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Nick Kastelein

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This Australian triathlete (Mudgee, February 10, 1988) settled in Girona in 2015, to be able to devote 100% to triathlon. Nick Kastelein says "One of the keys to be one of the best is" to always have the very high expectations of oneself. "

As a professional athlete and dedicated coach, his mission is to inspire and train people to achieve their maximum performance.

The Triathlon, His Passion

His passion for the triathlon began with 8 or 9 years, which he already had very clear that he wanted to devote himself to the professional triathlon:"From the eight or nine years that thoughts began on being a professional triathlete. It began to be my obsession," The Australian who believes that His passion is given by his father who is "a patient of sport."

Despite being Australian, Nick describes Girona, like his home. That is where his relationship with another great triathlete such as German Jan Froden, who Nick began his relationship with him being his pupil, was developed since 2014.

At present, he has more than 15 years of experience in the triathlon, a few years ago he decided to take the step to be coach of this sport, being currently a professional triathlete and triathlete coaching.

Training with Nick is absorbing a scientific approach, based on the evidence of their training, so their pupils will learn under a solid base in exercise physiology, biomechanics and sports nutrition.

And is that Nick Kastelein, In addition to his career in sport, he has a degree in Sports Sciences, so he has a better compression of the body and how he responds to training.

Kastelein, who returned to the competition in 2021 after fighting a pelvis and multiple broken ribs.

His greatest victories, in these more than 10 years of triathlons and resistance tests, arrived with the Ironman of Zurich (Switzerland) in 2017, at the Allgau Classic Triathlon (Germany) in 2019 and in 2022 in the Ironman of Victoria in 2022.

Birthdate10/02/1988
place of birthMudgee (Australia)

His most outstanding victories in recent years

CompetitionPositionDateLugar
Ironman 70.3 World Championship6th2016Mooolaba (Australia)
Ironman Western Australia3rd2016Australia
Ironman Zurich1st - First2017Swiss
Ironman 70.3 Barcelona2nd2017Spain
Allgau Classic Triathlon MD1st - First2019Germany
Ironman 70.32nd2019Finland
Challenge Mogán Gran Canaria3rd2021Spain
Ironman Vitoria1st - First2022Spain
Ironman World Championship (Kona)40º2022Hawaii