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Hall of Fame · Rank 5 by 100th long distance

Beat Knechtle

🇨🇭Suisse

The photo shows Beat while passing the finish line at the Deca UT in Hawaii 2004 where he did his 100th Long Distance. His first UT was the Triple in Le Fontanil, France in 1997. Until today no athlet has finished more Triple UT than him.

Long distances

326

Distance covered

73,676 km

100th LD

2004

First finish

1997

Finished races

85

Races finished35x Double UT26x Triple UT4x Quintuple UT3x Deca UT1x Triple UT Day7x Quintuple UT Day9x Deca UT Day

Continuous 198Day races 128Split 0beatknechtle.ch ↗

1326Long distancesBeat Knechtle🇨🇭 Suisse2288Long distancesGuy Rossi🇫🇷 France3236Long distancesGoulwenn Tristant🇫🇷 France4180Long distancesJozsef Rokob🇭🇺 Hungary5175Long distancesShanda Hill🇨🇦 Canada6173Long distancesFerenc Szönyi🇭🇺 Hungary7170Long distancesDavid Clamp🇬🇧 Great Britain8150Long distancesMark Hohe-Dorst🇩🇪 Germany9132Long distancesAstrid Benöhr🇩🇪 Germany10131Long distancesAntal Vöneki🇭🇺 Hungary11129Long distancesDaniel Meier🇨🇭 Suisse12127Long distancesTristan Vinzent🇩🇪 Germany13123Long distancesSilvia Andonie🇲🇽 Mexico14123Long distancesAlexandra Meixner🇦🇹 Austria15115Long distancesMartin Schytil🇦🇹 Austria16109Long distancesVincenzo Catalano🇮🇹 Italy17108Long distancesVidmantas Urbonas🇱🇹 Lithuania18107Long distancesWayne Kurtz🇺🇸 USA19102Long distancesUwe Schiwon🇩🇪 Germany

One long distance is 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km running — 226 km in total. Distances covered are derived from the number of finished long distances. Results from non-IUTA sanctioned races are included; single ultra triathlons, unfinished races, per-day races that were not completed and results achieved in private sessions are excluded.