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.See http://www.hellefrederiksen.com/index.php/da/profil.html . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NDc4MA== . Retrieved 6 February 2011.
ITU competitions
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 DNF
DNS = 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.On her blog Helle Frederiksen mentions her boyfriend Ben but does not give his surname. Cf. http://hellefrederiksen.blogspot.com. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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