Alice Walchshöfer
Queen Mum
The soul of the event. As the grande dame of triathlon in Roth, Alice must of course be mentioned first. Even in her still youthful age of roughly 40 years, she is fully committed to all activities. Only on Fridays does she occasionally take a break to devote herself to her impressionist painting activities. Thanks to her humorous personality, she is the go-to person par excellence for the whole team. The success story of Challenge Roth began in her cellar.
Felix Walchshöfer
The dream maker
The official term "race director" is actually far too little to describe Felix. Jack-of-all-trades is probably a better description. There is probably no other person who lives triathlon like Felix. Felix's brain revolves 364 days a year around making triathlon even better (only on Alice's birthday does everything revolve around Queen Mum 😊). Colleagues are therefore delighted every morning to receive new, completely convincing ideas. Felix is always thinking ahead. The ambition is always to make the race better every year.
Kathrin Walchshöfer-Helneder
The detail lover
Always has an open ear and definitely inherited Alice's sense of humour. Kathrin has a great love of detail, whether in the office, during the laser show or with the music at the swim start - everything is coordinated to the second and to the centimetre. As a mother of two, she is especially passionate about our charity events with children or the talks with our wonderful volunteers. It is also largely thanks to Kathrin that the race is broadcast live on TV every year.
Markus Englert
The everything expert
When Markus started with us, he still had hair! This time-honoured saying is always enjoyed by his colleagues. He founded a school café with Kathrin back in grade nine and has been involved in Challenge in various positions since he was a teenager. In the meantime, he has left the school café, but Markus takes care of the expo, finances and contracts. But he can also do almost everything. When colleagues get stuck on technical matters, Markus is always the go-to person. He is by far the best indoor golfer in our company sports group and is rarely at a loss for words.
Heiko Wörrlein
Something with media
Is the author of all these lines, which is why there is not a bad word about him in this or any other text. Heiko is responsible for all publications, be it on the social channels, on the website, in the newsletter or everywhere else. The only thing is that if spelling mistakes appear somewhere, it was of course the intern, as in any company.
Tina Freitag
An ear for the athletes
She was already with us for half a year as an intern in 2019 and somehow Tina has landed with us again after a creative break of three years. As Head of Athlete Services, Tina takes care of all the worries and needs of our participants. She also has a part-time job as a dog mum and can usually be found in some mountain region at the weekends.
Katharina Blohm
The energiser
Katharina radiates incredible energy. She started in Roth herself before dedicating herself to our shop and almost all office topics since 2022. When she's not taking care of Challenge, children, running, her Instagram channel, travelling or friends, she teaches various yoga techniques to interested people.
Thorben Gerdes
Quality first
Until we got to know Thorben as an intern, we didn't know we needed a Thorben as a permanent employee. He convinced us completely with his northern German "temperament". With his help, we want to make sure that everyone involved in the Roth Triathlon is satisfied with their experience. With his new appointment in 2023, we have become a bit younger.
Miriam Schmohl
Deco queen
Even standing 978 metres into the wind, it's impossible not to hear her adorable laugh. During race week, Mimi has the honourable task of making our invited VIPs' stay as pleasant as possible. But to make sure she also sees other places like the VIP tent, she organises many other internal and external events throughout the year. It is thanks to her love of decoration that she always gets to make everything that little bit more beautiful.
Elke Angermann
Queen of Homestay
She is actually already retired, but she just can't leave it alone. Elke is always on the lookout for a home: she keeps in touch with our own homestay families for our top athletes. She is also happy to support athletes with physical disabilities with her knowledge of accommodation options.
Vicky Elsasser
Our graphic head
Her heart beats for racing. Every graphic and design you see here on this site is Vicky's work. Sometimes in video conferences we can't hide our envy when her temporary creative studio in Sardinia flashes in the background. Vicky developed our graphic redesign 2020.
Olaf
Woof
Of course we also have a wild dog. Olaf has been keeping us on our toes since the end of 2022. A rescued Galgo from Spain, he has taken our hearts by storm. He is probably our strongest colleague by far, but has always managed to avoid any physical office work.
Florian Sosna
Our networker
Flo supports us on a freelance basis in contacting and acquiring partners and sponsors. He is very well connected in the sports world and very valuable for us. We have known him since time immemorial from our long-time partner Erdinger Alkoholfrei. If you would like your company to become part of the ROTH community, just contact him.
