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Natascha Badmann

Natascha Badmann competing in 2012 at Ironman 70.3 Austria
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Swiss Miss Natasches ("Too fast") "The Smile"
Born	(1966-12-06) 6 December 1966 (age 57) Basel, Switzerland
Residence	Switzerland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	52 kilograms (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Turned pro	1995
Coached by	Toni Hasler
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	9:07:54 (2002)
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Women's triathlon Ironman World Championship Gold 1998 Kailua-Kona Elite Gold 2000 Kailua-Kona Elite Gold 2001 Kailua-Kona Elite Gold 2002 Kailua-Kona Elite Gold 2004 Kailua-Kona Elite Gold 2005 Kailua-Kona Elite Silver 1996 Kailua-Kona Elite Silver 2003 Kailua-Kona Elite

Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first European woman to win the Ironman Triathlon World Championship.

Natascha works in Switzerland as a social worker, and speaks German, English, French, and Italian. She currently lives in Winznau, Switzerland with her husband Toni and daughter Anastasia.

Her daughter Anastasia was born days before she turned 18. Nicknamed the "Swiss Miss", Badmann won her first Ironman World Championship at the age of 29, when her daughter was already 13 years old. Her husband, coach and nutritionist is Toni Hasler.

At the 2007 Hawaii Ironman, Badmann hit a cone on the bike leg and injured her shoulder and collarbone. While she wanted to continue the race, Hasler convinced her to drop out to prevent further injury. At the same race in 2006, stomach problems nearly caused her to drop out again. Early into the run, Badmann stopped and threw up. Struggling to continue, she began to walk. In a dramatic moment with tremendous support from cheering fans, Badmann, crying, began jogging. She finished 10th with a personal-worst marathon time of 3:27:54.

Though she finished second on the course of the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship, Badmann is considered the winner of the race due to the disqualification of the initial winner, Germany's Nina Kraft, after Kraft admitted to using the banned performance enhancer EPO.

Ranking list

Table below gives major significant ranking podium) obtained from International Championship triathlon since 1994.

Year	Competition	Country	Position	Timing
2014	Swiss Ironman (fr)	Switzerland	2	9h 28'  37"
2012	South Africa Ironman (fr)	South Africa	1	9h 47'  10"
	Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific	Australia	2	4h 30'  42"
	Ironman 70.3 Austria [de]	Austria	3	4h 24'  24"
2011	Ironman 70.3 Germany [de]	Germany	3	4h 51'  39"
	Ironman Lanzarote	Spain	2	9h 43'  39"
2007	South Africa Ironman (fr)	South Africa	1	9h 22'  0"
2006	South Africa Ironman (fr)	South Africa	1	9h 46'  38"
2005	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 9'  30"
	South Africa Ironman (fr)	South Africa	1	9h 23'  51"
2004	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 50'  4"
2003	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	2	9h 17'  8"
2002	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 7'  54"
2001	Ironman California	United States	1	9h 18'  49"
	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 28'  37"
2000	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 26'  16"
	Long Distance World Championships	France	2	7h 5'  44"
1998	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	1	9h 24'  16"
1997	European Championships	Finland	1	2h 13'  34"
	Long Distance Duathlon World Championships	Switzerland	1	7h 11'  3"
1996	World Championship Ironman in Kailua-Kona	United States	2	9h 11'  19"
1995	European Championships	Sweden	2	2h 1'  12"
	Duathlon Worldwide Championships	Mexico	1	Timing
1994	Duathlon Worldwide Championships	Australia	2	Timing

See also

In Spanish: Natascha Badmann para niños