Virginia Berasategui

Career Berasategui placed second at the 1997 Europe Triathlon Championships and won four medals at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships between 1997 and 2010. Additionally, she won two medals at the European Championship in 2009 and 2010, a medal at the 2009 Ironman World Championship and three medals at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship between 2007 and 2012.

In duathlon she took third at the 1997 ITU Duathlon World Championships.

In June 2013, it was announced that Berasategui had tested positive for doping during the Bilbao Triathlon held on 18 May 2013, an event in which Berasategui won the half distance race. However, almost two weeks later, Berasategui confessed to the doping charges. In a statement she said that she would not appeal because she knew that she was guilty and expressed the desire to be open and honest. She apologized and stated that she made "the worst mistake in which an athlete can fall."

Notable results Date Position Event Total time 4th ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, Vitoria-Gasteiz (4 km / 120 km / 30 km) 10th Ironman World Championships, Hawaii (Ironman distance) 4th Ironman World Championships, Hawaii (Ironman distance) 3rd ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, Immenstadt, Germany (4 km / 130 km / 30 km) 1st ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (4 km / 120 km / 30 km) 3rd Wildflower Triathlon, Lake San Antonio, California (half-ironman distance) 3rd Ironman World Championships, Hawaii (Ironman distance) 1st ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships, Prague, Czech Republic (4 km / 120 km / 30 km) 1st Wildflower Triathlon, Lake San Antonio, California (half-ironman distance) 1st Ironman 70.3 Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany (half-Ironman distance) 3rd Monaco Ironman 70.3, Monaco (half-Ironman distance) 1st Ironman Lanzarote, Lanzarote, Spain (Ironman distance) 1st Ironman Lanzarote, Lanzarote, Spain (Ironman distance) 1st ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships, Ibiza, Spain (4 km / 120 km / 30 km) 3rd ITU Duathlon World Championships, Guernica, Spain 2nd ETU Triathlon European Championships, Vuokatti, Finland