Organisation
Organizer:
TEAMCHALLENGE GmbH, 91154 Roth
Patronage:
Ben Schwarz, Landrat
Board of Arbitration:
Felix Walchshöfer, DTU, BTV
Overall Direction:
Felix Walchshöfer, Kathrin Walchshöfer-Helneder, Alice Walchshöfer
Committee:
Hans Raithel, Olaf Pfeiffer (Schwimmen) Werner Crusius, Klaus Rettlinger, Phillip Rettlinger, Jürgen Baumann (Wechselzone I), Erich Heumann, Jürgen Klieber. Moritz Nederkorn (Radfahren) Stefan Wenzel, Nicolette Wenzel (Sicherheit und Verkehr) Thomas Rinnagl, Waldemar Blank, Jochen Gürtler (Wechselzone II), Thomas Schäf, Mäggy Wegler, Benjamin Wegler (Laufen) Alex Bott, Daniel Schiexl, Gunnar Lotzwick (Technik-Festplatz), Helene Bauer, Luise Köstler (Zielverpflegung) Peter Seiter, Jürgen Heilmann (Logistik und Motorrad) Holger Blöcker, Frank Frenzel (Massage) Pierre Gubo, Sven Stiefvater (Medizinische Betreuung BRK) Andrea Raithel (Wettkampfbestimmungen), Gerlinde Kerling (Information), dazu Bettina Weißflach (Motorradeinteilung)
Organisation
Office TEAMChallenge:
Markus Englert, Miriam Schmohl, Heiko Wörrlein, Tina Freitag, Katharina Blohm, Thorben Gerdes, Elke Angermann
Sponsoring:
Florian Sosna
Athlete serivce:
Tina Freitag (Leitung), Nury Arenas Forero, Andrea Binder, Sandra Dürsch, Marina Maueröder, Mona Merz, Tanja Wellert, Ursula Schneeweiss, Kerstin Zimmer, Chiara Stauber, Caroline Credé.
Moderation:
Haddi Thoene, Bob Babbitt, Julian Meinhold
Regie:
Christina Waibl, Karin Büttner
Media:
Heiko Wörrlein
Mediateam:
Victoria Murray-Orr, Christoph Raithel, Vicky Elsasser, Stefan Burger, Sven Heinz, Simon Fischer, Joel Bougnot, Marco Nikolaus, Lars Pamler, Heike Liedtke, Bernhard Bergauer, Markus Kaiser.
Social Media:
all year: Heiko Wörrlein
race week: Sophie Prange, Zsanna Filep
Media bus:
Rainer Schneider, Claus Rathnow
VIP support:
Alexander Deß, Alida Meier, Andrea Raithel, Andreas Bode, Barbara Peter, Bernd Helneder, Bettina Rauscher, Jashua Grünwald, Johann Bauer, Kürsat Gökce, Martin Weiß, Oliver Wellert, Sonja Gehrisch, Tanja Wellert, Thomas Deß, Thorsten Schmohl, Tobias Greim
Doping control:
NADA
Medical service:
BRK Kreisverband Südfranken
Bereitschaften des BRK-Kreisverband Südfranken
Water Rescue Services:
Wasserwacht des BRK-Kreisverband Südfranken
Technical Service:
Stadtbauamt Roth und Hilpoltstein, Kreisbauamt, THW Hilpoltstein
Volunteering Clubs and Organizations:
Freundeskreis Nürnberg, Kajakclub Rednitzhembach, TV Fürth 1860 Kanuabteilung, TSG 08 Roth, RTC Schwabach, Skiclub Heideck, Berufsfachschule für Physiotherapie und Massage des DEB gGmbH Schwabach, Döpfer-Schulen für Physiotherapie und Massage Nürnberg, Berufsfachschule für Physiotherapie und Massage Erlangen, TV Hilpoltstein, TV Eckersmühlen, TV Thalmässing Triathlon, Triathlon Windschatten Neumarkt, SV Rednitzhembach Radsport-Triathlon, Sparkasse Roth – Tennisabteilung, SC Schwand/RGR Rednitzhembach, TSV Katzwang, TSV Spalt, SV Großweingarten, TSV Greding Triathlonabteilung, TSV Eysölden, SV Pfaffenhofen, TV 1848 Schwabach, AKNB-Verband der Böllerschützen, Harley-Club Frankfurt, Fahrschule Burger Heideck, Landjugend Röttenbach und viele freiwillige Helfer
Fire departments:
FFW Roth, Hilpoltstein, Büchenbach, Eckersmühlen, Wallesau, Pfaffenhofen, Laffenau, Selingstadt, Alfershausen, Thalmässing, Greding, Obermässing, Lay, Karm, Weinsfeld, Eysölden, Tiefenbach, Unterrödel, Solar-Grauwinkel, Hofstetten, Marquardsholz, Pierheim, Mörlach, Heuberg, Haimpfarrich, Allersberg, Hagenbuch, Birkach, Schwand
Grafic Care: Vicky Elsasser