Katja Schumacher (* 9 April 1968 in Heidelberg) is a German triathlete and Ironman triathlete, and previous German champion in both of these disciplines.
Katja Schumacher grew up in Heidelberg. Her uncle was the Austrian alpine ski racer Toni Sailer.
After the 2004 Frankfurt Ironman race, Schumacher was banned for one year by the disciplinary committee of the Triathlon Union (DTU).[1] Schumacher fought back against the positive A- und B-tests, and denied ever having taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs.[2] Due to the uncertainty of the case, the ban was lifted after 10 months, and the disciplinary commission decided that the case should not be referred to as a "ban".[3]
After this case, Schumacher quickly returned to competition, and after some years in the US, returned to live in Heidelberg. In 2005 and 2008 she won the German middle-distance Triathlon championship (2 km swimming, 85 km cycling and 20 km running). Besides these races, she won four long-distance Ironman triathlons (in 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2006) and two 70.3 Ironman races (2002 and 2007). She retired from active competition in 2009, and acts as a coach and trainer, and gives seminars.
Datum/Jahr | Rang | Wettbewerb | Austragungsort | Zeit | Bemerkung | |
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2 | 02:29:52 | Second place over the short distance (1,7 km swimming, 36 km cycling and 10 km running) behind Nina Kuhn | ||||
2 | Viernheimer V-Card Triathlon | 02:41:24 | Taking second place behind Daniela Sämmler, Schumacher achieved her fifth victory in the BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar series.[4] | |||
1 | Mußbach Triathlon | Mußbach | 02:21:24 | [5] | ||
2 | 04:22:46 | The post-race disqualification of winner Virginia Berasategui was later rescinded.[6] | ||||
2 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:24:53 | After Tina Tremmel in the Baden-Württemberg championship | ||
1 | 04:23:33 | German champion at the Mönchshof Triathlon | ||||
1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:24:47 | Winner; Kathrin Pätzold took second place. | ||
1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Winner over the Olympic distance | ||||
1 | Ladenburger RömerMan | 02:19:36 | Winner in front of Heidi Jesberger und Nina Kuhn | |||
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1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Viernheim | Winner over the Olympic distance | |||
1 | Ladenburger RömerMan | Ladenburg | 02:23:27 | |||
1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:26:30 | |||
2 | Mönchshof-Triathlon | Kulmbach | 04:44:14 | |||
1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:19:01 | Winner in front of Ute Schäfer | ||
1 | Kulmbach | 04:46:28 | German champion at Mönchshof Triathlon | |||
2 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:22:45 | |||
2 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:27:39 | |||
1 | Bad Emser Therme-Triathlon | 02:33:49 | Win over the short distance | |||
1 | First place at Lake San Antonio (Calif.) (1,9 km swimming, 90 km cycling, 21,1 km running) | |||||
4 | 02:26:40 | |||||
1 | 04:16 | New course record | ||||
1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Viernheim | Winner over the Olympic distance | |||
1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | ||||
1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Viernheim | Winner over the Olympic distance | |||
1 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | 02:23:42 | |||
1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Viernheim | Winner over the Olympic distance | |||
2 | HeidelbergMan | Heidelberg | ||||
1 | BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar | Viernheim | Winner over the Olympic distance | |||
2 | Heidelberg | |||||
2 | Heidelberger Triathlon | Heidelberg |
Datum/Jahr | Rang | Wettbewerb | Austragungsort | Zeit | Bemerkung | |
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– | DNF | Came out of the water in fifth place among the women, but did not complete the race.[7] | ||||
2 | 10:00:59 | |||||
6 | 09:22:21 | |||||
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6 | ||||||
2 | 10:05:20 | [8] | ||||
15 | Big Island | 09:56:03 | [9] | |||
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3 | 09:59:42 | Behind winner Nina Kraft | ||||
1 | Ironman Florida | Panama City | 09:25:57 | New track record in Florida. | ||
1 | 09:27:43 | |||||
2 | Ironman Europe | Roth | ||||
3 | Ironman Europe | Roth | ||||
2 | Ironman Lanzarote | |||||
3 | Ironman Lanzarote | Playa del Carmen | First start as Triathlon Pro | |||
Ironman Europe | Roth | Winner in age group 18–25 |
(DNF – Did Not Finish)