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Place of Birth: Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Astrid Benöhr
- Astrid Benöhr (born 8 October 1957, in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon.
- She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman.
- She has also won women's world championships in the double, quintuple and deca ironman in Ultra-Triathlon (also known as multiple Ironman disciplines).Benöhr began to run in her twenties, to aid her efforts to stop smoking.
- She started collecting ironman titles in 1987, working without a coach to this day.
- She is a housewife and has three children, born in 1980, 1981 and 1985.
- In an interview in 2003, she said that sex the night before a competition helps, as it relaxes and leads to deeper sleep.Benöhr claims to have reached a better time than the men's world record in Decatriathlon, in an own race against the watch but this can't be verified.
- Her world records for females in triple, quadruple and quintable triathlon are 6, 5.5 and 13.5 hours slower than the men's world records.
- In the 1998 deca ironman race in Monterrey, Mexico, Astrid Benöhr was disqualified for taking significant shortcuts during the running segment.
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