Jonathan Zipf

Jonathan Zipf at the Grand Final of the World Championship Series in Budapest, 2010.

Jonathan Zipf (born 20 June 1986 in Herbolzheim-Broggingen) is a German professional triathlete and silver medalist of the 2005 Junior World Championships. In 2010 he was number 31 in the ITU World Championship Series Ranking.

Jonathan Zipf is a member of the military Sportförderung Mainz (Sports Promotion Mainz) High Performance Centre (military rank: Stabsunteroffizier). Until 2010, Zipf represented the German elite club Hansgrohe Team Schwarzwald. Since January 2011, Zipf has represented the EJOT Team TV Buschhütten in the German Bundesliga circuit. In 2010, Zipf also represented the French club Lagardère Paris Racing in the French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At Beauvais, the only triathlon of this French circuit Zipf attended, he placed 14th and thus was the second best of his club.

ITU competitions In the eight years from 2003 to 2010, Zipf took part in 32 ITU competitions and achieved 13 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's profile page.

Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date ITU Competition Place Rank 2003-06-21 European Championships (Junior) Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 15 2004-07-03 European Championships (Junior) Lausanne 10 2005-07-23 European Championships (Junior) Alexandroupoli(s) 3 2005-07-24 European Championships (Junior Relay) Alexandroupoli(s) 4 2005-09-10 World Championships (Junior) Gamagori 2 2006-08-20 European Cup Geneva 30 2006-09-02 World Championships (U23) Lausanne DNF 2006-09-17 Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 11 2007-05-20 Premium European Cup Sanremo 27 2007-06-10 European Cup Kusadasi 2 2007-07-07 Premium European Cup Holten 35 2007-08-11 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 43 2007-08-25 European Cup Split 4 2007-09-09 Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 16 2008-05-18 European Cup Brno 4 2008-06-14 European Cup Balatonfured DNF 2008-06-28 Premium European Cup Holten 1 2008-07-13 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 11 2008-09-27 BG World Cup Lorient 9 2009-04-26 World Cup Ishigaki 11 2009-05-17 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 16 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 11 2009-07-25 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 17 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 10 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships Gold Coast 5 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul DNF 2010-06-12 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 4 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone 15 2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 31 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 18 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 43 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 9

BG = the sponsor British Gas DNF = Did not finish