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The triathlon in Almere has a select group of loyal, returning athletes. The list below gives an overview of these record holders which since the first ‘Almere’ race in 1983 finished multiple times in the Almere Holland Triathlon / CHALLENGEALMERE-AMSTERDAM.
The list consist of participants that finished 10 or more times. Athletes finishing the O3 European Championship in 2006 and the O3 World Championship in 2008 are also listed as completing a Long Distance race.
Name | Finishes | Last Finish | Attempts | Finish % | Almere PR | Year PR | Average Race Time | Total Race Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Buijtenhuijs | 35 | 2025 | 35 | 100% | 11:49:43 | 1999 | 13:51:27 | 471:09:05 |
| Josef Derks | 30 | 2025 | 31 | 97% | 11:07:35 | 2001 | 12:46:00 | 383:00:03 |
| Richard Westerbeek | 26 | 2008 | 27 | 96% | 10:45:43 | 1989 | 12:09:48 | 316:14:48 |
| Aart van Wijk | 25 | 2024 | 25 | 100% | 9:21:16 | 2006 | 10:05:40 | 248:59:39 |
| Jan De Wolde | 23 | 2025 | 23 | 100% | 11:34:28 | 2021 | 12:33:22 | 276:14:01 |
| Leo Groenewegen | 22 | 2022 | 27 | 81% | 9:59:34 | 1993 | 11:59:25 | 263:47:17 |
| Staf Callens | 21 | 2007 | 21 | 100% | 10:42:07 | 1998 | 11:52:27 | 249:21:30 |
| Jac van Leeuwen | 21 | 2008 | 22 | 95% | 8:56:26 | 1996 | 9:52:11 | 201:21:19 |
| Trijnie Roozendaal-Rep | 21 | 2014 | 21 | 100% | 10:50:37 | 1999 | 11:58:36 | 249:10:39 |
| Nico Van Dijk | 21 | 2015 | 23 | 91% | 10:23:40 | 1999 | 11:09:03 | 234:10:10 |
| Jos Van der Velden | 21 | 2018 | 21 | 100% | 10:53:43 | 1996 | 11:46:48 | 243:52:56 |
| Marcel Spoelder | 21 | 2025 | 23 | 91% | 11:33:00 | 2012 | 13:12:08 | 277:14:48 |
| Jan Truijens | 20 | 2007 | 20 | 100% | 11:16:53 | 1997 | 12:25:38 | 248:32:49 |
| Alibert Bok | 19 | 2024 | 19 | 100% | 11:34:48 | 2006 | 12:33:25 | 238:34:58 |
| Willem Boon | 18 | 2006 | 18 | 100% | 11:18:49 | 1999 | 12:18:32 | 221:33:39 |
| Henk Fidder | 18 | 2010 | 18 | 100% | 10:36:53 | 1996 | 11:39:45 | 209:55:35 |
| Jos Brouwer | 18 | 2016 | 18 | 100% | 9:35:58 | 1999 | 10:16:51 | 185:03:21 |
| Dick Van Doorn | 18 | 2017 | 18 | 100% | 11:44:47 | 2001 | 12:50:40 | 231:12:02 |
| Eibert Leusink | 18 | 2025 | 18 | 100% | 11:25:36 | 2012 | 12:49:06 | 217:54:34 |
| Hans Lampe | 17 | 2024 | 22 | 77% | 1:17:36 | 2024 | 10:08:01 | 182:24:21 |
| Mario Nijland | 17 | 2025 | 17 | 100% | 11:16:03 | 2012 | 12:44:17 | 203:48:26 |
| Ronald Balke | 16 | 1999 | 17 | 94% | 11:06:41 | 1998 | 12:05:09 | 193:22:22 |
| Roger van den Hout | 16 | 2008 | 16 | 100% | 9:56:08 | 1999 | 10:58:09 | 172:31:20 |
| Sjaak Swarthof | 16 | 2008 | 19 | 84% | 10:53:32 | 2000 | 11:54:00 | 187:02:49 |
