Fact file

• Nickname: Aya
• Gender: Female
• Birth Date: 12 March 1982
• Height: 163cm
• Coaching qualification: British Triathlon Level 2 qualified coach
• Occupation:  Professional triathlete & Triathlon coach
• Living: Currently based in Poprad, Slovakia
• Loving: life, food and honest people

A bit more about me

Alena is a successful long and middle distance professional triathlete and has raced internationally for the last 10 years, achieving several top 5 professional Ironman/Ironman 70.3 and Challenge triathlons results,  including the ETU European Championships and Xterra European Championships. Alena has also raced  Ironman World Championships (Kona, Hawaii) twice and Xterra World Championships (Mauii, HI).

As an age group athlete she became an ITU World Champion and 2 x Ironman age group winner and knows only too well the difficulties of balancing work, family and training.

Currently she is taking temporary break from professional racing and fully focusing on triathlon coaching, helping others reach their sport goal and dreams.

SLOVENSKY:

Som kvalifikovaná trénerka triatlonu (British Triathlon Federation – Level 2) a profesionálna triatlonistka na materskej prestávke. Žijem v okoli Tatier, Poprad a trénujem triatlonistov a aj jednotlivé triatlonove disciplíny lokálne, ale aj medzinárodne.