Helle Frederiksen
Introduction '''Helle Frederiksen''' (born 5 March 1981 in Odense, Funen) is a Danish professional triathlete. She represented Denmark in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 27th, and raced on International Triathlon Union race circuit. She is the winner of the 2018 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships as well as the 2014 Hy-Vee Triathlon and 2014 Challenge Bahrain.
Career Frederiksen was a swimmer from the age of 12 to 18 and a member of the national Danish swimming squad. She had won several Danish championships when, in 1999, she decided to retire from elite sports.Frederiksen studied at Syddansk Universitet an earned a bachelor's degree in sports ''(Idræt og Sundhed,'' 2005) and after having moved to Farum she studied for a master's degree in Physical Education and Nutrition ''(Cand. Scient. i Human Ernæring,'' 2008) at the University of Copenhagen.Having worked as a spinning trainer for five years, she missed her former life as an elite sportswoman and in 2004 she took part in, and won, a women's triathlon ''(Piger med Power)'' in Odense, and in 2005, at the Danish Championships, she placed second in the Sprint and third in the Olympic Distance. In 2006, an intensive training period on the Gold Coast in Australia was worth the effort, and Frederiksen won the Danish Championships at the Olympic Distance. For 4 consecutive years, from 2006 to 2009, she was the Danish Triathlon Champion. In 2010, however, due to a flat tyre in the bike stage, she could not finish the National Championships in Nykøbing Falster.In 2010, Frederiksen suffered a mixture of misfortunes. Since her bicycle crash at the World Championship Series event in Madrid, she suffered from a hip and back injury and later a spinal disc prolapse dating back to 2007 started to cause pains again. On the other hand, Helle Frederiksen was awarded an ''Olympic Scholarship for Athletes London 2012'' and competed at the 2012 Olympic Games, finishing in 27th place.=== ITU competitions ===Helle Frederiksen checking in at the Premium European Cup in Alanya, 2009.Helle Frederiksen at the World Championships Series triathon in Madrid, 2010.In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Helle Frederiksen took part in 36 ITU competitions and achieved 18 top ten positions, among which 10 medals.Results list Date  Competition  Place  Rank  2006-07-15    Premium European Cup  Holten 10  2006-08-20   European Cup  Geneva 9  2006-09-10   World Cup  Hamburg 57  2006-09-17   Premium European Cup  Kedzierzyn Kozle DNF  2007-05-06   World Cup  Lisbon DNF  2007-05-20   Premium European Cup  Sanremo 8  2007-06-30   European Championships  Copenhagen DNF  2007-07-07   Premium European Cup  Holten 12  2007-07-22   World Cup  Kitzbühel 38  2007-08-05   European Cup  Egirdir 3  2007-08-11   World Cup  Tiszaújváros 31  2007-09-01   World Championships  Hamburg 52  2007-09-09   Premium European Cup  Kedzierzyn Kozle 13  2008-07-13   World Cup  Tiszaújváros 5  2008-07-27   Premium European Cup  Poznan 1  2008-08-10   European Cup  Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 1  2008-08-30   European Cup  Split 1  2008-09-13   European Cup  Vienna 4  2009-04-05   European Cup  Quarteira 3  2009-05-02  World Championship Series   Tongyeong 21  2009-06-14   European and American Cup · Ibero-American Championships  Ferrol 1  2009-07-05   European Championships  Holten 9  2009-07-12  World Championship Series   Kitzbühel DNF  2009-08-09   World Cup  Tiszaújváros 9  2009-08-15  World Championship Series  London DNF  2009-09-26   European Cup  Mar Menor 1  2009-10-25   Premium European Cup  Alanya 2  2009-11-08   World Cup  Huatulco 2  2009-11-21   Premium European Cup  Eilat 2  2010-05-08  World Championship Series  Seoul 17  2010-06-05  World Championship Series  Madrid DNF  2010-07-03   European Championships  Athlone 22  2010-07-10   World Cup  Holten 15  2010-08-08   World Cup  Tiszaújváros 7  2010-08-14  World Championship Series  Kitzbuhel DNF  2010-09-08  World Championship Series  Budapest DNFDNS = ''did not start'' · DNF = ''did not finish''
Personal life Helle Frederiksen and the Welsh triathlete Ben Powell, former member of the Swansea High Performance Squad and son of the former Welsh Ironman record holder Martin Powell, are a couple. Ben Powell works at the triathlon high performance centre Club LaSanta in Lanzarote where Helle Frederiksen spends her training period.
References
External links *  Frederiksen's ITU profile page*  Frederiksen's Homepage *  Frederiksen's Tracktime Homepage  in Danish*  Danish Triathlon federation (Danske Triathlon Forbund) in Danish