Vendula Frintová
Vendula Frintová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɛndula ˈfrɪntovaː]; born 4 September 1983) is a Czech triathlete. She is multiple Czech Champion in various categories such as National Champion of the years 2006 and 2007 and winner of the National Championship Series of the year 2009, Duathlon World Champion of the year 2009, and gold medalist of the World Cup in Mooloolaba 2010.
Biography
[edit]Frintová was born on 4 September 1983 in Náchod, Czechoslovakia.
In the eight years from 2002 to 2009, Vendula Frintová took part in 75 ITU competitions and achieved 37 top ten positions, among which five gold medals.
In her home country, Vendula Frintová represents the Ekol Elite Triathlon Team, and in 2010, again, she also takes part, as an elite guest star, in prestigious German and French circuits, i.e. the German Bundesliga, representing Krefelder Kanu Klub,[1] and the French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, representing TCG 79 Parthenay. At the opening triathlon of this Grand Prix de Triathlon, Frintová placed 17th,[2] and at the second Lyonnaise des Eaux triathlon in Beauvais she placed 26th, both times being among the three triathlètes classants l'équipe, the best triathletes of the club, and TCG 79 Parthenay, which had only four instead of five triathletes, all of whom foreign guest stars, placed 5th again.[3]
Vendula Frintová holds a degree in anthropology and genetics (Charles University, Prague) and, when in the Czech Republic, she lives in her home town Náchod.
ITU Competitions
[edit]In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Frintová took part in 81 ITU competitions and achieved 36 top ten positions, among which 19 medals. The list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page, which, however, is not complete.[4] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-07-06 | European Championships (Junior) | Győr | 27 |
| 2003-05-31 | European Cup | Brno | 3 |
| 2003-06-21 | European Championships | Carlsbad | DNS |
| 2003-03-27 | World Cup | Salford | 27 |
| 2003-08-03 | World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 39 |
| 2003-08-16 | European Cup | Prague | 2 |
| 2003-09-06 | World Cup | Hamburg | DNF |
| 2003-09-12 | World Cup | Nice | 24 |
| 2003-09-21 | World Cup | Madrid | 21 |
| 2003-11-23 | World Cup | Geelong | DNF |
| 2004-04-18 | European Championships | Valencia | DNF |
| 2004-05-09 | World Championships (U23) | Madeira | 2 |
| 2004-06-12 | World Cup | Tongyeong | 5 |
| 2004-07-10 | European Cup | Echternach | 2 |
| 2004-09-04 | World Cup | Hamburg | 8 |
| 2004-09-19 | World Cup | Madrid | 4 |
| 2004-11-07 | World Cup | Rio de Janeiro | 6 |
| 2005-06-05 | World Cup | Madrid | DNF |
| 2005-07-17 | European Championships (U23) | Sofia | 4 |
| 2005-07-31 | World Cup | Salford | DNF |
| 2005-08-06 | World Cup | Hamburg | 4 |
| 2005-08-20 | European Championships | Lausanne | 23 |
| 2005-09-10 | World Championships (U23) | Gamagori | 2 |
| 2005-09-17 | OSIM World Cup | Beijing | DNF |
| 2005-10-15 | European Cup | Palermo | 5 |
| 2005-11-13 | World Cup | New Plymouth | 7 |
| 2006-04-23 | European Cup | Estoril | 4 |
| 2006-06-04 | BG World Cup | Madrid | 9 |
| 2006-06-11 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay | 3 |
| 2006-06-23 | European Championships | Autun | DNF |
| 2006-07-01 | Premium European Cup | Kitzbühel | DNS |
| 2006-07-08 | European Championships (U23) | Rijeka | 11 |
| 2006-07-09 | BG World Cup | Edmonton | DNS |
| 2006-07-30 | BG World Cup | Salford | 9 |
| 2006-08-13 | BG World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 28 |
| 2006-09-02 | World Championships | Lausanne | 28 |
| 2006-09-09 | BG World Cup | Hamburg | 24 |
| 2006-09-24 | BG World Cup | Beijing | DNS |
| 2006-10-07 | Duathlon European Championships | Rimini | 3 |
| 2006-11-05 | BG World Cup | Cancun | 22 |
| 2006-11-12 | BG World Cup | New Plymouth | DNF |
| 2007-05-06 | BG World Cup | Lisbon | 10 |
| 2007-05-13 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay | DNF |
