Who is Mathis Margirier?<\/h2>
After a comparatively short Olympic-distance career, in which he didn\u2019t claim a significant race win, Mathis Margirier moved into middle-distance racing at the atypically young age of 24. <\/p>
In the one and a half seasons since, the modest and unassuming Frenchman has quickly proved his conversion to have been an inspired decision.<\/p>
He first came to attention on the Ironman 70.3 circuit in the autumn of 2022, where he won silver at the first time of asking, a success in Jesolo that was swiftly repeated at Ironman 70.3 Cascais less than a week later. <\/p>
On both occasions, his lead was extinguished by off-the-pace run legs. A third Ironman 70.3 silver came the following March in Lanzarote.<\/p>
Mathis\u2019s attention then swapped to the Challenge series of races. Second place at Challenge Gran Canaria in April 2023 was quickly improved upon when he eventually converted all these silvers into gold at Challenge \u2018The Championship\u2019 Samorin. <\/p>
A second gold, at Challenge Salou, confirmed him still further as a major player.<\/p>
Since then, there have been fourth places at both the PTO US Open and the Ironman 70.3 world championships, along with another gold at Challenge Vieux Boucau. <\/p>
In his first race of 2024, in the opening round of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour in Miami<\/a><\/strong>, he took an impressive bronze to kick off the new competition. <\/p> Don\u2019t be at all surprised to see him among the overall medals at the end of the series \u2013 especially now he appears to have nailed those old snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory problems on the run.<\/p> Mathis Margirier was born on 7 July 1997, making him 26 years of age.<\/p> Mathis takes bronze in the junior men\u2019s European Cup race in L\u2019Aiguillon-sur-Mer on France\u2019s Atlantic coast, where a superior run delivers him onto the podium. <\/p> He replicates his performance the following month with third in the junior men\u2019s event at the French national championships in Montceau-les-Mines.<\/p> Mathis comes home eighth at the national sprint championships, a performance which allows the 20-year-old to measure his progress against the cream of French triathlon in the form of Vincent Luis<\/a><\/strong> and Dorian Coninx<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> Racing in the colours of his home club, Metz Triathlon, Mathis and his team-mates take silver in the mixed relay at the European clubs championships in Lisbon, behind compatriots Poissy Triathlon.<\/p> In Li\u00e9vin on northern France, Mathis comes seventh in a breathless indoor European Cup race, finishing 13 seconds behind the British winner, Chris Perham.<\/p> After their silver 12 months earlier, Mathis and his Metz team-mates return to the European club championships, but this time can only manage bronze, losing out to Poissy Triathlon again and to second-placed Sport Lisboa e Benfica.<\/p> With only a single long-distance race under his belt at this point (a seventh place at Challenge Peguera Mallorca five years earlier), Mathis hints at where his future may lie when he finishes fifth in the Alpe d\u2019Huez long-course race. <\/p> He actually leads coming out of T1, before his compatriot L\u00e9on Chevalier<\/a><\/strong> hands the rest of the field a masterclass on the bike, posting the fastest split by almost eight minutes to take the title.<\/p> Demonstrating his commitment and loyalty to his club, despite his individual ambitions, Mathis takes another bronze with his Metz mates.<\/p> Mathis again shows his potential in long-course racing when he finishes just outside the medals at the G\u00e9rardmer XL event on the French\/German border. <\/p> Having held a share of the lead coming into T2, a disappointing run sees him slip from medal contention.<\/p> Mathis makes his Ironman 70.3 debut in the Italian coastal resort of Jesolo and returns home with a silver medal in his carry-on luggage. Again, his run is his Achilles heel. Leading after posting the only sub-two-hour bike split, Mathis is overhauled towards the end by Italy\u2019s Alessandro Fabian. <\/p> Six days later, at Ironman 70.3 Cascais in Portugal, another silver is his, but gold again slips through his fingers following a run leg that is notably slower than those of his chief rivals.<\/p> Arguably Mathis\u2019s highest profile podium finish to date comes in Lanzarote where he takes another Ironman 70.3 silver. This time, though, his run is a mere six seconds slower than that of the winner, Germany\u2019s Justus Nieschlag.<\/p> A month after Lanzarote, Mathis enjoys more success in the Canary Islands, taking second at Challenge Gran Canaria. He is beaten by his compatriot Sam Laidlow, a rival from their junior days.