Christian Prochnow

Christian Prochnow
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Paule
Born	19 June 1982
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Team	ASICS Team Witten, Deutsche Triathlon Union
Turned pro	2002
Coached by	Ron Schmid

Christian Prochnow (born 19 June 1982 in Potsdam) is a duathlete and triathlete from Germany.[1] He is currently ranked no. 23 in the world by the International Triathlon Union (ITU), and also, a member of Deutsche Triathlon Union since 2002. Prochnow started out his sporting career in 1997, and then, he had won several local and national duathlon and triathlon championships, including the 2001 European Junior Triathlon Championship title for his national team.

Prochnow was selected to the German national triathlon team, along with his teammates Daniel Unger and Jan Frodeno, for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He placed fifteenth in men's triathlon with a time of 1:50:33, just nearly two minutes from Frodeno, who won gold in this event.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Prochnow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Prochnow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2012.