KIMO DOVE INTO TRIATHLON RACING IN 2001 FOLLOWING 3 YEARS OF RECREATIONAL CYCLING. REALIZING AFTER 2 YEARS OF OLYMPIC DISTANCE RACES THAT HE EXCELLED AT THE LONGER DISTANCES, KIMO MOVED UP TO THE HALF-IRONMAN DISTANCE IN 2003 WITH RALPH'S HALF-IRONMAN CALIFORNIA AND THE KEAUHOU-KONA HALF IRONMAN WHERE HE QUALIFIED FOR THE HAWAII IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. KIMO RETURNED TO RALPH'S IN 2004 AS WELL AS TACKLED 'THE BEAST' AT THE ST. CROIX HALF-IRONMAN, AND IRONMAN COEUR D'ALENE, WHERE HE AGAIN QUALIFIED FOR HAWAII. IN 2005 HE QUALIFIED FOR HAWAII AT IRONMAN ARIZONA, AND JUST 2 WEEKS FTER A SUCCESSFUL OUTING IN KONA, POSTED PR'S AT THE SOMA HALF-IRONMAN AND IRONMAN FLORIDA. KIMO IS A HUSBAND, FATHER OR TWO AND OWNER OF A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY WHO FINDS BALANCING FAMILY, RACING, TRAINING, AND WORK TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF TRIATHLON.
BORN: 1968 FRANKFURT, GERMANY
HOMETOWN: PHOENIX, AZ
TRIATHLON START: 2001
SPECIALTY: IRONMAN
EDUCATION: BS FINANCE, ASU
PROFESSION: MAKAI INVESTMENTS
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
12TH - 2005 IRONMAN FLORIDA (9:44.14)
1ST - 2005 SOMA HALF-IRONMAN (4:28.21)
76TH - 2005 IRONMAN HAWAII (10:01.15)
12TH - 2005 IRONMAN ARIZONA (10:04.56)
2ND - 2004 SOMA HALF-IRONMAN (4:33.17)
46TH - 2004 IRONMAN HAWAII (10:37.35)
11TH - IRONMAN COEUR D'ALENE (10:07.35)
8TH - 2004 ST CROIX HALF (5:06.27)
19TH - 2004 RALPH'S HALF-IRONMAN (4:42.54)
125 - 2003 IRONMAN HAWAII (10:41.06)