Peter Freedman

Name: Peter Freedman
D.O.B: 12/07/1984
Club/County/Country: Driventotri.com (UK) and ESMGO (France). Race athletics for Tavistock AC.
Occupation: Triathlete/Triathlon Coach

Personal Profile:
Background: I grew up as a swimmer and competed at National level until I was 18. I went to Bath Uni which was a triathlon High Performance Centre at the time and pretty soon I got hooked. On finishing Uni I took the decision to spend two years focusing solely on triathlon with the aim of representing GBR at senior level. I race semi professionally in the French league and spend much of my time travelling to |Obscure European countries

Ambitions/Future aspirations:
I would like to represent my country at senior level within the next couple of years with the ulitmate ambition of represnting GBR at a major games.

Best Race:
London Triathlon 2007: London is the biggest tri in the world and attracts a top quality field including Olympic Medallists and World Champions. Having a former French swim champion in the race meant the swim was on from the start and I just missed the front pack. However I ran really strongly and came home 12th (6th Brit) in a stacked field and was 2nd U23 athlete home.

Worst Race:
Virtuvian Half Ironman 2006: Led out of the swim, spent 90k riding on my own only to bonk at 16k on the run, fall into the arms of a marshal and spend 10 minutes on the floor being force fed Jaffa Cakes. I managed to walk/crawl the last 5k and finished in a very dazed and confused state. My saving grace was the 2 litre bottle of coke waiting at the finish.