Ahmed Zaher

Ahmed Zaher is a highly successful coach and athlete. Founder of Playtri over 10 years ago, he has coached and inspired countless athletes in the Dallas area, in the US and internationally. Since then, he's been a full time Triathlon coach but he started his coaching career over 30 years ago as a swim coach and personal trainer.

He knows what it takes to qualify for the much-sought after Ironman World Championship in Kona and has helped over 20 athletes achieve their dreams of qualifying. In addition, he has helped over 50 athletes qualify for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships.

He takes pride in helping people reach their goals, having helped hundreds of people over the years to lose weight, win their age group or just complete their first triathlon!

As an Athlete, his accomplishments are numerous:

• Qualified for and completed 8 Ironman World Championships in Kona...and with a PR of 9:30!
• Placed 6th in the world at 2010 ITU Olympic AG World Championship Budapest and set a personal record with a time of 1:53!
• Twice Qualified for and completed Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater with a PR of 4:09!
• Competed in 15 triathlon world championships
• Competed in over 25 world championships in three different sports - swimming, modern pentathlon and triathlon.
• Continues to win overall triathlon events at age 46!!

Originally an engineer, Ahmed loves data and research especially on human performance, nutrition and anything that helps athletes reach their goals. He continually strives to understand the human physiology and how to optimize performance. Ahmed is fully dedicated to learning everday and he is certified by USAT and USA Cycling.

An Egyptian citizen, Ahmed represents Egypt when racing in World-class events and he is the technical advisor for the Egyptian Triathlon Federation.

For coaching availability and pricing, email coach@playtri.com.

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