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EP22 - Olivia Dietzel, pro triathlete with a cause

Olivia Dietzel is a professional triathlete from the USA. She is also an engineer, a coach and a founder of a fundraiser called Mind Over Matter, which is dedicated to brain cancer research. Her path into triathlon was unconventional, because she started as a runner, but was marked as “not worth investing into” by her high school coach. Her life was largely influenced by her father, who suffered from a glioblastoma (GBM), a grade 4 brain cancer. He enjoyed cycling and Olivia started cycling with him. Her coworker was training for an Ironman and Olivia decided to go swim with his at a local lake, but was, by her own words, a pathetic swimmer. With some experience in all three disciplines, she decided to toe the line at her first sprint distance triathlon in 2016. Upon finishing, she was instantly hooked. In the fall of 2018, Olivia’s father had his second brain surgery and a week after his surgery, Olivia signed up for Ironman Wisconsin, creating a fundraising campaign called “Mind Over Matter” through her race to raise money and awareness for brain cancer. After Olivia’s father passed away in 2020, Olivia dedicated all her time and energy into triathlon and soon found success. Olivia found herself on the age group podium at Ironman World Championships in St. George, Utah, racing at Kona, and qualifying to race as a professional triathlete. Olivia likes challenges and likes to challenge herself by doing extreme events. For example, she raced the Escape from Alcatraz race and ended up finishing 6th overall female (including many experienced extreme tri pros) at Patagonman Xtri (extreme Ironman distance race in the Patagonia region of Chile). At this race, she also qualified for the 2023 Xtri World Championships: Norseman. She completed Norseman in 2023 and 2024 and also raced Fodexman Extreme Triathlon in Brazil. Olivia is already looking towards new challenges, both in racing and other aspects of life. She is working a lot on her Mind Over Matter fundraiser and in recent years successfully organised a Mind Over Matter triathlon, which is an USAT sanctioned race. Like in triathlon, she has big goals with it, and a strong why to help her propel her forward. Mentioned in the podcast: Mind Over Matter Triathlon:   / mindovermatter_tri   , https://www.trisignup.com/Race/WI/Haz... Follow Olivia on Instagram:   / olivia.dietzel   Olivia’s coaching: https://trainlivfit.com/ PTO Profile: https://stats.protriathletes.org/athl... Ironman Pro Series Profile: https://proseries.ironman.com/triathl...