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Vincent Luis

Vincent Luis
Vincent Luis, French Triathlon team
Personal information
Born (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35)
Vesoul, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportTriathlon
ClubSainte Geneviève Triathlon
Coached byJoël Filliol[1]
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed relay
Super League Triathlon
Gold medal – first place 2019 Championship Series
Gold medal – first place 2018 Championship Series

Vincent Luis (born 27 June 1989 in Vesoul, France) is a French professional triathlete. Besides his many WTS wins and his participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the ITU World Championship in 2019 and 2020, and the Mixed Relay Team World Championship with the French national team in 2015, 2018 and 2019.[2] He won the Junior World Championship and Junior European Championship in 2008, as well as multiple French national titles over the years.

Luis also competes in Super League Triathlon. He was dominant in the early years of the league, winning both the 2018 and 2019 Super League Triathlon Championship.[3] He finished 5th in the 2021 Championship Series. His dominance, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid, were the subject of the 2021 docuseries Invincible[4][5][6]

Early career

Vincent Luis, gold medalist at the European Cup in Quarteira, 2011.
Vincent Luis at the Premium European Cup in Brasschaat, 2010.

In the six years from 2006 to 2010, Luis took part in 23 ITU competitions and achieved 13 top ten positions.

The following list is based upon the official ITU Profile Page.[7] Unless indicated otherwise, the following competitions are Olympic Distance Triathlons in the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank
2005-07-23 European Championships (Junior) Alexandroupoli[8] DNF
2006-06-23 European Championships (Junior) Autun 5
2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 14
2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 6
2007-08-30 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 3
2007-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 27
2008-05-10 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 1
2008-06-05 BG World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 1
2008-07-12 European Cup Athlone 1
2008-09-27 BG World Cup Lorient 23
2009-04-05 European Cup Quarteira 33
2009-05-17 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 6
2009-06-20 European Championships (U23) Tarzo 7
2009-07-18 European Cup Athlone 7
2009-08-09 World Cup Tiszaújváros 26
2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships Gold Coast 17
2010-05-23 European Cup Strathclyde 7
2010-06-27 Premium European Cup Brasschaat 27
2010-07-10 World Cup Holten 40
2010-08-15 European Cup Geneva 1
2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) DNF
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships Budapest 7
2010-10-16 World Cup Tongyeong 3
2011-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 22
2011-04-09 European Cup Quarteira 1

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

Notes

  1. ^ "Vincent Luis change de structure d'entraînement". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ See https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/11143/vincent_luis. Retrieved 26 April 2021
  3. ^ "Vincent Luis » Super League Triathlon". Super League Triathlon. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. ^ "Vincent Luis Documentary 'Invincible' To Premiere On Friday, July 9". Super League Triathlon. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  5. ^ "Luis Outlasts Blummenfelt To Continue Dominance". Super League Triathlon. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  6. ^ "Invincible Episode 2: An Olympic Dream OUT NOW". Super League Triathlon. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  7. ^ See https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/11143/vincent_luis. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  8. ^ This championship is missing in the ITU lists of all participating athletes, but it is archived here: [1] Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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