Jordan King Age:26 Living in Beer Sheva Israel.

February 16th 2010 was the day that forever impacted my life. I was engaging in a usual Jiu Jitsu training session when I suffered a freak accident that fractured my C 5 vertebrae. The incident nearly left me Quadriplegic and almost, undeniably, took my life. After emergency surgery to remove my disk and replace it with a titanium cage, my life was turned upside down. My mother, Joy Barnes, flew from the States and was quickly to my aid. She was by my side at every moment and spent countless hours nurturing me back to health during my recovery.I want to participate in this celebrated event to show myself and the people around me that anything is possible. Breaking my neck has taught me that a positive outlook and a "Never give up" attitude will push you farther in this life than anything else. I have my eyes set on the 70.3 and I will be able, Lord willing, to complete the full Ironman next October.I want to thank Dr. Gad Velon, my friends and family for all their countless prayers and support. I will forever be grateful to you all. Thank you and God Bless!!
First time doing for this event.

Dan Chait 55 south africa

self-employed

Last winter, my good friend Caroline Koll, the first Iron woman in South
Africa, arrived at my office with a great big smile on her face. She
began to tell me the story of the latest race she had just recently
completed in Europe. She told me she had met some Israelis that were
promoting Israman Negev .They had given her an Israman Adidas jersey as a
gift. I asked her if I could have the jersey, but Caroline, being the
good friend that she is, told me I could only have it if I did the race.
As a good sport (and keen cyclist) I have risen to the challenge. I
promised Caroline that I would only wear the jersey once I have
completed the Israman Negev. And now, as you know, I have registered for
the half Israman. This will be my first attempt at a triathlon and I
look forward to wearing Caroline’s jersey!

Dr Jan Rosner

DentalOffice
I am 52 , dentist in Frankfurt and practicing triathlon since 15
years.I finished 10 Ironman races and many short distance races also the
Honu Race on Hawaii´s Big Island.

Lothar Leder
pro since 20 years, winner of 9 Ironmans worldwide
3x  German Champion Olympic Distance
5x  winner of Ironman Europe
2x 3rd place IM Hawaii, fastest run split

Jonathan Shearon
Jonathan Shearon lives in Columbia, Missouri, USA. He has been competing in triathlons for only three seasons. In his first season doing Half Ironmans, Jonathan has quickly progressed from being a good local triathlete to one of the top age group triathletes in the U.S.A. In his last Half Ironman of the season, Austin 70.3, Jonathan posted a 4:12:05. He was more than 10 minutes ahead of 2^nd place in the very competitive 30-34 age group. Israman will be his first Ironman-distance race. His goal is to do the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in October and go professional beginning in the 2012 season. He is coached by one of the top coaches in the sport, Lance Watson, with Lifesport Coaching.

We live in Buena Vista,Colorado at  2700 meters elevation with fifteen mountains over 4300 meters that we can see from our house. Buena Vista is on the other side of the mt.  from Aspen. We are both American citizens. I am a retired optometrist who is participating in the full distance and and Susan is racing in the half Israman. I have done dozens of Ironman in various parts of the world and Susan  has also done ten ironman races ,but has decided to only do halfironman distances now that she is approaching sixty. Susan was a geologist /teacher and also managed my office.She is also retired.We wanted to see Israel as we have traveled over 500,000km on our bikes in more than sixty countries since our first bike tour in 1970..This will be our first visit to Israel. We will travel for five weeks by bike and will also visit Jordan after the race, nalso by bike. Usually we do an Ironman  and a five-six week bike tour in the country of the race. I  think that it is crazy to go to another country for a race and only spend a few days there, most of the time just resting for a race.

Mordechai Pekar, 50, Yerushalaim
Investment Management, MBA
This IsraMan – my first – has been long in planning. Been training for a while on my Cervelos RS and P3 to the tune of 8,000 kms per year, both in Israel and in Europe. Hope – it'll be a good beginning for my future Ironmans.