Transfers

For athletes who have registered after 28 January 2024:
Athletes who registered after the first 90 days of general registration opening need to submit the required Transfer Form before 5 September 2024. 

For athletes who have registered after the first 90 days of initial registration opening the following rules apply:  

  1. The transfer option is available for IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) only.  
  2. There is a 39 EUR (or 28 GBP, 42 CHF, 372 SEK, 291 DKK, 355 NOK, 50 USD) transfer fee + applicable Processing fee (ACTIVE Fee).  
  3. The event transferred to must be in the same calendar year as the original event.  A transfer to a race in the next year is not an option.
  4. A transfer is excluded for athletes who paid the entry fee (full or part) with a 2020 voucher.
  5. A transfer to another person is not an option.  
  6. If an athlete is transferring from a higher priced race to a lower priced race, the athlete will not be refunded the difference.  
  7. If an athlete is transferring from a lower priced race to a higher priced race, the athlete will be required to pay the difference in addition to the transfer fee and applicable Processing fee (ACTIVE Fee). 
  8. Athletes must request a transfer 45 days prior to the race day.   
  9. A transfer into sold out events or events that had reached capacity and re-opened, is not an option. Nor a Transfer into events that have foundation entries, charity or travel entries can be offered.  
  10. Athletes may transfer into eligible races as long as registration is open, unless points 8 or 13 apply.
  11. If additional purchases (e.g medal engraving or day license) have been purchased along with the original race entry, it cannot be transferred to the new race. Additional purchases will be refunded until the request deadline mentioned above. 
  12. Transfers are applicable to individual race entries only – entries purchased or provided through sponsors, charities and free entries cannot be transferred. A transfer of a race entry purchased with Nirvana Europe to a regular race entry of an open race is possible.  
  13. Races to be transferred into must have been open to the general public for at least 10 days.  
  14. Once a transfer or refund has been redeemed, the option to transfer again or defer your race entry is not available. You may only transfer once.  
  15. If an athlete chooses to transfer, they forfeit their eligibility for a refund to the event they originally entered. Athletes will also not be eligible for a partial refund for the race they have transferred into. 
  16. If an athlete qualifies for the IRONMAN World Championship or the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, an existing IRONMAN or IRONMAN 70.3 entry will not transfer from or to either of these events.  
  17. The transferring athlete may attempt to establish that the damage sustained by the organizer from his/her transfer is lower than the agreed upon amount withheld by the organizer pursuant to these regulations.  
  18. Payment Option Plan
    1. A transfer is only possible after the third and final payment is done.
    2. A race entry can only be transferred to a relay entry after the third payment is done.
  19. Relay Team Transfer & Changes
    1.  Relay entries are not eligible to transfer to another event.
    2. A transfer from a Relay Entry to an Individual Entry within the same race is possible until ten days prior race day unless the Individual Entries are sold out ( ATTENTION: only one Relay member may transfer ). The price difference between the entries will not be refunded.
    3. A transfer from an Individual entry to a Relay entry within the same race is possible until ten days prior race day unless the Relay entries are sold out. The upgrade for the Relay entry price + Active fee (Processing fee) will be charged during the transfer.
    4. Up to two team members can be changed until ten days prior race day.

Please find the deadlines here: 2024 Deadlines

Withdrawals

Withdrawal requests must be received through withdrawal form during the following time frames in order to be eligible for a partial refund:
  • 50% Refund until 20.06.2024
  • 25% Refund until 05.09.2024
     
For athletes who have registered after the first 90 days of initial registration opening the following deadlines apply:  
  • until 4 months prior to race day: 50% refund of the entry fee   
  • until 45 days prior to race day: 25% refund of the entry fee   
  • after 45 days to race day: no refund   
Region    Up to 4 months prior to race day
(up to 20.6.2024)
Between 4 months and
45 days prior to race day
until 5.9.2024)
Europe 50% refunded 25% refunded

 

  1. Athletes who had deferred their registration from the year before are not eligible for any refund of the registration fee. 
  2. A refund is also excluded for athletes who paid the entry fee with a 2020 Voucher. 
  3. The withdrawing athlete may attempt to establish that the damage sustained by the organizer from his/her withdrawal is lower than the agreed upon amount withheld by the organizer pursuant to these regulations.  
  4. Please note that all additional items purchased during registration will be refunded 100% up until the request deadline associated with the registration, unless the item has been sent/delivered to the athlete.   
  5. One-day licenses can only be refunded in case of a withdrawal within the refund deadline. If you purchased a national triathlon license by your federation the one-day license cannot be refunded.  
  6. Refunds will be transferred to the Credit Card you used during registration unless it is explicitly stated in the withdrawal request that you want a bank transfer. When transferring to a bank account the account holder and the athlete withdrawing must be the same person. If we refund to a bank account transfer, a transaction can take up to 8 weeks.  

Payment Option Plan:The partial refund (50% or 25%) only applies after the third payment has been done. If the athlete withdraws before the third payment is paid, the entry fee will not be refunded. Only additional items purchased during registration will be refunded 100% up until the request deadline associated with the registration, unless the item has been sent/delivered to the athlete.

Please find the deadlines here: 2024 Deadlines