Robert Alexander Barel (born 23 December 1957 in Amsterdam) is an athlete from the Netherlands. He competes in triathlon. Career Originally a swimmer, Barel competed and won his first triathlon in 1982 (Amsterdam). Won the very first ETU European Championships in 1985 (Immenstadt). Competed in the first ITU World Championships in 1989 (Avignon, 5th place). Won the first ITU Long Distance Championships in 1994 (Nice). Competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took forty-third place with a total time of 1:55:36.69 at the age of 42. Titles World Champion Long Distance triathlon: 1994 European Champion Middle Distance triathlon EK: 1986, 1988, 1994 European Champion Olympic distance triathlon: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 National Champion Olympic distance triathlon: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998 National Champion duatlon: 1993, 1994, 1997 National Champion cross triathlon: 2005, 2008 European Champion cross triathlon: 2008 National Champion Mountainbike Masters2: 2005, 2006, 2007 Major achievements References Dutch Olympic Committee sports-reference 1957 births Living people Dutch male triathletes Duathletes Dutch mountain bikers Olympic triathletes of the Netherlands Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amsterdam