Mario Mola

Mario Mola Díaz (born 23 February 1990 in Palma de Mallorca), is a Spanish professional triathlete. He is the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series World Champion. He has placed 19th at the London Olympic Games 2012, 8th at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and 10th at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. In addition to his World Triathlon Series wins, he has placed second and third in 2014 and 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series.

Sports career

Mola began swimming at five years old in Palma de Mallorca, where he grew up. But it wasn't before the age of 15 that started riding on a racing bike. Mola started to take part in junior triathlons in 2005. From 2006 on he has been a member of the Spanish National Team. Since 2008 he belongs to the world's best triathlon athletes in the world. In France, he represented ECS Triathlon in the Club Championship Series Grand Prix de Triathlon.

In 2009, Mola became Triathlon Junior World Champion. In France, at the club championship series Grand Prix de Triathlon, Mola competed for the E.C. Sartrouville. In Germany, Mola competed in the first league for the club EJOT Buschütten. In Düsseldorf (8 July 2012) he won the gold medal.

In 2012 he competed in the Olympic Games, placing 19th place in London. In June 2013 he landed in third place at the Olympic distance European Championship.

Mola placed second overall 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series behind fellow Spanish competitor Javier Gomez. In March 2015 he won the starting race of the season in Abu Dhabi. In September in the same year, he also won the last race of the season in Chicago. Again, he placed second overall, behind Javier Gomez in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series.

In March 2016, he won the ITU WTS Series race in Abu Dhabi. At the Rio Olympic Games he competed for Spain, placing 8th place.

ITU Triathlon world champion Mola and Carolina Routier at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011. In Mexico at the last race of the 2016 season Mola landed in 5th place and was crowned short distance triathlon world champion. He beat Jonathan Brownlee by 4 points.

In 2017, the 27 year old Mola successfully defended his title with four wins in nine races and repeated as world champion in the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series. and was nominated ETU athlete of the year 2017. In 2018, at the grand final in Australia, he was crowned world champion for the third time in a row. Additionally, with a total of 197.000 Us-Dollar, Mario Mola was leading the prize money ranking of the season 2018.

Mola is married to the Catalan triathlon athlete Carolina Routier and is studying economics besides his professional career as an athlete.

ITU results Mola's ITU race results are:

Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2007-05-19 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Győr 6 2007-06-16 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Edinburgh 8 2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen DNF 2008-05-10 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 16 2008-05-24 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Serres 2 2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini 5 2009-04-05 European Cup Quarteira 51 2009-07-02 European Championships (Junior) Holten 2 2009-08-23 European Cup Karlovy Vary 33 2009-09-09 World Championship Series (Junior) Gold Coast 1 2009-09-26 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Concord 2 2010-04-11 European Cup Quarteira 1 2010-06-05 World Championship Series Madrid 47 2010-06-12 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 2 2010-07-03 European Championships Athlone DNF 2010-07-10 World Cup Holten 25 2010-07-24 World Championship Series London 5 2010-08-08 World Cup Tiszaujvaros DNF 2010-08-14 World Championship Series Kitzbuhel DNF 2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia 12 2010-09-08 U23 World Championship Budapest DNF 2011-02-26 Pan American Cup and South American Championships Salinas 1 2011-04-09 World Championship Series Sydney DNF 2011-04-17 World Cup Ishigaki 13 2011-05-08 World Cup Monterrey 20 2011-06-04 World Championship Series Madrid 16 2011-06-18 World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 11 2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra 4 2011-07-16 World Championship Series Hamburg 46 2011-07-31 Premium European Cup Banyoles 9 2011-08-06 World Championship Series London DNF 2011-08-20 Sprint World Championship Lausanne 52 2011-09-09 World Championship Series, Grand Final Beijing 47 2011-09-19 World Championship Series Yokohama DNF 2011-10-09 World Cup Huatulco 12 2012-03-24 World Cup Mooloolaba 4 2012-03-31 European Cup Quarteira 36 2012-04-20 European Championships Eilat 6 2012-05-10 World Triathlon Series San Diego 4 2012-05-26 World Triathlon Series Madrid 9 2012-06-23 World Triathlon Series Kitzbuhel 35 2012-07-21 World Triathlon Series Hamburg DNF 2012-08-04 Olympic Games London 19 2012-08-25 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 22 2012-01-09 European Championships (U23) Aguilas 10 2012-10-20 World Triathlon Series Auckland 24 2013-03-09 Pan American Cup Clermont 1 2013-04-06 World Triathlon Series Auckland 2 2013-04-19 World Triathlon Series San Diego 5 2013-06-01 World Triathlon Series Madrid 4 2013-06-14 European Championships Alanya 3 2013-07-06 World Triathlon Series Kitzbuehel 2 2013-07-20 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 5 2013-11-09 World Triathlon Series London 3 2014-03-15 World Cup Mooloolaba 1 2014-03-23 World Cup New Plymouth 1 2014-06-04 World Triathlon Series Auckland 8 2014-04-26 World Triathlon Series Cape Town 4 2014-05-17 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 2 2014-05-31 World Triathlon Series London 1 2014-06-28 World Triathlon Series Chicago 3 2014-12-07 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 9 2014-08-23 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 4 2014-08-29 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 2 2015-06-03 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 1 2015-03-28 World Triathlon Series Auckland 15 2015-11-04 World Triathlon Series Gold Coast 2 2015-04-25 World Triathlon Series Cape Town 8 2015-05-16 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 3 2015-05-30 World Triathlon Series London 14 2015-07-18 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 3 2015-08-02 ITU World Olympic Qualification Event Rio de Janeiro 7 2015-08-22 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 12 2015-05-09 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 3 2015-05-09 World Triathlon Series Chicago 1 2016-03-05 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 1 2016-03-12 World Cup Mooloolaba 1 2016-04-09 World Triathlon Series Gold Coast 1 2016-04-24 World Triathlon Series Cape Town 4 2016-05-14 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 1 2016-07-16 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 1 2016-08-18 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 8 2016-09-04 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 2 2016-09-18 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel 5 2017-03-04 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 8 2017-04-08 World Triathlon Series Gold Coast 1 2017-05-13 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 1 2017-07-15 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 1 2017-07-29 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 1 2017-08-06 World Triathlon Series Montréal 14 2017-08-26 World Triathlon Series Stockholm 7 2017-09-16 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam 3 2018-03-02 World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi 2 2018-04-28 World Triathlon Series Bermuda 4 2018-05-12 World Triathlon Series Yokohama 1 2018-06-10 World Triathlon Series Leeds 2 2018-07-14 World Triathlon Series Hamburg 1 2018-07-27 World Triathlon Series Edmonton 1 2018-08-26 World Triathlon Series Montréal 1 2018-09-16 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 2

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start · DQ = disqualified