| Drevis Schuurman | 16 | 2013 | 18 | 89% | 11:38:10 | 1999 | 12:33:12 | 200:51:17 |
| Gerard Terwisscha Van Scheltinga | 16 | 2022 | 16 | 100% | 9:41:20 | 1999 | 10:30:01 | 164:46:02 |
| Joerg Meyer | 15 | 2001 | 16 | 94% | 11:32:29 | 1991 | 12:40:17 | 190:04:09 |
| Heinz-Jurgen Becker | 15 | 2001 | 17 | 88% | 11:02:34 | 1985 | 12:07:49 | 181:57:12 |
| Gerard Vloedbeld | 15 | 2002 | 15 | 100% | 10:06:20 | 1996 | 10:44:27 | 161:06:43 |
| Cora Vlot | 15 | 2008 | 15 | 100% | 9:22:34 | 1998 | 9:44:41 | 143:17:17 |
| Sjaak Sinke | 15 | 2012 | 20 | 75% | 12:16:51 | 1996 | 13:23:30 | 197:03:20 |
| Jos Broeren | 15 | 2015 | 16 | 94% | 9:24:18 | 1998 | 10:04:28 | 151:06:58 |
| Ron Schwab | 15 | 2025 | 16 | 94% | 11:09:12 | 2014 | 11:47:08 | 164:59:45 |
| Gerrit Ten Brinke | 15 | 2025 | 17 | 88% | 10:05:17 | 1999 | 11:15:38 | 157:38:53 |
| Gregor Stam | 14 | 2005 | 14 | 100% | 8:52:13 | 1989 | 10:19:20 | 144:30:42 |
| Simon de Birk | 14 | 2008 | 14 | 100% | 11:08:14 | 2005 | 12:37:21 | 172:36:23 |
| Joop Schwalbach | 14 | 2013 | 15 | 93% | 10:00:38 | 2001 | 10:52:59 | 149:30:23 |
| Marco Stijnman | 14 | 2019 | 14 | 100% | 9:57:34 | 2000 | 10:55:07 | 152:51:38 |
| Dirk Wijnalda | 14 | 2021 | 16 | 88% | 8:09:07 | 2012 | 8:46:54 | 122:56:35 |
| Leo Muijs | 14 | 2021 | 14 | 100% | 10:35:13 | 2019 | 11:07:05 | 152:10:21 |
| Wim van Hilst | 14 | 2024 | 14 | 100% | 10:00:53 | 2000 | 11:05:43 | 152:01:18 |
| Marcel Lapidaire | 14 | 2025 | 16 | 88% | 2:21:29 | 2024 | 13:27:52 | 193:54:44 |
| Jan Schijf | 13 | 2006 | 14 | 93% | 13:02:21 | 1989 | 13:49:34 | 179:44:22 |
| Lambert Veen | 13 | 2008 | 13 | 100% | 10:46:04 | 1999 | 11:32:52 | 148:16:22 |
| Adri van Tilburg | 13 | 2010 | 13 | 100% | 11:32:52 | 2000 | 12:15:04 | 155:51:45 |
| Michael Mowe | 13 | 2010 | 13 | 100% | 9:42:03 | 1994 | 10:16:05 | 133:29:04 |
| Adri van Rooij | 13 | 2011 | 14 | 93% | 10:05:33 | 2006 | 10:59:50 | 142:57:45 |
| Arjan Griffioen | 13 | 2014 | 13 | 100% | 11:52:01 | 2004 | 12:16:35 | 159:35:40 |
| Frank van den Hoed | 12 | 1997 | 12 | 100% | 11:22:35 | 1985 | 12:43:16 | 152:39:07 |
| Theo Kochi | 12 | 1999 | 14 | 86% | 12:47:11 | 1985 | 13:35:03 | 163:00:34 |
| Dirk Raams | 12 | 2000 | 12 | 100% | 10:48:38 | 1994 | 11:47:35 | 141:31:04 |
| Ron Schaap | 12 | 2000 | 12 | 100% | 10:19:24 | 1991 | 11:28:53 | 137:46:37 |
| Arie Pellekooren | 12 | 2003 | 13 | 92% | 9:17:35 | 1996 | 9:56:28 | 119:17:35 |
| Lo Groeneveld | 12 | 2004 | 12 | 100% | 11:16:13 | 1996 | 12:14:45 | 146:56:57 |
| Albert Corveleijn | 12 | 2005 | 12 | 100% | 9:47:59 | 1999 | 10:37:05 | 127:24:54 |
| Rob Brouwer | 12 | 2007 | 15 | 80% | 11:49:09 | 1996 | 12:36:51 | 162:04:51 |
| Paul Van Den Berg | 12 | 2007 | 13 | 92% | 9:53:47 | 2000 | 10:35:10 | 123:30:35 |
