Hidde Weersma began triathlon at 15 and spent years combining endurance sport with strength training. He later earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and became a strength and conditioning coach with TeamNL. He encountered HYROX through an advertisement and made his debut in 2021, finding its running-and-functional-strength format suited his training background.
HYROX achievements
Weersma finished seventh in Elite 15 singles at the 2025 World Championships and third at Hamburg later that year. In March 2026, he won the men鈥檚 Elite 15 race at the EMEA Championships in London in 52:42, becoming the first man to break 53 minutes and setting a then-world record. At the 2026 World Championships in Stockholm, he placed 13th individually and seventh in Elite 15 Doubles with Thierry Willigenburg.
