coach club birth_place headercolor weight height birth_date residence article_title name
klaus-peter weippert christian bartsch sc neubrandenburg karl-marx-stadt , saxony lightblue 55 kg lb 0 on 1.69 m ftin on 3 august 1975 rostock , mecklenburg-vorpommern christiane pilz
 christiane pilz
christiane pilz

christiane pilz -lrb- born august 3 , 1975 in karl-marx-stadt , saxony -rrb- is a triathlete from germany , who competed at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing .
pilz started out both as a sailor and a swimmer for thirteen years , until she began with her triathlon career at the age of twenty .
in 1997 , she was admitted to the club `` psv rostock '' , and won several titles at the national championships for both triathlon and duathlon .
pilz reached into the international stage in triathlon , when she placed twelfth at the 1999 etu triathlon european championships in funchal , madeira , and in 2000 , she claimed her first medal at the fisu world university triathlon championships in tiszaújváros , hungary .
between 2000 and 2004 , pilz took part in several itu european and world championships , and had achieved at least five top-ten finishes .
her best result happened in 2002 , when she obtained her first major championship title at the itu triathlon european cup in hamburg .
pilz was selected to the national team for the 2004 summer olympics in athens , but eventually withdrew from the competition , because of an elbow injury from a cycling accident .
having missed out of the olympics , she was able to persist and perform well in triathlon , as she claimed one silver and two bronze medals , and had reached four more top-ten positions at the itu triathlon world cup .
pilz had an opportunity to compete at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , after finishing seventh at the itu triathlon world cup in madrid , and qualified for the last berth , against her compatriot joelle franzmann .
at the olympics , pilz finished twenty-sixth out of 55 competitors in the women 's triathlon , with a time of 2:03:46 .
pilz is currently a member of sc neubrandenburg , coached by klaus-peter weippert and christian bartsch , and works as a police department official in rostock , mecklenburg-vorpommern .
