For the first time, Estonia will host an IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship with the event taking place on August 6th, 2023, in Tallinn. The IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship Tallinn triathlon will feature over 70 men and women professional athletes who will be racing for a piece of the $75,000 prize purse and a shot to grab one of six early qualification Slots to the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship on 14 & 15 December 2024 in Taupō, New Zealand.
The women’s professional race promises to be tightly contested, featuring an exciting line-up that will create even more suspense ahead of this year’s VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship this August. Last year’s IRONMAN 70.3 European Champion, Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR), is back to defend her title. Pallant-Browne has been in hot form with 10 podium finishes in her last 10 IRONMAN 70.3 Triathlon events. With wins this year at IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence in May and IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea in July. However, it won’t be a straightforward win for her, with Laura Phillipp (DEU) having put her name down on the start list. Phillip has had a great season so far with wins at the ISUZU IRONMAN African Championship in South Africa, and IRONMAN 70.3 Kraichgau powered by Kraichgau Energie in Germany.
The day won’t be all about ‘Pallant-Browne verse Phillipp’, with a strong contingent of women looking to take them both down and claim those European bragging rights ahead of the VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Lahti, Finland. The start list will also feature Lisa Norden (SWE), Lucy Hall (GBR), Imogen Simmonds (CHE), Daniela Bleymehl (DEU), Sara Pérez Sala (ESP) and Amelia Watkinson (NZL).
The men’s field will see a new IRONMAN 70.3 European Champion being crowned in the absence of Daniel Bækkegård (DEN). Pieter Heemeryck (BEL) will be looking for his first win of the season having come second at IRONMAN European Championship Hamburg in June and sixth at IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote in March. Heemeryck will be joined on the start line by Filipe Azevedo (PRT) who has already had the taste of victory this year at IRONMAN 70.3 Davao Philippines in March. The duo will be fighting off the likes of Mike Phillips (NZL), Antonio Benito López (ESP), Tom Hug (CHE), Jan Stratmann (DEU), Jesper Svensson (SWE), Maurice Clavel (DEU) and Youri Keulen (NLD).
Athletes will kick off the day with a 1.9km swim at Lake Harku, followed by a fast flat 90.1km bike course through the southern villages before returning to Tallinn. Lastly, a 21.1km run course featuring picturesque views of Tallinn Bay before finishing in front of the Rocca al Mare Centre.
The full professional start list for the 2023 IRONMAN European Championship Tallinn is below:
1 Pallant-Browne, Emma, United Kingdom
2 Philipp, Laura, Germany
3 Norden, Lisa, Sweden
6 Hall, Lucy, United Kingdom
8 Simmonds, Imogen, Switzerland
9 Bleymehl, Daniela, Germany
10 Pérez Sala, Sara, Spain
11 Watkinson, Amelia, New Zealand
14 Bergsten, Anna, Sweden
15 Mitchell, Olivia, Ireland
16 Lucas, Lottie, United Arab Emirates
17 Kivioja, Kaidi, Estonia
18 Bailly, Alexia, France
22 Pohjalainen, Tiina, Finland
23 Botti, Rachel, Switzerland
24 Addie, Laura, United Kingdom
25 Weber, Jasmin, Switzerland
26 Davies, Daisy, United Kingdom
28 Meyer, Carolin, Germany
29 Christensen, Katrine, Denmark
30 Boulanger, Aurélia, France
31 Salskov Jensen, Cecilie, Denmark
32 Koistinen, Minna, Finland)
35 Heemeryck, Pieter, Belgium
36 Azevedo, Filipe, Portugal
37 Phillips, Mike, New Zealand
38 Benito López, Antonio, Spain
43 Stratmann, Jan, Germany
44 Keulen, Youri, Netherlands
45 De Keyser, Christophe, Belgium
46 Svensson, Jesper, Sweden
47 Hug, Tom, Switzerland
48 Fabian, Alessandro, Italy
49 Stojanovic, Ognjen, Serbia
50 Viain, Simon, France
51 Kibby, Mitch, Australia
53 Reuter, Fabian, Germany
54 Clavel, Maurice, Germany
55 Costes, Antony, France
56 Mennesson, William, France
57 Jarrige, Yvan, France
58 Goesch, Henrik, Finland
59 Mann, Nicholas, Germany
60 Wayaffe, Jonathan, Belgium
61 Jacobi, Erwan, France
62 Perez Sandi, Eduardo, Mexico
63 Lejeune, Emmanuel, Belgium
64 Dreher, Thomas, Germany
65 Guerbeur, Nathan, France
66 Ludet, Cédric, France
67 Thompson, Nick, Australia
68 Pius, Rinel, Estonia
69 Vabaorg, Kevin, Estonia
70 Räppo, Henry, Estonia
71 Cometta, Patrick, Switzerland
72 Ott, Thomas, Germany
73 Elischer, Renning, Germany
74 Peitersen, Bastian, Denmark
75 Emde, Nick, Germany
