By Lucía Loureiro Cela (4th year ESO).
Javier Gómez Noya was born
in Basilea (Switzerland), in March 25th, 1983, but he moved to
Ferrol, Spain, when he was 3 months old.
Javier studied and started practising sports in Pontevedra.
Javier studied and started practising sports in Pontevedra.
He discovered triathlon in
1998. He made his debut in the Olympic-distance triathlon at the age
of 15. Javi's evolution was extremely fast; he won practically all
the triathlon contests in which he participated in his category.
However, he has gone through more than one obstacle on his climb to
the top.
