Adriaan Myburgh
What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports?
Finishing 2nd at the 2017 Cross Tri World Championships for AG 19-24.
What are keys to your success when it comes to training?
Consistently training, listening to and trusting my coach.
What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge?
My body and injuries. I stay mentally strong and always focus on my goals.
What was the best advice you were ever given?
Never give up, to finish is to win.
Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by?
Second place is the first loser.
What is your next goal that you would like to achieve?
To win the ITU Cross Tri World Champs and XTERRA World Champs one day. To qualify for the Olympic games.
What do you like and dislike most about your sport?
Like: Hard swim sets, cycling and mountain biking, running in general, the friends I made from the sport and the support from family and coaches.
Dislike: Discrimination from referees/officials and dishonesty
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
SA National Triathlon Championships - 8th overall Elite Men
Nedbank Desert Dash - 2nd Two Man Team
ATU African Sprint Triathlon Cup Maselspoort, 21st Overall Elite Men
Pontevedra ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships - 9th U/23 Elite
TTA Provincial Champs, 1st Overall Elite Men + U/23
TTA Provincial Duathlon Champs, 1st Overall Elite Men + U/23
Nedbank Desert Dash, 4th Two Man Team
ATU Triathlon African Cup, Mariental Namibia, 2:05:53, 10th Elite Men
Germiston 5150, 1:58:23, 2nd Overall, 1st Age Group 19-24
Fyn ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships - 6th U/23 Elite
XTERRA Italy, Lake Scanno, 3:16:58, 15th Pro Male
XTERRA Czech Republic, 2:47:44, 17th Pro Male
Cross Triathlon World Champs, Denmark 2:23:03, 6th U/23 Elite
XTERRA Grabouw, 3rd U/23 and 7th Pro Male/Overall
ITU Penticton Cross Tri World Age Group Championships, 2nd Age Group 20-24
XTERRA Reunion, 1st Age Group 20-24, 10th Overall, 2:40:00
SA Triathlon Championships Aldam, 1st Age Group 20-24, 7th Overall
XTERRA Grabouw SA CHAMPS, 1st Age Group 20-24, 22nd Overall, 2:42:16
Xterra Buffelspoort, 3rd Overall 2:59