Tri Team Ireland · Age Group 50–54

Ernest
Asensio
Blasco

Triathlon, duathlon and aquathlon. An Irish national champion in all three multisport formats.

Ernest Asensio Blasco running in the Ireland kit on the blue carpet
2024 · Overall
National Aquathlon Champion
4
Irish national titles 2024 – 2026
3/3
Multisport formats with a national title
2×
Triathlon National Series winner · AG 2025, 2026
3
European Championship top-10 finishes
2
Ironman finishes under ten hours

The athlete

One athlete. Three disciplines. A national title in every one.

Ernest Asensio Blasco races for Ireland in triathlon, duathlon and aquathlon. In 2024 he won the overall National Sprint Aquathlon title at Lough Cutra Castle — not an age-group medal, the outright win.

Since 2025 he has not left the national age-group podium: duathlon gold in 2025, silver in 2026, and back-to-back sprint triathlon titles. Selected for Tri Team Ireland, he has finished inside the European top 10 three seasons running.

Before the short-course titles came the long distance: two Ironman finishes under ten hours in Barcelona and a 2:43:47 marathon in Dublin.

Three disciplines

Best results by format

Swim · Bike · Run

Triathlon

2× National Sprint Champion
Age Group 50–54 · 2025, 2026
4th · European Championships, Vichy 2024
Run · Bike · Run

Duathlon

National Champion 2025
Age Group 50–54 · University of Limerick
2nd · National Championships, Phoenix Park 2026
Swim · Run

Aquathlon

National Champion — Overall
2024 · Lough Cutra Castle
8th · European Championships, Pamplona 2025

25 May 2024 · Lough Cutra Castle

Not age group.
Overall.

Triathlon Ireland’s National Sprint Aquathlon Championships, raced against the whole field. Ernest crossed the line as national champion.

Ernest holding the finish tape as 2024 National Sprint Aquathlon Champion at Lough Cutra Castle

Race record

Selected results · 2014 – 2026

2026
1st
Triathlon National Series
AG 50–54 · 18 rounds · Sprint, Standard & Middle
800.90 pts
1st
National Sprint Triathlon Championships
AG 50–54 · Two Provinces Triathlon, Lanesborough
11 Jul
6th
Europe Triathlon Age-Group Championships
Sprint · AG 50–54 · Tarragona, Spain
1:03:34
2nd
National Duathlon Championships
AG 50–54 · Phoenix Park, Dublin
19 Apr
2025
1st
Triathlon National Series
AG 50–54 · 16 rounds
Final standings
1st
National Sprint Triathlon Championships
AG 50–54 · Lanesborough, Co. Longford
12 Jul
8th
Europe Triathlon Aquathlon Championships
AG 50–54 · Pamplona, Spain
35:35
1st
National Duathlon Championships
AG 50–54 · University of Limerick
2 Mar
2024
4th
Europe Triathlon Championships
Sprint · AG 50–54 · Vichy, France
1:01:57
11th
National Standard Triathlon Championships
Elite Men
2:05:21
1st
National Sprint Aquathlon Championships
Overall · Lough Cutra Castle
25 May
17th
National Sprint Duathlon Championships
Elite Men
1:01:47
2023
Finisher
Dublin Marathon
42.2 km · October
2:43:47
3rd
Triathlon National Series
AG 45–49
Final standings
10th
National Sprint Triathlon Championships
Elite Men
3 Jun
2021
8th
Thoroughbred Run Kildare Half Marathon
21.1 km · Trim AC · June
1:20:45
2019
Finisher
Dublin Marathon
42.2 km · Trim AC · October
2:44:31
2nd
National Sprint Triathlon Championships
AG 45–49 · Dublin City Triathlon · Tri an Mhí TC
2017
Finisher
Ironman Barcelona
Full distance · AG M40–44, 45th · 240th overall
9:51:52
2015
Finisher
Ironman 70.3 Dublin
Half distance · 1.9 / 90 / 21.1 km
4:49:28
Finisher
Challenge Almere-Amsterdam
Long distance · Almere, Netherlands
2014
Finisher
Ironman Barcelona
Full distance · AG M40–44, 61st · 314th overall
9:47:42

Results from World Triathlon (athlete ID 54738) and Triathlon Ireland. AG = age group.

Tri Team Ireland

On the European stage

4
Vichy · 2024
Europe Triathlon Championships
Sprint · AG 50–54
1:01:57
8
Pamplona · 2025
Europe Triathlon Aquathlon Championships
AG 50–54
35:35
6
Tarragona · 2026
Europe Triathlon Age-Group Championships
Sprint · AG 50–54
1:03:34

Long distance & road

The long-distance years

9:47:42
Ironman Barcelona 2014
Full distance in under ten hours — and again in 2017, in 9:51:52.
2:43:47
Dublin Marathon 2023
Faster than his 2:44:31 in Dublin four years earlier.
1:20:45
Kildare Half Marathon 2021
8th place, racing for Trim AC.
4:49:28
Ironman 70.3 Dublin 2015
Half distance: 1.9 km swim, 90 km bike, 21.1 km run.

Race days

Ernest running out of the water in his wetsuit Ernest lacing his shoes in transition
Ernest celebrating at an Ironman finish line Ernest on the bike
Ernest racing in Barcelona by the Arc de Triomf Ernest on the run, race number 1

The work behind it

Every start. Every finish.

Behind every result on this page are years of early swims, long rides and the discipline to keep showing up, race after race.

For Ernest

For every early morning, every cold-water swim and every finish line. I’m so proud of you.

— Gina

8/8
World Triathlon starts, every one of them finished

Results: World Triathlon · Triathlon Ireland · IronmanRacingStats · Endurance Data · race organisers

Photos: Damien Jackson and Jonny Collins / Triathlon Ireland, and official race photographers

Updated November 2026

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