Michael Weiss (triathlete)
{{short description|Austrian triathlete and cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Michael Weiss
| image = Michael Weiss 2.JPG
| caption =
| nickname = Michi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gumpoldskirchen, Austria
| residence = Colorado Springs, Colorado
| height = {{convert|187|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| other_interests =
| country = Austria
| sport =
| club = Ciclopia Triteam
| team =
| turnedpro =
| coach = Mario Huys
| coaching =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's triathlon}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|XTERRA Triathlon World Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 2011 XTERRA Triathlon | Elite }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 XTERRA Triathlon | Elite }}
{{MedalBronze| 2010 XTERRA Triathlon | Elite }}
{{MedalBronze| 2009 XTERRA Triathlon | Elite }}
}}
Michael Weiss (born 17 January 1981) is an Austrian triathlete and cyclist. He represented Austria in the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's mountain bike, cross-country{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/michael-weiss-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/michael-weiss-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Michael Weiss |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC}} and is the 2011 XTERRA Triathlon world champion.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jtltiming.com/results/x-maui11.html |title=2011 XTERRA World Championship Overall Results |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=JTL Timing Systems}}
Career
=Mountain biking=
Weiss was a member of the Austrian national mountain bike team from 1999–2008. In 2003, he won the under–23 European Mountain Bike Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2003/aug03/europeanchamps03/europeanchamps036 |title=European MTB Championships |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Cyclingnews}} The next year, in 2004, he became the Austrian mountain bike champion and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic's mountain bike race where he placed 32nd with a time 2:30:14. After failing to qualify for 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Weiss eventually turned to triathlon.{{Cite web |url=http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/A_conversation_with_Michael_Weiss_2011.html |title=A conversation with Michael Weiss |last=Carlson |first=Timothy |date=15 April 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Slowtwitch.com}}
=Triathlon=
Weiss took his skill in mountain biking and applied them to the XTERRA Triathlon series. He has had success at the championships in Maui placing second in 2008, third in 2009 and 2010 before winning the championship in 2011. In May 2010, Weiss became the first Austrian to win an Ironman competition by winning the 2010 Ironman St.George race.{{Cite web |url=http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2010/05/03/weiss-wurtele-inaugural-ironman-st-george/ |title=Weiss And Wurtele Take Inaugural Ironman St. George |date=3 May 2010 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Competitor Group, Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501120922/http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2010/05/03/weiss-wurtele-inaugural-ironman-st-george/ |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 2013, in his first race after serving his two-year doping ban, Weiss won Ironman Cozumel.{{cite web |url=http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/The_Weekend_Box_Dec_1_2013_4067.html |title=Ironman Cozumel titles to Michael Weiss and Rachel Joyce |date=1 December 2013 |accessdate=2 December 2013 |last=Krabel |first=Herbert |publisher=Slowtwitch.com}}
Doping ban
In November 2011, Weiss was given a two–year ban for a blood doping infringement in 2005 while competing in mountain biking. An independent commission of Austria's anti-doping agency (Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur Austria, NADA), said that it had found Weiss to be guilty of having his blood taken for enrichment at a blood lab in Vienna in 2005.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/austrian-triathlete-michael-weiss-banned-for-2-years-for-doping-infringement-in-2005/2011/11/29/gIQAjrVt9N_story.html |title=Austrian triathlete Michael Weiss banned for 2 years for doping infringement in 2005 |date=29 November 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150105/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/austrian-triathlete-michael-weiss-banned-for-2-years-for-doping-infringement-in-2005/2011/11/29/gIQAjrVt9N_story.html |archive-date=12 January 2019 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} NADA initially cleared Weiss in September 2010, but that decision was reversed a year later and subsequently issued the ban from competition.{{Cite web |url=http://kurier.at/sport/sportmix/4450933-zwei-jahre-sperre-fuer-ex-mountainbiker-weiss.php |title=Two-year ban on ex-mountain biker Weiss |date=29 November 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Kurier.at |language=German}} Weiss declared his innocence but chose not to appeal the ban, citing the time and expense that would be required to do so.{{Cite web |url=http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/12/news/michael-weiss-maintains-innocence-will-not-appeal-doping-ban_44172 |title=Michael Weiss Will Not Appeal Doping Ban |date=2 December 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2011 |publisher=Competitor Group, Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311110731/http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/12/news/michael-weiss-maintains-innocence-will-not-appeal-doping-ban_44172 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.michiweiss.at/news-blog-pid376}}
{{Footer Xterra Triathlon World Champions men}}
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Category:Austrian male cyclists
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