| Jan van Kooten | 12 | 2008 | 13 | 92% | 10:09:25 | 1993 | 11:05:38 | 129:49:40 |
| Willy Blommaert | 12 | 2011 | 16 | 75% | 10:40:21 | 1994 | 11:19:11 | 135:50:15 |
| Peter Van Splunder | 12 | 2012 | 12 | 100% | 10:43:49 | 1998 | 11:42:16 | 136:13:45 |
| Frans Vermeer | 12 | 2013 | 12 | 100% | 11:23:17 | 2012 | 11:58:06 | 143:37:14 |
| Cees (Cornelis) Verbeek | 12 | 2014 | 13 | 92% | 9:34:47 | 2000 | 10:38:11 | 127:38:09 |
| Chris Borsch | 12 | 2015 | 13 | 92% | 9:50:28 | 2001 | 10:22:28 | 122:25:25 |
| Gerrit Schellens | 12 | 2015 | 12 | 100% | 8:09:28 | 1999 | 8:24:14 | 98:05:34 |
| Cor Boerman | 12 | 2016 | 13 | 92% | 10:06:41 | 2015 | 10:53:53 | 130:46:38 |
| Wilard Hamstra | 12 | 2021 | 21 | 57% | 13:02:42 | 2021 | 14:04:40 | 183:00:41 |
| Ben Schell | 12 | 2021 | 14 | 86% | 11:30:02 | 2012 | 12:36:57 | 151:23:21 |
| Chris Brands | 12 | 2024 | 12 | 100% | 8:24:51 | 2007 | 8:56:42 | 107:20:21 |
| Arthur Van Den Aarssen | 12 | 2025 | 12 | 100% | 11:06:46 | 2003 | 11:43:57 | 123:07:13 |
| Corné Klein | 12 | 2025 | 14 | 86% | 8:50:34 | 2006 | 9:16:13 | 101:58:25 |
| Heiko Oving | 11 | 1993 | 11 | 100% | 10:39:01 | 1991 | 11:40:19 | 128:23:30 |
| Kees Vaneman | 11 | 1993 | 13 | 85% | 10:13:02 | 1985 | 11:02:03 | 121:22:32 |
| Henny Verdonk | 11 | 1997 | 11 | 100% | 10:28:27 | 1996 | 11:00:10 | 121:01:52 |
| Johan Konings | 11 | 1999 | 12 | 92% | 10:49:43 | 1985 | 11:46:44 | 129:34:09 |
| Ruud Bauw | 11 | 2000 | 11 | 100% | 10:13:24 | 1999 | 10:51:21 | 119:24:53 |
| Edwin Boys | 11 | 2000 | 13 | 85% | 11:28:19 | 1989 | 12:09:34 | 133:45:15 |
| Fred Sier | 11 | 2001 | 11 | 100% | 10:45:25 | 1988 | 11:30:52 | 126:39:30 |
| Bas Bluyssen | 11 | 2002 | 11 | 100% | 9:49:43 | 1999 | 10:31:04 | 115:41:39 |
| Arend Roelof Middelveldt | 11 | 2004 | 12 | 92% | 10:26:03 | 1993 | 11:20:54 | 124:49:55 |
| Jan Withaar | 11 | 2005 | 11 | 100% | 9:50:26 | 1999 | 10:30:42 | 115:37:37 |
| Ruud Brands | 11 | 2005 | 11 | 100% | 11:12:57 | 1988 | 12:07:56 | 133:27:17 |
| Riekele Heida | 11 | 2005 | 11 | 100% | 11:50:26 | 1999 | 12:48:14 | 140:50:36 |
| Frank de Groot | 11 | 2005 | 12 | 92% | 10:39:18 | 1995 | 11:35:18 | 127:28:15 |
| Jan van de Pol | 11 | 2008 | 11 | 100% | 11:03:58 | 1988 | 11:35:22 | 121:47:07 |
| Jan Scholten | 11 | 2008 | 12 | 92% | 11:05:38 | 1998 | 12:21:49 | 133:21:48 |
| Dico Baas | 11 | 2008 | 11 | 100% | 10:08:33 | 2000 | 10:32:26 | 111:21:45 |
| Dirk Hendrik Hellebuijck | 11 | 2008 | 12 | 92% | 9:29:15 | 1999 | 10:50:04 | 119:10:44 |
| Henk Knol | 11 | 2008 | 13 | 85% | 9:20:13 | 1999 | 9:48:01 | 102:17:50 |
| Ronald Koch | 11 | 2009 | 11 | 100% | 11:26:39 | 2006 | 12:29:00 | 133:25:39 |
