David Hauss
David Hauss is a French professional triathlete and bronze medalist at the European Championships 2010. Thanks to his 7th position at the World Championship Series triathlon in London, together with Laurent Vidal, he qualified for the Olympic Games 2012, where he finished in 4th place, eighteen seconds behind bronze medalist Jonathan Brownlee.
David Hauss is number 6 in the World Championship Series ranking 2011 and thus the best French elite triathlete. At the French Championship in Villiers-sur-Loir he placed 10th.
Like Emmie Charayron, Charlotte Morel, Laurent Vidal and other top triathletes, Hauss belongs to the Military Triathlon Team Equipe de France militaire de triathlon.
Hauss also takes part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. Like many of the French top triathletes, e.g. Emmie Charayron, he represents Lagardère Paris Racing. At the opening triathlon in Nice he placed 6th in the individual ranking and was the second best of his club behind Steffen Justus. At Dunkirk and Paris, Hauss was not present.
In 2015, he is part of ECS Triathlon club.
David Hauss lives in Les Avirons, La Réunion, and in Saint-Raphaël, Var. The Swiss triathlete Melanie Annaheim is his fiancée.
ITU Competitions
In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, David Hauss took part in 55 ITU competitions and achieved 29 top ten positions.The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and refer to the Elite category.
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
| 2002-07-06 | European Championships | Győr | 8 |
| 2002-11-09 | World Championships | Cancun | 2 |
| 2003-12-06 | World Championships | Queenstown | 2 |
| 2004-05-09 | World Championships | Madeira | 19 |
| 2004-11-07 | World Cup | Rio de Janeiro | 13 |
| 2005-04-24 | World Cup | Mazatlan | 17 |
| 2005-07-17 | European Championships | Sofia | DNF |
| 2005-07-31 | World Cup | Salford | 55 |
| 2005-09-10 | World Championships | Gamagori | 5 |
| 2006-05-07 | World Cup | Mazatlan | 33 |
| 2006-06-11 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay | 57 |
| 2007-03-03 | African Cup | Langebaan | 1 |
| 2007-03-31 | ATU African Championships | Le Coco Beach | 2 |
| 2007-05-20 | Premium European Cup | Sanremo | 3 |
| 2007-06-16 | European Cup | Schliersee | 11 |
| 2007-07-21 | European Championships | Kuopio | 6 |
| 2007-08-30 | BG World Championships | Hamburg | 7 |
| 2007-09-09 | Premium European Cup | Kedzierzyn Kozle | 2 |
| 2008-04-19 | Premium European Cup | Pontevedra | 37 |
| 2008-05-04 | BG World Cup | Richards Bay | 27 |
| 2008-08-03 | European Cup | Egirdir | 5 |
| 2008-08-24 | European Cup and Small States of Europe Championships | Weiswampach | 5 |
| 2008-09-27 | BG World Cup | Lorient | 25 |
| 2009-03-15 | Oceania Cup | Perth | 10 |
| 2009-03-29 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 4 |
| 2009-05-31 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 15 |
| 2009-06-21 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Washington DC | 13 |
| 2009-07-02 | European Championships | Holten | 29 |
| 2009-07-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel | DNF |
| 2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 6 |
| 2009-08-22 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Yokohama | DNF |
| 2009-09-09 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Gold Coast | 35 |
| 2009-12-19 | African Cup | Mauritius | 1 |
| 2010-03-27 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 6 |
| 2010-04-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Sydney | 3 |
| 2010-05-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Seoul | DNF |
| 2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 34 |
| 2010-07-03 | European Championships | Athlone | 3 |
| 2010-07-17 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | DNF |
| 2010-07-24 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 47 |
| 2010-08-14 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel | 9 |
| 2010-08-21 | Sprint World Championships | Lausanne | 3 |
| 2010-09-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Budapest | 6 |
| 2010-10-10 | World Cup | Huatulco | 11 |
| 2010-12-18 | African Cup | Mauritius | 1 |
| 2011-03-26 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 3 |
| 2011-04-09 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Sydney | 5 |
| 2011-06-04 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 11 |
| 2011-06-18 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel | 15 |
| 2011-06-24 | European Championships | Pontevedra | 13 |
| 2011-07-16 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | 3 |
| 2011-08-06 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 7 |
| 2011-08-20 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Sprint Championships | Lausanne | 4 |
| 2011-08-21 | Team World Championships | Lausanne | 4 |
| 2011-07-16 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Beijing | 7 |
| 2012-03-24 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 3 |
| 2012-04-14 | World Triathlon Series | Sydney | 4 |
| 2012-04-22 | World Cup | Ishigaki | 1 |
| 2012-05-26 | World Triathlon Series | Madrid | DNF |
| 2012-06-23 | World Triathlon Series | Kitzbuhel | 11 |
| 2012-08-04 | Olympic Games | London | 4 |
| 2012-08-25 | World Triathlon Series | Stockholm | 16 |
DNF = did not finish · BG = the sponsor British Gas