ABOUT ME
Running and sport in general have always been in my blood.
It was only after meeting Jasmina in 2009 and participating in my first triathlon that I fell in love with endurance training. In 2011, while living and working in Rio de Janeiro we both managed to qualify and race the IRONMAN world championships.
It was an experience of a lifetime seeing so many fit people in one place.
Our focus shifted with the birth of our first child Elvin in 2012.
We moved back to Nice, participating in different endurance events, including the Salomon 4 trails, a 160km long trail run through the Alps passing 3 countries and conquering 10km of altitude difference.
Completely fed up with my job, I resigned in 2013, bought a house, and moved to Kirkkonummi (Finland). Inspired by the Finnish archipelago we discovered swimrunning. Both strong runners and descent swimmers we had a blast in our first swimrun ever in Utö (Sweden) where we won the mixed category and got 4th overall.
The next four years we have raced many different swimrun's with mixed success. It has either been a podium finish or a DNF. It describes a bit our aproach in life : It's All or Nothing". In 2018 (after two failed attempts) we finally managed to get on the podium at the ÖtillÖ swimrun World Championships held annually in Sweden.
Enjoy the training and see you out there!
“For me swimrunning is all about the experience of
getting to know yourself, nature and your partner
under different conditions through
good times and bad times.”
“Be serious but don’t take it too serious….”
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DATA
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RACEs
ÖtillÖ swimrun series Utö 2013 1st mixed (4th overall)
ÖtillÖ swimrun World championships 2013 DNF due to knee injury
ÖtillÖ swimrun series Utö 2014 DNF due to missed course marking
ÖtillÖ swimrun series Engadin 2014 1st mixed (4th overall)
Porkkala swimrun 2015 DNF due to fall on rocks resulting in broken foot
Järvestä Järveen swimrun (Lake to Lake) 2016 1st mixed (1st overall)
Solvalla swimrun 2016 1st mixed (1st overall)
ÖtillÖ swimrun 2016 1000 Lakes, Germany 1st mixed (2nd overall)
Picture credits to heading and footer pictures: Jani Kiri (Järvestä järveen swimrun 2016)
ÖtillÖ swimrun World championships 2013 DNF due to knee injury
ÖtillÖ swimrun series Utö 2014 DNF due to missed course marking
ÖtillÖ swimrun series Engadin 2014 1st mixed (4th overall)
Porkkala swimrun 2015 DNF due to fall on rocks resulting in broken foot
Järvestä Järveen swimrun (Lake to Lake) 2016 1st mixed (1st overall)
Solvalla swimrun 2016 1st mixed (1st overall)
ÖtillÖ swimrun 2016 1000 Lakes, Germany 1st mixed (2nd overall)
Picture credits to heading and footer pictures: Jani Kiri (Järvestä järveen swimrun 2016)