| Geert Kerkaert | 11 | 2011 | 11 | 100% | 10:21:20 | 2008 | 10:44:27 | 118:08:59 |
| Samme Steenstra | 11 | 2011 | 11 | 100% | 9:20:29 | 1999 | 9:48:41 | 105:13:09 |
| Fred Kamp | 11 | 2011 | 12 | 92% | 11:33:18 | 1989 | 12:21:48 | 135:59:46 |
| Gerard van Veen | 11 | 2011 | 11 | 100% | 11:28:29 | 1996 | 12:16:53 | 135:05:39 |
| Heiko Muche | 11 | 2012 | 11 | 100% | 10:42:00 | 2008 | 11:16:57 | 124:06:31 |
| Leon van der Wilde | 11 | 2013 | 11 | 100% | 9:27:34 | 2008 | 9:57:24 | 109:31:22 |
| Merijn Schuurman | 11 | 2013 | 13 | 85% | 9:02:57 | 2010 | 10:14:39 | 112:41:13 |
| Frank Veltman | 11 | 2013 | 11 | 100% | 9:12:58 | 1998 | 10:03:07 | 107:26:26 |
| Jan van Loenen | 11 | 2014 | 11 | 100% | 10:20:46 | 2005 | 10:48:11 | 118:50:00 |
| Frans Segerink | 11 | 2015 | 11 | 100% | 10:40:45 | 2012 | 11:39:04 | 128:09:46 |
| Irene Kinnegim | 11 | 2015 | 11 | 100% | 9:06:25 | 2012 | 9:53:26 | 108:47:46 |
| Piet Van Tol | 11 | 2015 | 13 | 85% | 9:25:04 | 2005 | 10:07:33 | 107:44:46 |
| Eric Severins | 11 | 2016 | 11 | 100% | 10:33:08 | 1990 | 11:33:38 | 123:52:38 |
| Harm van der Beek | 11 | 2016 | 11 | 100% | 9:52:38 | 2000 | 11:37:37 | 127:53:50 |
| Nico Huijser | 11 | 2018 | 11 | 100% | 11:25:21 | 2012 | 12:09:03 | 133:39:30 |
| Erik Bassie | 11 | 2019 | 11 | 100% | 11:56:27 | 2010 | 12:45:58 | 135:56:41 |
| Machiel Ittmann | 11 | 2019 | 11 | 100% | 8:16:08 | 1999 | 8:38:50 | 95:07:15 |
| Anita van Bon | 11 | 2021 | 13 | 85% | 13:22:00 | 1998 | 13:49:10 | 152:00:49 |
| Joris Sels | 11 | 2021 | 11 | 100% | 10:02:40 | 2010 | 12:13:57 | 129:55:21 |
| Bernd Mevenkamp | 11 | 2023 | 11 | 100% | 11:18:22 | 2012 | 12:16:18 | 134:59:19 |
| Marian van Hilst | 11 | 2024 | 11 | 100% | 10:22:11 | 2021 | 10:53:58 | 119:53:35 |
| Randy Hendriks | 11 | 2025 | 13 | 85% | 9:42:00 | 2015 | 10:14:38 | 109:45:00 |
| Jan van der Pijll | 10 | 1995 | 10 | 100% | 11:12:15 | 1989 | 11:57:49 | 119:38:05 |
| Frans Lansmig | 10 | 1995 | 10 | 100% | 10:47:13 | 1992 | 11:40:23 | 116:43:48 |
| Menko van der Ark | 10 | 1996 | 11 | 91% | 9:31:07 | 1992 | 10:17:30 | 102:55:01 |
| Jos Botermans | 10 | 1997 | 10 | 100% | 10:31:04 | 1992 | 11:40:45 | 116:47:31 |
| Coos Zwaan | 10 | 1998 | 10 | 100% | 12:09:46 | 1993 | 12:46:08 | 127:41:19 |
| Theo van der Meer | 10 | 1999 | 10 | 100% | 10:09:14 | 1993 | 11:12:31 | 112:05:07 |
| Marco van den Hoed | 10 | 1999 | 11 | 91% | 11:27:54 | 1988 | 12:25:54 | 124:18:55 |
| Harrie Katoele | 10 | 1999 | 11 | 91% | 11:04:16 | 1998 | 11:51:28 | 118:34:35 |
| Willem Harme Hofman | 10 | 2001 | 10 | 100% | 9:31:17 | 1992 | 9:54:40 | 99:06:42 |
| Jan Rietvelt | 10 | 2003 | 10 | 100% | 12:23:30 | 1990 | 13:05:55 | 130:59:08 |
