David Hauss

David Hauss is a French professional triathlete, born on 1 February 1984 in Paris. He won a bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships and, after seventh place at the 2011 World Championship Series race in London, qualified with Laurent Vidal for the 2012 Olympic Games, where he finished fourth, eighteen seconds behind bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee. He ranked sixth in the 2011 World Championship Series, the best French elite triathlete that year, and belongs to the French military triathlon team. He raced the French club series for Lagardère Paris Racing and in 2015 was part of ECS Triathlon. He lives in La Réunion and in Saint-Raphaël in the Var, and between 2002 and 2010 he started 55 ITU competitions with 29 top ten finishes.