Eneko Llanos

Eneko Llanos

Eneko Llanos 2013 Ironman triathlon in Frankfurt Germany
Medal record
Men's Triathlon
Competitor for  Spain
ITU Long Distance World Championships
Gold	2003 Ibiza	Elite
Ironman World Championships
Silver	2008	Elite
XTERRA World Championships
Gold	2003	Elite
Gold	2004	Elite
Gold	2009	Elite

Eneko Llanos Burguera (born 30 November 1976 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava) is a Basque triathlete who represents Spain in international competition.

Llanos competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-third place with a total time of 1:50:48.35. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Llanos competed again, moving up in the ranking to twentieth place. His time on the more difficult Athens course was 1:54:52.37.^{[citation needed]}

He has also has been a top 10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on 3 occasions.^{[citation needed]}

2008 was the year in which Eneko finally would become a recognized competitor for the Ironman Hawaii Crown. After a fierce dual with Chris Mccormack in Wildflower, where he finished 19 seconds behind Mccormack, and when the scenario repeated itself in Frankfurt, it was clear that Eneko was a serious contender. He was now mentioned on many occasions as one of the pre-favourites, up there with Mccormack, Craig Alexander and Normann Stadler.^{[citation needed]}

Unfortunately, again it was only a 2nd place, and again it was to a pittance of a time difference of only 3 minutes and 5 seconds, which in an 8 hour+ race, is not a whole lot. So, even though Eneko had a whole year of second places, we can only hope that this mysteriously economic triathlete can prove his worth in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

He is vegetarian.^[1]

Champion of first Abu Dhabi International Triathlon

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