Born in August of 1981, Andreas Gustafsson started race walking at the age of seven, but has been doing the sport off and on because of his interest in other sports and to complete his schooling. With the support of his wife, Molly, his mother and father, Bo and Lis and his siblings, Andreas decided in the Fall of 2006 to do a serious attempt to make it to the world elite with the Olympics in 2012 as his main goal. Andreas' current discipline as a professional race walker consists of a 50km race walk at the height of 180cm (5' 11") and the weight of 71kg (156lbs). His interests include surfing, snowboarding, traveling and flying. From 1999 to 2003, Andreas attended Utah Valley University with a degree in Aviation Science and is a Commercial Pilot and a Multi-Engine Flight Instructor. SUPPORT Main Coach: Bo Gustafsson, Olympic Silver Medalist 1984, Bronze medalist at the 1982 European Athletics Championships, National 50km record holder 3:44:49 Seol, KOR Technique Coach: Tommy Dahlof, European Athletics Federation Walking Judge Club Support: Bengt Bengtsson, Top 5 50km racewalker in Swedish history Club Doctor: Calle Bengtsson Massuese: Simone Woloviec PERSONAL RECORDS 50Km 3:57:53 Berlin, GER, 2009 20km: 1:27:30 Podebrady, CZE, 2008 10km: 40:46:0 La Jolla USA, 2010 TRAINING: For all of you who would like to know about how Andreas trains, this is a very typical week before a 50km race. Five times a week he does a 7km jog in the afternoon. Monday: 40km Tuesday: 15-20km Wednesday: 5-6x3km at lactate threshold(4.0mmol/l), 3km warm-up, 3km warm-down Thursday: 30km Friday: 20km Mountain jog, powerwalk Saturday: 40km Sunday: 10km jog