Marcin Wedlarski - USA Triathlon Certified Coach / Multisport endurance

         
            Professional Triathlete Bio

                 ·  International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup Circuit - Nov 1999 – May 2004

                 ·  Member of Swedish National Professional Triathlon Team - Athens 2004

                 ·  Top 90 World Ranked Triathlete - Professional Division - March 2002
              168th on ITU world ranking, March 2003 - 86th on ITU world ranking

                 ·  Sponsored by Addvantages.net, Endorox, Powerbar, Rudy Project, Vitargo
 

   
 

 

Marcin currently coaches on a full time basis and
 is also an assistant coach for Team Ridglea
 

Personalized Coaching Services
www.coachmarcin.com

 Marcin Wedlarski Multisport Coach (817) 763-0112
Phone / Fax    coachmarcin@yahoo.com
 

 

 

    Marcin has been an athlete for the last quarter of a century. He has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 7 and by the age of 12 was topping the world ranks for his age. His swimming talent and prowess afforded him a 4 year scholarship at the University of Arkansas. Afterwards he was offered a position as an assistant swimming Coach at Alfred University in New York. While working on his MBA, Marcin developed an interest in the Triathlon sport and in 1997 completed his first Olympic distance triathlon. In one years time he began competing as a Professional Triathlete. In 2001, Marcin decided to leave the Corporate world behind and enter the Triathlon World Cup Circuit.
 
    Today Marcin still enjoys an occasional run, bike or a swim session but he does it purely for recreational purposes. Having traveled the world and experiencing the International Triathlon circuit he decided to help local athletes to achieve their goal and dreams in multi sport events. Marcin smiles and admits,"I see many talented individuals in the greater Fort Worth area, but like most uncoached athletes, they simply lack the proper training structure and guidance. I would like to help them to train smarter and not necessarily harder.

 

 

Olympic dream comes crashing down

 By NATHAN SANDERS

 Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Fort Worth resident Marcin Wedlarski needed only one chance to become an All-American. Unfortunately, his chances of reaching his true goal have run out.

Wedlarski, a 33-year-old native of Sweden, was named an All-American masters swimmer last week for posting the season's fastest time in the 1,650-yard freestyle -- 17 minutes, 12.02 seconds. Imagine what his time would have been if he was fully rested.

At the time, Wedlarski was an Olympic hopeful in the triathlon. He went for a 30-mile bike ride and a 10-kilometer run before posting what proved to be the nation's best time for Team Ridglea at a Feb. 20 meet at SMU. It was the only meet his schedule allowed him to attend.

"We're really proud of him," Team Ridglea coach Chuck Burr said. "We wish he could have been there for the national championships."

But Wedlarski's ventures in the triathlon did not meet with such good fortune. In 2000, he injured his knee before the World Triathlon Championships. This year, he suffered a broken rib during a race in Honduras, then hurt his leg overcompensating for the rib pain while riding his bike.

Still, Wedlarski overcame it all to work his way into the first group at last month's world championships in Portugal. Then his bicycle lost its chain. Fixing the problem put him three minutes behind. He wound up finishing 58th. The Swedish Olympic Federation would only send him to Athens if he finished in the top eight.

Since returning from Portugal, a disappointed Wedlarski has stopped training and started searching for a new career. With a bachelor's degree in international economics and a master's degree in international business, Wedlarski has the résumé and the experience for an accounting job, but his dream is to open a coffee shop.

In the meantime, Wedlarski is still adjusting to the fact that his chase for Olympic glory is over.

"I'm watching all of these guys that I trained with, and they're going to the Olympics," he said. "It's hard. My fitness was there, but sometimes you just need more luck."