Laura Philipp (born 23 April 1987) is a German triathlete. She won the 2024 Ironman World Championship and in 2025 recorded an

Ironman Triathlon An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a swim, a bicycle ride and a marathon run completed in that order, a total of . It is widely consid ...

world all-time best time of 8:03:13.

Career

She took part in rock climbing as a youngster but did not have a background in triathlon and only learnt to swim at the age of 24 years-old. She had her first Ironman 70.3 victories in Zell am See and Mallorca in 2016. The following year, she won a Ironman 70.3 World Championship bronze medal. In 2021, she became the European Ironman Champion in Kuopio-Tahko in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. In March 2022, she won Ironman 70.3 Dubai in a time of 3:53:03, a new Ironman 70.3 world record time. In June 2022, she defended her European Championship title in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

in a time of 08:18:20 with the fastest time a woman has ever completed a full distance Ironman. In 2023, she finished third at the

Ironman World Championships The Ironman World Championship is a triathlon held annually in Hawaii, United States from 1978 to 2022, with no race in 2020 and an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culminat ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

. That year, she finished in third place at the

Challenge Roth Challenge Roth is a triathlon race organised by in and around Roth, Bavaria, Germany. It is held annually in July. The Ironman distance (140.6 miles / 226.2 kilometers) version of the race has been held since 1990, and the short distance versi ...

event in

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

as, ahead of her,

Daniela Ryf Daniela Ryf (born 29 May 1987) is a Swiss triathlete. She is the titles holder of the Ironman World Championship of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021; and of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship of the 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Ryf compe ...

set a world record for the event distance. She later won the Ironman 70.3 European Championship title in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, Estonia. In July 2024, she finished runner-up at Challenge Roth, recording the third fastest time ever recorded at the full triathlon distance, finishing behind compatriot

Anne Haug Anne Haug (born 20 January 1983, in Bayreuth) is a German professional triathlete, Ironman World Championship Champion 2019. National Duathlon Champion of the years 2008 and 2009, and vice Triathlon Champion of the year 2009. She represents the c ...

as she broke the world record set by Daniela Ryf at the previous years event. She won the 2024 Ironman World Championship in

Nice, France Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million

in September 2024. At the age of 37 years-old she was the second oldest woman to win the title after the Swiss athlete Natascha Badmann, who claimed the last of her six titles aged 38 in 2005. She won the 2025 European Championships in Hamburg and in doing so recorded an

world all-time best time of 8:03:13, finishing two minutes in front of the previous record holder Kat Matthews of Great Britain.

Personal life

She is coached by her husband, Philip Seipp.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillipp, Laura 1987 births Living people German female triathletes 21st-century German sportswomen