| Dirk Elkemann | 10 | 2003 | 10 | 100% | 9:29:56 | 1995 | 10:09:04 | 101:30:39 |
| Frank Heldoorn | 10 | 2005 | 11 | 91% | 8:02:58 | 1997 | 8:31:26 | 85:14:23 |
| Bo van der Heyden | 10 | 2005 | 10 | 100% | 10:08:59 | 1998 | 10:56:05 | 109:20:50 |
| Pieter-Jan Paarlberg | 10 | 2005 | 13 | 77% | 9:16:39 | 1998 | 9:47:49 | 97:58:09 |
| Richard Van Diesen | 10 | 2006 | 10 | 100% | 8:14:37 | 1999 | 9:06:22 | 88:05:51 |
| George Blom | 10 | 2006 | 10 | 100% | 11:08:57 | 1998 | 12:06:22 | 121:03:38 |
| Paul Nijveldt | 10 | 2008 | 12 | 83% | 10:23:10 | 2001 | 11:17:31 | 105:58:53 |
| Bert Lemmens | 10 | 2008 | 10 | 100% | 10:25:39 | 1999 | 11:33:41 | 112:36:18 |
| Geert Fleuren | 10 | 2008 | 10 | 100% | 9:35:20 | 1993 | 10:13:49 | 102:18:11 |
| Marcel Kies | 10 | 2008 | 10 | 100% | 9:27:27 | 1996 | 10:11:32 | 99:06:46 |
| Arthur Mekenkamp | 10 | 2008 | 10 | 100% | 10:37:24 | 1998 | 11:35:49 | 115:58:11 |
| Leo de Hartog | 10 | 2008 | 11 | 91% | 10:51:42 | 1985 | 11:32:38 | 111:59:06 |
| Mik Borsten | 10 | 2008 | 11 | 91% | 9:45:20 | 1999 | 11:14:08 | 109:44:30 |
| Rene Bosch | 10 | 2009 | 10 | 100% | 10:49:10 | 2008 | 11:30:02 | 115:00:18 |
| Erik Nieuwenhuis | 10 | 2009 | 10 | 100% | 11:35:32 | 2005 | 12:16:15 | 119:25:59 |
| Ype van Olst | 10 | 2012 | 10 | 100% | 11:48:08 | 1999 | 12:41:41 | 126:56:47 |
| Bram Heikamp | 10 | 2013 | 11 | 91% | 10:37:14 | 1998 | 11:11:02 | 104:27:23 |
| Bert Flier | 10 | 2013 | 11 | 91% | 8:28:59 | 2000 | 8:52:52 | 88:48:38 |
| Martijn Boot | 10 | 2013 | 12 | 83% | 8:48:36 | 2012 | 9:19:19 | 87:10:11 |
| Manuel Dequero Vazquez | 10 | 2013 | 12 | 83% | 8:58:07 | 2012 | 9:59:32 | 107:01:51 |
| Gerrit Goosen | 10 | 2014 | 10 | 100% | 10:04:15 | 2012 | 10:44:17 | 104:49:45 |
| Luc Tacq | 10 | 2014 | 10 | 100% | 11:00:11 | 2006 | 12:14:14 | 122:22:24 |
| Peter van der Putten | 10 | 2014 | 15 | 67% | 11:09:29 | 1999 | 12:23:22 | 123:53:43 |
| Thomas Naasz | 10 | 2015 | 10 | 100% | 8:39:28 | 2012 | 9:13:05 | 89:52:18 |
| Norbert van der Plas | 10 | 2016 | 11 | 91% | 10:18:22 | 2005 | 10:53:26 | 108:54:18 |
| Hans Hendriks | 10 | 2018 | 10 | 100% | 11:32:57 | 1996 | 12:48:22 | 128:03:36 |
| Theo van der Staak | 10 | 2019 | 10 | 100% | 12:06:01 | 2012 | 13:13:22 | 132:13:41 |
| René Poppe | 10 | 2021 | 14 | 71% | 8:53:03 | 1996 | 9:23:44 | 87:45:24 |
| Rob Oosterbaan | 10 | 2022 | 11 | 91% | 12:25:20 | 2005 | 13:17:07 | 132:51:13 |
| Tom Otte | 10 | 2023 | 11 | 91% | 10:19:47 | 2012 | 11:10:22 | 111:43:42 |
| Dennis Jansen | 10 | 2024 | 10 | 100% | 10:29:35 | 2016 | 11:13:12 | 112:12:03 |
| Waldo Duin | 10 | 2025 | 10 | 100% | 9:35:32 | 2010 | 10:29:59 | 91:12:47 |
| Gerrit Jan Soetman | 10 | 2025 | 10 | 100% | 9:55:56 | 2012 | 10:28:06 | 94:12:57 |