   Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint World Championship Lausanne, Switzerland 16
  2011-08-06   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom 8
  2011-07-16   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg, Germany 12
  2010-09-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest, Hungary Script error: No such module "sort".
  2010-08-21   World Championships (Sprint) Lausanne, Switzerland 6
  2010-08-14   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel, Austria 18
  2010-07-24   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom Script error: No such module "sort".
  2010-06-05   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid, Spain Script error: No such module "sort".
  2010-05-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul, South Korea 4
  2009-08-22   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama, Japan 10
  2009-08-15   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London, United Kingdom Script error: No such module "sort".
  2009-07-11   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel, Austria Script error: No such module "sort".
  2007-08-30   BG World Championships Hamburg, Germany 19
  2005-09-10   World Championships (U23) Gamagori, Japan Script error: No such module "sort".
  2004-05-09   World Championships Madeira DNF
  2003-12-06   World Championships Queenstown, New Zealand 33
  2002-11-09   World Championships (U23) Cancún, Mexico Script error: No such module "sort".

World Cups

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Gold medalist Spirig with Emmie Charayron and Helen Jenkins at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010.
Date Competition Place Rank
  2012-03-25   World Cup Mooloolaba, Australia Script error: No such module "sort".
  2010-10-10   World Cup Huatulco, Mexico Script error: No such module "sort".
  2008-09-27   BG World Cup Lorient, France 8
  2008-07-20   BG World Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Script error: No such module "sort".
  2008-04-26   BG World Cup Tongyeong, South Korea 8
  2008-04-13   BG World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 6
  2007-12-01   BG World Cup Eilat, Israel Script error: No such module "sort".
  2007-10-07   BG World Cup Rhodes, Greece 6
  2007-09-15   BG World Cup Beijing, China 7
  2007-07-29   BG World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 10
  2007-07-22   BG World Cup Kitzbühel, Austria 6
  2007-05-13   BG World Cup Richards Bay, South Africa 5
  2007-05-06   BG World Cup Lisbon, Portugal 8
  2007-04-15   BG World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 6
  2007-03-25   BG World Cup Mooloolaba, Australia 17
  2006-11-12   BG World Cup New Plymouth, New Zealand 12
  2006-11-05   BG World Cup Cancún, Mexico 17
  2006-07-23   BG World Cup Corner Brook, Canada DNS
  2006-06-11   BG World Cup Richards Bay, South Africa 8
  2006-06-04   BG World Cup Madrid, Spain 17
  2005-09-17   OSIM World Cup Beijing, China 32
  2005-08-06   World Cup Hamburg, Germany DNF
  2005-07-31   World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 12
  2005-06-05   World Cup Madrid, Spain 11
  2004-07-25   World Cup Salford, United Kingdom 13
  2004-04-25   World Cup Mazatlán, Mexico 11
  2004-04-11   World Cup Ishigaki, Japan 14
  2003-10-25   World Cup Athens, Greece 24
  2003-10-19   World Cup Madeira, Portugal 17
  2003-09-21   World Cup Madrid, Spain DNF
  2003-09-06   World Cup Hamburg, Germany 15
  2003-07-20   World Cup Corner Brook, Canada 11
  2003-07-13   World Cup Edmonton, Canada 19
  2003-06-07   World Cup Tongyeong, South Korea 26
  2002-10-13   World Cup Madeira, Portugal 20
  2002-09-21   World Cup Nice, France 21
  2002-08-31   World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland 15
  2002-07-21   World Cup Corner Brook, Canada 9
  2001-08-25   World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland 9

European Championships

Date Competition Place Rank
  2018-08-09   European Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom Script error: No such module "sort".
  2014-06-20   European Championships Kitzbühel, Austria Script error: No such module "sort".
  2012-04-20   European Championships Eilat, Israel Script error: No such module "sort".
  2010-07-03   European Championships Athlone, Ireland Script error: No such module "sort".
  2009-07-02   European Championships Holten, Netherlands Script error: No such module "sort".
  2008-05-10   European Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4
  2007-06-29   European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark Script error: No such module "sort".
  2006-06-23   European Championships Autun, France 13
  2005-08-20   European Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 12
  2005-07-17   European Championships (U23) Sofia, Bulgaria Script error: No such module "sort".
  2004-04-18   European Championships Valencia, Spain 14
  2003-06-21   European Championships Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 12
  2002-07-06   European Championships Győr, Hungary 14

European Games

Date Competition Place Rank
  2015-06-13   1st European Games Baku, Azerbaijan Script error: No such module "sort".

European Cups

Date Competition Place Rank
  2007-08-19   European Cup Geneva, Switzerland Script error: No such module "sort".
  2002-06-08   European Cup Belgrade, Serbia Script error: No such module "sort".

Junior results

Date Competition Place Rank
  2001-07-22   World Championships Edmonton, Canada Script error: No such module "sort".
  2001-06-23   European Championships Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Script error: No such module "sort".
  2000-07-08   European Championships Stein, Netherlands 5
  2000-04-30   World Championships Perth, Australia Script error: No such module "sort".
  1999-07-03   European Championships Funchal, Portugal Script error: No such module "sort".
  1998-08-30   World Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 5
  1998-07-04   European Championships Velden am Wörther See, Austria 18

Awards

References

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  9. ↑ Nicola Spirig bringt ein Mädchen zur Welt (11. Juli 2017)
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Further reading

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Part 2 The story of how Spirig trained for, and won, her 2012 London Olympic title.

External links

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  • Profile at triathlon.org
  • Archived profile at triathlon.org
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