Valentino Agnelli is an aspiring young professional triathlete from Argentina, currently based in Boulder, Colorado. Valentino moved with his family from Argentina to Miami at the age of 9 and tried a lot of sports, trying to become a professional, most predominantly soccer. He then started doing triathlons, following his father’s footsteps, and very quickly achieved success.After early success in triathlon, Valentino went “all-in” and started training with extreme dedication and purpose. He races in olympic distance races and middle distance races and became a professional triathlete in 2022. His next goal is chasing the Olympic dream: he wants to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic games. Beside that, he will race in middle distance races and try to establish himself among the best athletes in the world. He’s already achieved some success: he finished 6th in the 2024 Tauranga Half in a field that included Javier Gomez, Mike Phillips, Jack Moody etc.Valentino’s ultimate goal is to win the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. He is still very young and has a lot of time to achieve his goal, but his extreme dedication and mature mindset are already on a champion’s level.Mentioned in the podcast:TEJH-PH: @tejhph ; Follow Valentino on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valentriagnelli/ Valentino’s website: https://www.valentinoagnelli.com/ PTO Profile: https://stats.protriathletes.org/athlete/valentino-agnelli Ironman Pro Series profile: https://proseries.ironman.com/triathletes/valentino-agnelli