<\/p> The bridesmaid finally becomes the bride when Mathis takes his first career global victory at Challenge \u2018The Championship\u2019 Samorin in Slovakia. <\/p> His margin of victory over the field is a comfortable minute and a half, with the experienced likes of New Zealand\u2019s Aaron Royle<\/a><\/strong> and Brit Tom Bishop<\/a><\/strong> among those eating his dust.<\/p> Two weeks after Samorin, Mathis re-emphasises his immense talent at Challenge Salou in Spain, breaking the tape ahead of Britain\u2019s David McNamee<\/a><\/strong> to crown a terrific all-round performance.<\/p> In a rare competitive appearance outside Europe, Mathis turns up for the PTO US Open in Milwaukee \u2013 and turns plenty of heads on the global stage. <\/p> It takes heavily decorated legends like Jan Frodeno<\/a><\/strong> and Kristian Blummenfelt <\/a><\/strong>to keep him off the podium, but his fourth place is a tremendous show of intent.<\/p> If his showing in Milwaukee caused his fellow competitors to sit up and take notice, Mathis consolidates this new standing three weeks later at the Ironman 70.3 world champs in Lahti in Finland. <\/p> There he takes another fourth place, unable to pierce the German 1-2-3 of Rico Bogen, Frederic Funk and Jan Stratmann<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> Mathis reacquaints himself with the podium when he finishes second at Challenge Peguera Mallorca, six years after he last competed here in that maiden long-distance race. <\/p> Comfortably beaten by the flying Dutchman Youri Keulen, who smashes the field with a knockout run split, Mathis does at least claim third-placed former Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee<\/a><\/strong> among his scalps.<\/p> Mathis says farewell to what has overwhelmingly been his finest season to date with a third win in the Challenge series, this time on the home turf of Vieux Boucau. <\/p> It\u2019s a rare thrilling climax for a middle-distance race, with the Frenchman overpowering Mika Noodt to pip him on the line by a single second, after the German falls just a couple of yards from the tape.<\/p> Mathis starts his season Stateside at the Miami T100, the opening race of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour. His bronze, behind Switzerland\u2019s Magnus Ditlev<\/a><\/strong> and the American Sam Long<\/a><\/strong>, sets a fine marker for the months ahead.<\/p> On his first global career victory, a 2023 win at Challenge \u2018The Championship\u2019 Samorin after innumerable silvers: <\/strong>\u201cThe gap was getting bigger and bigger on the run. It was quite hard on the second and third laps, but then I saw that no-one was catching me. This is so much better than second!\u201d These are extremely exciting times for the Frenchman. After two exceedingly impressive seasons, his passage to the front of the middle-distance pack is beautifully timed, coinciding as it does with the launch of the T100 Triathlon World Tour, the brand-new globetrotting eight-race series. <\/p> This will be a priority for Mathis in 2024, as will getting among the medals at the Ironman 70.3 world championships. There is much more to come from this man.<\/p> Top image credit:<\/strong> Bart\u0142omiej Zborowski\/Activ\u2019Images<\/p> By Published: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 at 15:24 PM After a phenomenal 2023 season, Frenchman Mathis Margirier looks set to claim many more middle-distance titles. But who is and what has he achieved so far? Let’s take a look\u2026 Who is Mathis Margirier? 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Mathis Margirier\u2019s career highlights<\/h2>
May 2016: A career-first podium<\/h3>
May 2018: First elite top-10 finish<\/h3>
October 2018: The Portuguese capital shines silver<\/h3>
March 2019: Indoor European Cup top 10<\/h3>
October 2019: Another European club medal<\/h3>
July 2022: Top five going long in Alpe d\u2019Huez<\/h3>
August 2022: Another European clubs medal<\/h3>
September 2022: Fourth at G\u00e9rardmer XL<\/h3>
October 2022: Back-to-back Ironman 70.3 silvers<\/h3>
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March 2023: A third successive 70.3 silver<\/h3>
April 2023: More silver in the Canaries<\/h3>
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May 2023: Gold at last!<\/h3>
June 2023: A second helping of Challenge gold<\/h3>
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August 2023: Fourth at the PTO US Open<\/h3>
August 2023: Just misses out on 70.3 worlds medal<\/h3>
October 2023: A handful of Spanish silver<\/h3>
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October 2023: A golden season-ender<\/h3>
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March 2024: Bronze in new Florida showpiece<\/h3>
Mathis Margirier in quotes<\/h2>
What\u2019s next for Mathis Margirier?<\/h2>
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