Astrid Benöhr
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Astrid Benöhr is a German
endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon
. She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman. She has also won women's world championships in the double, quintuple and deca ironman in Ultra-Triathlon
(also known as multiple Ironman disciplines).
Benöhr began to run in her twenties, to aid her efforts to stop smoking
. She started collecting ironman titles in 1987, working without a coach to this day. She is a housewife and has three children, born in 1980, 1981 and 1985. In an interview in 2003, she said that sex
the night before a competition helps, as it relaxes and leads to deeper sleep.
Benöhr claims to have reached a better time than the mens world record in Decatriathlon, in an own race against the watch but this cant be verified. Her world records for females in triple, quadruple and quintable triathlon are 6, 5.5 and 13.5 hours slower than the mens world records. In the 1998 deca ironman race in Monterrey, Mexico
, Astrid Benöhr was disqualified for taking significant shortcuts during the running segment.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon
Ultra-triathlon
Ultra-Triathlon is Triathlon, involving swimming, cycling and running, in longer distances than the Ironman. The shortest distance includes 7.6 km swimming, 360 km cycling and 84,4 km running...
. She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman. She has also won women's world championships in the double, quintuple and deca ironman in Ultra-Triathlon
Ultra-triathlon
Ultra-Triathlon is Triathlon, involving swimming, cycling and running, in longer distances than the Ironman. The shortest distance includes 7.6 km swimming, 360 km cycling and 84,4 km running...
(also known as multiple Ironman disciplines).
Benöhr began to run in her twenties, to aid her efforts to stop smoking
Tobacco smoking
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. She started collecting ironman titles in 1987, working without a coach to this day. She is a housewife and has three children, born in 1980, 1981 and 1985. In an interview in 2003, she said that sex
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
the night before a competition helps, as it relaxes and leads to deeper sleep.
Benöhr claims to have reached a better time than the mens world record in Decatriathlon, in an own race against the watch but this cant be verified. Her world records for females in triple, quadruple and quintable triathlon are 6, 5.5 and 13.5 hours slower than the mens world records. In the 1998 deca ironman race in Monterrey, Mexico
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
, Astrid Benöhr was disqualified for taking significant shortcuts during the running segment.