Fredrik Åkesson , Växjö, Sweden

My name is Fredrik Åkesson and I´m 21 years old (1987). I have been raised in a christian family and therefor grown up with the values and beliefs of a christian, but it was when I was 12 years old I made my decision about following Christ and get baptized. Since then I have been engaged in my church, although my faith has been strengthened over the years and still are growing each day.

After high school I worked for a year before going to college at University of Växjö. I´m studying the field of sport management and coaching, because sports has always been my greatest interest.

During the last year, I have been studying to be a Sport Chaplain. That´s something I´m really excited about and I really look forward to seeing how God want to use me in the world of sports. During my life I have been doing a lot of sports. The ones that I have experienced most success in are handball, volleyball and golf.

It´s not until the last year I´ve started to think about triathlon and I did my first (sprint) last summer (-08) and in October I ran my first race, a marathon in my home town Växjö. My goals for 2009 are to develop my biking and swimming, and to do a 70.3 Ironman. If my training goes well and I will stay healthy, I may also sign up for an Ironman. If I should be honest, triathlon is not my favorite sport, because there is no ball in it. Why am I then doing it? Because I love exploring my limits (if there are any) and push myself further than me (and my mom =)) think is possible for me. When I push myself trough pain and suffering, in some strange unexplainable way I feel that I praise God trough it. It´s very hard to explain but in some way God and sport (in this case triathlon) belong together in my life.

That´s a short presentation of my life. You asked if I know Christian Malmström, the other swedish member. I not only know him, his my brother (both in Christ and by blood).

Blessings!

/Fredrik

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