Michael Raelert (born 29 August 1980) is a German

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the ...

who is the

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and 2010 Ironman 70.3 World Champion. In 2010, Raelert won Ironman 70.3 races at Switzerland, California, and Germany, as well as the 28th Avia

Wildflower Triathlon The Wildflower Triathlon was a triathlon (swim-bike-run race) held at Lake San Antonio in Central California from 1983 to 2019, the first winner being Dean "The Machine" Harper. It was held the first weekend in May each year. The original course ...

. Raelert's older brother,

Andreas Raelert Andreas Raelert (born 11 August 1976) is a German triathlete. His younger brother, Michael Raelert, is also a triathlete. On 10 July 2011, Raelert broke the world record time for an Ironman Triathlon distance race at the Challenge Ro ...

, is also an active triathlete.

References

External links

Michael and Andreas Raelert website
1980 births German male triathletes Living people Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock Sportspeople from Rostock 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-triathlon-bio-stub