World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Explained

The World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships is a aquathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The competition has been held annually since 1998. The championships is a continually timed race containing a swim stage and either one or two run stages. Typically, the race consists of run—swim—run segments. When the water is less 22 degrees Celsius, a wetsuit is required and the race starts with the swim stage, followed by a single run stage, so that participants do not have to put on a wetsuit mid race.^[1] The total run distance is around 5 km and the swim is between 750m and 1 km. However the distances have varied during the event's history depending on local circumstances.

Champions

Men's

1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013[2]
2014[3]
2015[4]
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021[5]
2022[6]
2023[7]
2024[8]

Source:^[9]

Women's

1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021[10]
2022[11]
2023[12]
2024[13]

Source:^[9]

Venues

Year	Date	Location	Distances (kilometers)
			First Run	Swim	Second Run
1998	8 November	Noosa, Australia	2,5	1	2,5
1999	31 August	Noosa, Australia	2,5	1	2,5
2000	28 October	Cancún, Mexico	2,5	1	2,5
2001	18 July	Edmonton, Canada	2	0,75	2
2002	3 November	Cancún, Mexico	2,5	1	2,5
2003	December	Queenstown, New Zealand	2,5	1	2,5
2004	5 May	Madeira, Portugal	2,5	1	2,5
2005	8 September	Gamagōri, Japan	3,2	1	1,6
2006	30 August	Lausanne, Switzerland	-	1	4
2007	12 May	Ixtapa, Mexico	2,5	1	2,5
2008	28 June	Monterrey, Mexico	2,5	1	2,5
2009	9 September	Gold Coast, Australia	2,5	1	2,5
2010	8 September	Budapest, Hungary	2,5	1	2,5
2011	7 September	Beijing, China	2,5	1	2,5
2012	7 October	Auckland, New Zealand	2,5	1	2,5
2013	11 September	London, UK	2,5	1	2,5
2014	27 August	Edmonton, Canada	2,5	1	2,5
2015	16 September	Chicago, USA	-	1	5
2016	14 September	Cozumel, Mexico	2,5	1	2,5
2017	25 August	Penticton, Canada	2,5	1	2,5
2019	2 May	Pontevedra, Spain	–	1	5
2021	30 - 31 October	Extremadura, Spain	2,5	1	2,5
2022	18 August	Šamorín, Slovakia	2,5	1	2,5
2023	1 May	Santa Eulària, Spain		1	5
2024	23 August	Townsville, Australia	2,5	1	2,5

References

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Introducing Aquathlon. World Triathlon. 9 November 2019. 22 April 2021.
2. Web site: Varga (SVK) and Abysova (RUS) collect 2013 Aquathlon World Championships. Sherwood. Merryn. 11 September 2013. 12 September 2013. International Triathlon Union.
3. Web site: Kiwis dominate Aquathlon World Championships. 27 August 2014. 28 August 2014. Greene. Erin. International Triathlon Union.
4. Web site: Varga victorious at Aquathlon World Champs a fourth time. 16 September 2015. 16 September 2015. Greene. Erin. International Triathlon Union.
5. Web site: Results: 2021 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships El Anillo - Extremadura - Elite Men. 10 December 2021. triathlon.org.
6. Web site: Results: 2022 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Šamorín - Elite Men. 19 August 2022. triathlon.org.
7. Web site: Results: 2023 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Santa Eulària - Elite Men. 1 May 2023. triathlon.org.
8. Web site: Results: 2024 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Townsville - Elite Men. 23 August 2024. triathlon.org.
9. Web site: Aquathlon ITU World Champions . dead . 2 November 2016 . International Triathlon Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727022611/https://www.triathlon.org/media/stats/aquath-champs.pdf . 27 July 2011 .
10. Web site: Results: 2021 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships El Anillo - Extremadura - Elite Women. 10 December 2021. triathlon.org.
11. Web site: Results: 2022 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Šamorín - Elite Women. 19 August 2022. triathlon.org.
12. Web site: Results: 2023 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Santa Eulària - Elite Women. 1 May 2023. triathlon.org.
13. Web site: Results: 2024 World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships Townsville - Elite Women. 23 August 2023. triathlon.org.