David Hauss

David Hauss at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.

David Hauss (born 1 February 1984, in Paris) is a French professional triathlete and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010. Thanks to his 7th position at the World Championship Series triathlon in London (7 August 2011), together with Laurent Vidal, he qualified for the Olympic Games 2012, where he finished in 4th place, eighteen seconds behind bronze medalist Jonathan Brownlee.

David Hauss is number 6 in the World Championship Series ranking 2011 and thus the best French elite triathlete. At the French Championship (Olympic Distance) in Villiers-sur-Loir (24 September 2011) he placed 10th.

Like Emmie Charayron, Charlotte Morel, Laurent Vidal and other top triathletes, Hauss belongs to the Military Triathlon Team Equipe de France militaire de triathlon.

Hauss also takes part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. Like many of the French top triathletes, e.g. Emmie Charayron, he represents Lagardère Paris Racing. At the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011) he placed 6th in the individual ranking and was the second best of his club behind Steffen Justus. At Dunkirk and Paris, Hauss was not present.

In 2015, he is part of ECS Triathlon club.

David Hauss lives in Les Avirons, La Réunion, and in Saint-Raphaël, Var. The Swiss triathlete Melanie Annaheim is his fiancée.

ITU Competitions In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, David Hauss took part in 55 ITU competitions and achieved 29 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2002-07-06 European Championships (Junior) Győr 8 2002-11-09 World Championships (Junior) Cancun 2 2003-12-06 World Championships (Junior) Queenstown 2 2004-05-09 World Championships (U23) Madeira 19 2004-11-07 World Cup Rio de Janeiro 13 2005-04-24 World Cup Mazatlan 17 2005-07-17 European Championships (U23) Sofia DNF 2005-07-31 World Cup Salford 55 2005-09-10 World Championships (U23) Gamagori 5 2006-05-07 World Cup Mazatlan 33 2006-06-11 BG World Cup Richards Bay 57 2007-03-03 African Cup Langebaan 1 2007-03-31 ATU African Championships Le Coco Beach 2 2007-05-20 Premium European Cup Sanremo 3 2007-06-16 European Cup Schliersee 11 2007-07-21 European Championships (U23) Kuopio 6 2007-08-30 BG World Championships (U23) Hamburg 7 2007-09-09 Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 2 2008-04-19 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 37 2008-05-04 BG World Cup Richards Bay 27 2008-08-03 European Cup Egirdir 5 2008-08-24 European Cup and Small States of Europe Championships Weiswampach 5 2008-09-27 BG World Cup Lorient 25 2009-03-15 Oceania Cup Perth 10 2009-03-29 World Cup Mooloolaba 4 2009-05-31 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 15 2009-06-21 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington DC 13 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 29 2009-07-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel DNF 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 6 2009-08-22 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Yokohama DNF 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Gold Coast 35 2009-12-19 African Cup Mauritius 1 2010-03-27 World Cup Mooloolaba 6 2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 3 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul DNF 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 34 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone 3 2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg DNF 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 47 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 9 2010-08-21 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 3 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 6 2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 11 2010-12-18 African Cup Mauritius 1 2011-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 3 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 5 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 11 2011-06-18 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 15 2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra 13 2011-07-16 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 3 2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 7 2011-08-20 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint Championships Lausanne 4 2011-08-21 Team World Championships (4x Mixed Relay) Lausanne 4 2011-07-16 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Beijing 7 2012-03-24 World Cup Mooloolaba 3 2012-04-14 World Triathlon Series Sydney 4 2012-04-22 World Cup Ishigaki 1 2012-05-26 World Triathlon Series Madrid DNF 2012-06-23 World Triathlon Series Kitzbuhel 11 2012-08-04 Olympic Games London 4 2012-08-25 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 16

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