Throughout my childhood, I did not like sports, and triathlon was out of the question. I even skipped physical education classes in school. Pursuing a career in sports seemed foreign to me.

 

In 2017, I joined a local gym hoping to lose weight, took five training sessions with a personal trainer, and that's when my sports journey began, so to speak. I say "so to speak" because the first six months were unproductive, and it wasn't until then that I decided to learn more about training processes and nutrition. I lost 14 kilograms and then started intense strength training, and most importantly - I finally began to enjoy the training process.

 

In the spring of 2019, I got back on my bike just because I wanted to ride with friends, without any sports ambitions. However, the desire to participate in races started to surface. The same summer, I volunteered at the Ironman 70.3 as I was collecting certificates for my university portfolio, and I really liked everything about it. Especially the backpacks, so I actually got into the triathlon because of the beautiful backpacks. In September of the same year, I joined a triathlon club and began a new chapter in my life. My swimming was terrible, resembling that of a shipwreck victim, and I simply hated running.

 

In March 2021, I finished my first half-Ironman with the fourth result in my age category, and in the summer, I completed a full Ironman on the island of Lanzarote, considered one of the toughest races in the Ironman series in the world. Since 2021, I have also been competing for the university triathlon team. Within a year, I qualified for my first half Ironman world championship.

 

Throughout my journey, I learned and tried to get knowledge from all possible sources, delving deeper into the physiology of the training process. I am currently a student at the University of British Columbia, Department of Kinesiology, specializing in neuro-mechanical and physiological sciences. I am also USAT certified coach.