Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in

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. Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48.35. Four years later, at the

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, Llanos competed again, moving up in the ranking to twentieth place. His time on the more difficult

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course was 1:54:52.37. He has also been a top-10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on three occasions. In 2008 Eneko became a recognized competitor for the Ironman Hawaii crown. After a fierce duel with Chris Mccormack in Wildflower, where he finished 19 seconds behind Mccormack, and when the scenario repeated itself in Frankfurt, it was clear that Eneko was a serious contender. He was then mentioned on many occasions as one of the pre-favourites, with Mccormack, Craig Alexander and Normann Stadler. Again it was a 2nd place, and again it was to a time difference of 3 minutes and 5 seconds. He is

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.Eneko Llanos: "Pensé que el Ironman no era lo mío"
He was champion of the first Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

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