Jan Raphael

Jan Raphael after his training camp in the T3: "High-end, check it out!"

(22.07.2010)

The last 12 days I've spent on Tenerife in order to recover from the last Ironman. Mathias and Markus have been there, too. Our resindence was the hotel Caleta Jardin next to the training center T3 that we checked out for you. Honestly I was very impressed that the T3 offers really high-end training possibilities. The fact that it is located on tenerife creates a perfect combination of...more

Three victories for the Commerzbank Triathlon Team this Sunday

(06.06.2010)

Three athletes of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team were successful today and won their races over the middle distance. Normann Stadler dominated Challenge Kraichgau, Markus Fachbach celebrated his first German title over the middle distance and Jan Raphael won Wasserstadt Triathlon for the fourth time in a row. The double Hawaii Champion Stadler finished after 3:54:22 hours – too fast for the South African James Cunnama and the German Michael Göhner who got second and third. Titleholder Sebastian Kienle...more

Interview:Commerzbank triathlete Jan Raphael of Germany

(17.05.2010)

One of Europe's strongest and most successfull triathlon team is Commerzban Triathlon Team with wellknown names of long distance triathlon.They have 7 outstanding triathletes and two of them have represented Comerzbank Triathlon Team and Germany at Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa recently: Mathias Hecht took silver medal and Jan Raphael finished on the 6th place. In the following we will hera what Jan Raphael Ironman distance triathlete had to say about his last race and his season plan...more

The Commerzbank Team announces the Ironman races 2010

(14.04.2010)

Until yesterday, the whole Commerzbank Triathlon Team has been staying in a training camp in Mallorca to prepare for the season. With Marino Vanhoenacker winning in Malaysia, the team already celebrated a perfect start into the triathlon season 2010 in the end of February. Further highlights where Commerzbank athletes take part are...more

One day in swimming paradise - Jan Raphael reports from T3 on Tenerife

(17.12.2009)

We’re in Tenerife for a few days now. Reducing the training on the bike on Tuesday, we spent more time for swimming that day. The conditions for swimming are outstanding here in T3 training center on Tenerife. One highlight is the swimming canal with a countercurrent device. With the help of this installation we analysed our swim technique. It seems that...more