Dreams of Gold: Olympic Triathlon to Big Mountain Trail Races - David Hauss

An interview with Elite athlete - David Hauss

It's been a few weeks since we recorded. But this show's guest is a world class athlete. David Hauss finished 4th at the 2012 London Olympics in the triathlon, narrowly missing out on a medal to Gomez and the Brownlees.

Now, 8 years on, David is focused on a future in ultrarunning and has some BIG race targets. Hailing from the island of Reunion, David has an eye on winning the Diagonale des Fous after a successful first tilt where he came 6th in 2019.

 

In this show David tells us:

 

- How he got into triathlon

- The decision by the French federation which led him to look to nature for his exercise kicks after being left out of the Rio 2016 team

- How he has journeyed into ultras via a couple of very good results in Reunion

- What races he has ambitions for 

- And whether an Olympic medal or winning Diagonale would be bigger for him

 

And you may be surprised at the answer to that last one.

 

 

This interview is the last in our Compressport series. We are grateful to Compressport for the support. Please like, share and subscribe if you enjoy the show. And if you want to connect with us you can get Paul at his handle @pyllon on most social media outlets. James is @james_stewart13 on Twitter.