Cardiac Athletes Support Team
Founder, CEO and Editor of Cardiac Athletes
Presently a Chief Cardiac Physiologist Lars developed his ' Cardiac Athletes ' idea out of a deep appreciation of what it is like to have a ' dis-ability ' as a result of a rugby accident that left him temporarily paralysed and having to rehabilitate himself. Various courses, qualifications and experiences have lead him in the direction of creating this unique online community support network. Although he was building a Cardiac Athletes website whilst at Hastings he launched the site for the first time in September 2001 and in 2002 introduced the forum. The website continues to grow successfully year on year.
Forum Moderators
Voted Cardiac Athletes Sports
Personality 2009 & 2010
A retired maintenance supervisor, Dave had a quadruple bypass
graft at 46 years of age, started running one year after surgery and
has so far completed 4 of 5 marathons and run more than 10,000 miles
( Feb 2011 ) since his surgery. Dave lives in Western New York State,
USA. and joined Cardiac Athletes in 2006.
Voted Joint Cardiac Athletes
Sports Personality 2008
A retired nurse now living the good life with her husband,
Trish has 2nd degree heart block and so had a pacemaker inserted in
2004 to correct this and was then diagnosed with inappropriate Sinus
Tachycardia in 2008. Trish lives in North Carolina, USA and interests
include bodybuilding, biking, golf, gardening and ... attempting to
run. Trish joined Cardiac Athletes in 2006.
Voted joint Cardiac Athletes
Sports Personality 2008
A retired Police Officer, Tony had a heart attack and double
bypass graft in 2007 then discovered Cardiac Athletes this same year.
Tony lives in Queensland, Australia and enjoys a mix of endurance
and strength challenges, completing the Coolangata Gold Iron Man Race
14 months after his surgery.
A retired ex UK Royal Military Police Soldier, Brian
had a heart attack and quadruple bypass graft in 2006. Brian enjoys
running and is hoping to beat his personal best marathon time of 2:37:00
one day. Brian lives in the South of England and joined Cardiac Athletes
in 2006.
Joined Cardiac Athletes following mitral valve repair
in 2007.
Richard
A self-employed environmental scientist from Florida, USA, Richard had angina in 2006 quickly followed by angioplasty and a stent. In 2008 he needed further aortic root and valve replacement but since then he has completed many marathons, triathlons and half Ironman competitions.
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