Natascha Badmann

Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first European woman to win the Ironman Triathlon World Championship.

Natascha Badmann

Natascha Badmann competing in 2012 at Ironman 70.3 Austria
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Swiss Miss Natasches ("Too fast") "The Smile"
Born	(1966-12-06) 6 December 1966[1] Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Turned pro	1995[1]
Coached by	Toni Hasler
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	9:07:54 (2002)
Medal record Representing   Switzerland Women's triathlon Ironman World Championship 1998 Kailua-Kona Elite 2000 Kailua-Kona Elite 2001 Kailua-Kona Elite 2002 Kailua-Kona Elite 2004 Kailua-Kona Elite 2005 Kailua-Kona Elite 1996 Kailua-Kona Elite 2003 Kailua-Kona Elite

Natascha works in Switzerland as a social worker, and speaks German, English, French, and Italian. She currently lives in Winznau, Switzerland with her husband Toni and daughter Anastasia.[2]

Her daughter Anastasia was born days before she turned 18. Nicknamed the "Swiss Miss", Badmann won her first Ironman World Championship at the age of 29, when her daughter was already 13 years old. Her husband, coach and nutritionist is Toni Hasler.[3]

At the 2007 Hawaii Ironman, Badmann hit a cone on the bike leg and injured her shoulder and collarbone. While she wanted to continue the race, Hasler convinced her to drop out to prevent further injury. At the same race in 2006, stomach problems nearly caused her to drop out again. Early into the run, Badmann stopped and threw up. Struggling to continue, she began to walk. In a dramatic moment with tremendous support from cheering fans, Badmann, crying, began jogging. She finished 10th with a personal-worst marathon time of 3:27:54.[4]

Though she finished second on the course of the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship, Badmann is considered the winner of the race due to the disqualification of the initial winner, Germany's Nina Kraft, after Kraft admitted to using the banned performance enhancer EPO.[5]