Iván Raña

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Raña and the second or maternal family name is Fuentes.
Iván Raña
Personal information
Full name Iván Raña Fuentes
Nickname(s) El Soldado (The Soldier)
Nationality Spanish
Born 10 June 1979 (1979-06-10) (age 32)
Ordes, Galicia, Spain
Height 1.74 metres (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 62 kilograms (137 lb)
Website www.ivanraña.es
Sport
Country Spain
Sport Triathlon
Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Men's triathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold 2002 Cancún Elite
Silver 2003 Queenstown Elite
Silver 2004 Madeira Elite
ITU Aquathlon World Championships
Gold 2004 Madeira Elite

Iván Raña Fuentes (born June 10, 1979) is a Galician triathlete (Spain).

Athletic career

Raña participated in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fifth place with a total time of 1:49:10.88.[1]

In 2002 when he won world, European and national titles. His world championship win in Cancún, Mexico, was Spain's first gold medal in the event. The next year he came home second at the world championships behind Australia's Peter Robertson and he had to settle for silver earlier this year as well. In 2004, at the world champs in Madeira, Raña came home less than a second behind Kiwi Docherty.[2] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Raña dropped to a disappointing twenty-third place with a time of 1:55:44.27. However, he competed again at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he took fifth place with a time of 1:49:22.03.[1]

In December 2008, he signed a one-year-deal with the professional cycling team Xacobeo-Galicia but he still has the idea ambition to compete in the triatlhon at the London Olympics in 2012.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Iván Raña". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/ivan-rana-1.html. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Ivan Rana Profile Page". International Triathlon Union. http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/ivan_rana/. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Emmerson, Annie (6 December 2008). "Iván Raña moves to cycling". Tri247. http://www.tri247.com/article_4393.html. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 

Mark Allen (1989) • Greg Welch (1990) • Miles Stewart (1991) • Simon Lessing (1992) • Spencer Smith (1993-1994) • Simon Lessing (1995-1996) • Chris McCormack (1997) • Simon Lessing (1998) • Dmitriy Gaag (1999) • Olivier Marceau (2000) • Peter Robertson (2001) • Iván Raña (2002) • Peter Robertson (2003) • Bevan Docherty (2004) • Peter Robertson (2005) • Tim Don (2006) • Daniel Unger (2007) • Javier Gómez (2008) • Alistair Brownlee (2009) • Javier Gómez (2010) • Alistair Brownlee (2011)
(women)

Rob Barel (1985-1988) • Yves Cordier (1989) • Fons Hamblock (1990) • Simon Lessing (1991) • Spencer Smith (1992) • Simon Lessing (1993-1994) • Rainer Müller-Hörner (1995) • Luc Van Lierde (1996) • Spencer Smith (1997) • Andrew Johns (1998) • Reto Hug (1999) • Andrew Johns (2000) • Filip Ospalý (2001) • Iván Raña (2002-2003) • Rasmus Henning (2004) • Frédéric Belaubre (2005-2006) • Javier Gómez (2007) • Frédéric Belaubre (2008) • Javier Gómez (2009) • Alistair Brownlee (2010-2011)
(women)

Shane Reed (1998-1999) • Matt Reed (2000) • Iván Raña (2001) • Kris Gemmell (2002) • Richard Stannard (2003) • Shane Reed (2004) • Tim Don (2005) • Richard Stannard (2006) • Sergio Sarmiento (2007) • Brent Foster (2008) • Antonio Mansur (2009) • Richard Varga (2010) • Richard Stannard (2011)
(women)