Marino Vanhoenacker

Marino Vanhoenacker is a Belgian triathlete, born on 19 July 1976 in Ostend, who specialises in the full Ironman distance. On 3 July 2011 he set a world best time for the Ironman full distance at the Ironman Triathlon in Klagenfurt, Austria, finishing in 7 hours, 45 minutes and 58 seconds and beating the 1997 time of his compatriot Luc Van Lierde, which stood at 7 hours, 50 minutes and 27 seconds. His record was later beaten by Lionel Sanders at Ironman Arizona in 2016, and the current world best time is held by Tim Don, who finished Ironman Brazil in May 2017 in 7 hours, 40 minutes and 23 seconds.