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About Me

Peter Slater

• Date of Birth: 30th May 196?
• Lives: Preston
• Height: 173cm
• Weight: 63Kg
• Marital Status: Married
• Work: Director and Co-Founder - OTE Sports Limited - www.otesports.co.uk 
  
• Favourite Food: Spicey pasta and lots of it
• Guilty Pleasure: Crisps
• Mantra: Work Hard, Train Hard, Party Hard (eat, sleep, tri, repeat)
• Favourite Film: Leon
• Other Interests: Formula 1, Darts
• Sporting Greats: Kenny Dalglish, Sir Ian Botham, Sephen Roche, Mark Allen, James Hickman, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Sir Chris Hoy, Alberto Contador, Mark Webber
• Best Sporting Moments: Ironman Triathlon World Championships, Kona, Hawaii, 1990 and 2010
• Worst Sporting Moment: 2008 - the year of crashes and AC joint reconstruction

I have always been into sport, football dominated my youth and continued to do so into my 20s. I was brought up in a footballing family, relatives played at the highest level so it was only natural that it was a passion and pastime of mine from early on. Luckily, and something that has come in very useful in recent years is the fact that my parents ensured I learnt to swim at an early age, I swam for my local club through to my mid teens which was great fun. I also dabbled with bat and ball on the cricket field but could never get used to the long periods of in-activity both on and off the field despite playing at a reasonable level. In my mid 20s following a broken leg (fibula) and then 6 months later a broken foot (metatarsal) I decided it was time to call a halt to my footballing days and seek a new sporting challenge. A friend at the local leisure centre suggested I giving Triathlon a go, at first I thought he was crazy but soon realised I was also crazy as I rejoined my swimming club a good 10 years on, found myself out on the bike with local cyclists and down the track with the local running club. I had become a triathlete........ and to be honest from that day on late in 1987 my life and my whole outlook on life was to change for the better. Ever since I became a triathlete I have done some amazing things, travelled to some amazing places, met and worked with some amazing people, including my wife Tanja. On th back of this I have also forged a career working in sports nutrition since the early 90's. Competing in the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii on 3 occassions, helping many of the worlds best sports people achieve their goals is very rewarding ...... long may it continue.

Click Here for more information on Peter as seen in Triathlete Europe magazine.