Stephan Vuckovic (born 22 June 1972 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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. Vuckovic competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. He won the

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with a total time of 1:48:37.58. His split times were 18:35.59 for the swim, 0:58:52.10 for the cycling, and 0:31:09.89 for the run. Vuckovic began competing in

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races before competing in

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races. Beginning in 2005 he competed in several long distance triathlons, finishing on podium of the Ironman Canada 2005 (2nd place) and the

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(3rd) in 2007. His results at the

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race in Hawaii included a tenth place in 2005, earning him the title of 'best rookie' that year. The following year, he finished with a 14th place at the 2006 championship event.

References

1972 births Living people German male triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Reutlingen {{Germany-triathlon-bio-stub