{"id":15254,"date":"2022-06-29T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=105702"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T09:59:11","slug":"laura-philipp-background-career-highlights-quotes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/laura-philipp-background-career-highlights-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Philipp: Background, career highlights, quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nige Tassell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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German triathlete Laure Philipp is, quite simply, one of the world\u2019s best when it comes to full Ironman and 70.3 racing, as demonstrated when she smashed both world records for Ironman-branded events in the spring of 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, we take a look back at her career and explore the journey she\u2019s taken to the top of the sport.<\/p>\n

Who is Laura Philipp?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A late starter in triathlon \u2013 indeed, she didn\u2019t learn to swim until she was 24 \u2013 Laura Philipp has made up for lost time in the years since. Her breakthrough came in 2016 when, in the final year of her twenties, the German took her first Ironman 70.3 triumph in Mallorca. It was a victory that opened the floodgates, with Philipp bagging 15 70.3 titles across Europe during the next few years, along with a bronze at the Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Philipp took part in her first Ironman. It was to be a full-distance debut to savour as she obliterated the Barcelona course record in a performance that made everyone sit up and take notice. Although still concentrating on 70.3 races, the following year saw a visit to Kona and a very creditable fourth place on her Hawaiian bow.<\/p>\n

After an injury-hit, lockdown-affected period of time, Philipp dropped down the Ironman rankings, but anyone who\u2019d seen her race knew this placing was an unreliable one. She proved this in 2021 when she stormed to victory at the Ironman European Championships in Finland, casually batting off her nearest rivals on the bike leg and leaving them in her tracks.<\/p>\n

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Laura Philipp lines up for Ironman 70.3 Ruegen in 2018 (Credit: Joern Pollex\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Then came the extraordinary spring of 2022. Having set a new world record at 70.3 in Dubai, Philipp repeated the trick in Hamburg where she posted the fastest women\u2019s Ironman time ever recorded. The fact that her win also meant the successful defence of her European title went largely unremarked, such was the seismic reaction to the time she clocked.<\/p>\n

A vegetarian since childhood, Philipp is also a firm believer in female triathletes utilising the physiological benefits of certain stages of the menstrual cycle. Rather than suppressing her periods through use of the contraceptive pill, Philipp has learned to adjust her training and diet around her cycle.<\/p>\n

The record-demolishing times she\u2019s been posting certainly suggest it\u2019s benefitted her hugely. Whether her approach can land her Ironman world gold in Kona later this year (having missed the delayed 2021 championships through Covid) remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

How old is Laura Philipp?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Laura Philipp was born on 23 April 1987, making her 35 years of age.<\/p>\n

Laura Philipp\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Laura Philipp puts the power down on the run leg during Ironman Hamburg (Credit: Alexander Scheuber\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

May 2016: A maiden 70.3 triumph<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the age of 29, Philipp records her first victory at half-Ironman distance when she wins in the sun at Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. Three months later, she follows this up with another first place, this time in the Ironman 70.3 race in Zell am See in Austria.<\/p>\n

September 2017: A medal around her neck at the 70.3 worlds<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Further solidifying her place at the top table of 70.3 racing, Philipp takes third in the world championships in Chattanooga, behind the indomitable Daniela Ryf and Britain\u2019s Emma Pallant.<\/p>\n

October 2018: An extraordinary full-distance debut in Barcelona<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Laura Philipp celebrates winning her first long-distance triathlon at Ironman Barcelona in 2018 (Credit: Alex Caparros\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

After a couple of seasons sweeping up 70.3 wins across Europe, Philipp attempts a full Ironman for the first time. And wasn\u2019t she born to race it? She claims victory in a time that slices more than 11 minutes off the existing course record.<\/p>\n

October 2019: Highly impressive first visit to Kona<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philipp\u2019s Hawaiian debut finds her putting in a performance of great note, comfortably finishing fourth, losing out only to her compatriot Anne Haug, who takes her first world title, Britain\u2019s Lucy Charles and the Australian Sarah Crowley.<\/p>\n

August 2021: Philipp is crowned the queen of Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Holding the finishing tap aloft, Laura Philipp soaks up the atmosphere as she wins the Ironman European Championship in Finland in 2021 (Credit: Jan Hetfleisch\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

At the Ironman 70.3 Europeans, Philipp announces her return to the upper echelons of the sport, after injury problems, in imperious fashion. On the run leg, she blows away her closest rivals \u2013 the American Jocelyn McCauley and Switzerland\u2019s Imogen Simmonds \u2013 taking more than 20 minutes out of them to record a 2:52 marathon. Philipp is European champion.<\/p>\n

March 2022: The ultimate 70.3 speedball<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Dubai, Philipp enters the record books when she sets the fastest Ironman 70.3 time ever recorded by a woman. Having seen off the challenge of the mighty Daniela Ryf, Philipp clocks a time of 3:53:03. A new era is emerging.<\/p>\n

June 2022: Title retained, records destroyed<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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On her way to a record-breaking result at Ironman Hamburg, Laura Philipp puts the power down (Credit: Joern Pollex\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Three months later in Hamburg, Philipp repeats her record-smashing performance in Dubai when she sets the fastest-ever Ironman time by a woman. Her 8:18:20 is just an agonising seven seconds outside Chrissie Wellington\u2019s iron-distance record, also set in Germany at Challenge Roth 11 years earlier.<\/p>\n

Philipp\u2019s closest competitor is the American Chelsea Sodaro, who comes home a full 18 minutes behind. The German\u2019s European title was never in doubt.<\/p>\n

Laura Philipp in quotes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On competing in her first full Ironman in Barcelona in 2018, ahead of smashing the course record: \u201cI\u2019m going to see how I can handle it. I\u2019m really ready for pain. I want to do it and feel it and feel okay at the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n

On that immense, record-busting Ironman performance in Hamburg that followed a similar result at Ironman 70.3 Dubai: \u201cI was in the first half of my menstrual cycle in both races, which is physiologically the perfect time to perform at peak levels. I was also able to set a new Ironman world-best time in both races over different distances. A coincidence? Not in my opinion!\u201d<\/p>\n

On wanting the big one \u2013 Kona later this year \u2013 after missing the worlds in St George having been struck down with Covid: \u201cIf all the things come together, I think it\u2019s possible to win. But I know how many other strong women have the same mindset as me going into this race. Anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Laura Philipp?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With Covid having got in the way of her plan to at least make the podium at the Ironman Worlds for the first time in May 2022 in St George, the year\u2019s second world champs, back in their spiritual home of Kona, is far and away Philipp\u2019s chief focus right now.<\/p>\n

And it would be a brave person to bet against the German adding another commanding victory \u2013 and another title \u2013 to her CV.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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