| 2007-06-17 | BG World Cup | Des Moines | DNF |
| 2007-06-29 | European Championships | Copenhagen | DNF |
| 2007-07-07 | Premium European Cup | Holten | 3 |
| 2007-07-22 | BG World Cup | Kitzbühel | 15 |
| 2007-07-29 | BG World Cup | Salford | DNF |
| 2007-08-30 | BG World Championships | Hamburg | DNF |
| 2007-09-15 | BG World Cup | Beijing | 34 |
| 2007-09-23 | Asian Cup | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 2007-10-07 | BG World Cup | Rhodes | 3 |
| 2008-04-26 | BG World Cup | Tongyeong | 3 |
| 2008-05-10 | European Championships | Lisbon | DNS |
| 2008-05-18 | European Cup | Brno | DNF |
| 2008-06-05 | BG World Championships | Vancouver | 36 |
| 2008-06-21 | European Cup | Schliersee | DNF |
| 2008-06-28 | Premium European Cup | Holten | 3 |
| 2008-07-05 | BG World Cup | Hamburg | DNS |
| 2008-07-13 | BG World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 6 |
| 2008-08-18 | Olympic Games | Beijing | 23 |
| 2008-09-07 | Premium European Cup | Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 1 |
| 2008-09-27 | BG World Cup | Lorient | DNF |
| 2008-10-26 | BG World Cup | Huatulco | 7 |
| 2008-11-15 | Asian Cup | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 2008-11-16 | ASTC Aquathlon Asian Championships | Golden Beach | 2 |
| 2009-05-02 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Tongyeong | 9 |
| 2009-05-31 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 15 |
| 2009-06-21 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Washington, D.C. | DNF |
| 2009-07-02 | European Championships | Holten | 22 |
| 2009-07-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbühel | 9 |
| 2009-07-18 | European Cup | Brno | 6 |
| 2009-07-25 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | DNF |
| 2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 42 |
| 2009-08-30 | Premium European Cup | Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 1 |
| 2009-09-09 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Gold Coast | 18 |
| 2009-09-26 | Duathlon World Championships | Concord | 1 |
| 2009-10-17 | Premium Asian Cup | Hong Kong | 1 |
| 2009-10-25 | Premium European Cup | Alanya | DNF |
| 2010-03-27 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 1 |
| 2010-04-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Sydney | DNF |
| 2010-05-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Seoul | DNF |
| 2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 19 |
| 2010-07-03 | European Championships | Athlone | 11 |
| 2010-07-17 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | DNF |
| 2010-07-24 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | DNF |
| 2010-08-21 | Sprint World Championships | Lausanne | 34 |
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start
References
[edit]- ^ See http://www.krefelder-kanu-klub.de/inteam Archived 2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ See http://www.ipitos.com/de-resultats/course-132 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ See http://www.ipitos.com/de-resultats/course-139-epreuve-424. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTk2. For the competitions missing in the ITU lists, see Frintová's palmares list: http://www.frintova.toof.cz/en/results/. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Czech and English)
- Vendula Frintová on Instagram
- Vendula Frintová at World Triathlon
- Vendula Frintova at Olympics.com
- Vendula Frintova at Olympic.org (archived)
- Vendula Frintová at Olympedia (archive)
- Vendula Frintová at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Vendula Frintová at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Vendula Frintová at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Czech female triathletes
- Olympic triathletes for the Czech Republic
- Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- People from Náchod
- Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region
- Charles University alumni
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in France