In 2008, the Mediterranean Triathlon Federation (MedTF) was founded in Chania, Crete-Greece. The MedTF is an ambitious regional Triathlon project that refers to the development of Triathlon in the Mediterranean basin, and the presence of the current World Triathlon (WT) President and IOC Member, Mrs. Marisol Casado, among the founding members of the MedTF and the presence at the Mediterranean Championships in Malta of the WT Secretary General Mr. Antonio Arimany, indicate the importance of the MedTF for the WT.
The annual MedTF Congress and the Mediterranean Triathlon Championships 2024 took place in Malta on the weekend of 28-29/9/2024 with great success. MedTF currently has 17 members national federations from the Mediterranean basin and is now the main development tool of WT in the Mediterranean basin including countries from 3 continents.
Among the issues discussed at the conference was the official reintroduction of the sport to the programme of the official 2026 Mediterranean Games to be held in Taranto, Italy. This success of bringing the sport back into the official programme is credited to the Management of the MedTF and the Italian Triathlon Federation (FITRI) and is the result of the combined joint actions of the MedTF & FITRI Presidents.
This great achievement of bringing the sport back into the official program of the Mediterranean Games based on the actions of the MedTF & FITRI Presidents, Mr. G. Yerolimpos and Riccardo Giubilei respectively, was recognized by the WT and at the upcoming WT General Assembly in Spain in 2 weeks time, MedTF is expected to officially become a full recognized member of the International Triathlon family.
In the competition program, the results of the 2024 Mediterranean Championships, which was held in parallel with the European Cup and involved a total of 184 athletes, are as follows:
Men
- José Gálvez (Spain)
- Lucas Jouin (France)
- Louis Woodgate (Greece)
Women
- Noelia Juan (Spain)
- Madalena Almeida (Portugal)
- María Jiménez (Spain)
Finally, among the decisions of the MedTF General Assembly meeting was the authorization to the Executive Committee to select and define the organization of the next Mediterranean Championships 2025 and 2026, for which serious interest has been expressed by more than 3 countries.
