Jonas Deichmann

Athlete and Adventurer, Six-time World Record Holder

Jonas Deichmann

Athlete and Adventurer, Six-time World Record Holder

Jonas Deichmann is an adventurer and extreme athlete who has managed to do what no one before him has: a triathlon around the world. After 430 days and completing an incredible number of 120 Ironmen, Jonas Deichmann returned to Munich on 29 November 2021. Jonas Deichmann (*1987) grew up in Pforzheim. After studying international business, he worked as a sales manager for a Swedish IT company before setting up his own company, Jonas Deichmann Adventures, in 2018. In 2017, the extreme sportsman and adventurer travelled more than 14,000 kilometres in 64 days from Cabo da Roca in Portugal to Vladivostok in Russia, setting two world records in the process. From August to November 2018, Jonas Deichmann covers the roughly 23,000-kilometre route from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuala in Tierra del Fuego in 97 days, setting another world record. The following year, he undertakes another record-breaking journey from the North Cape to Cape Town in 72 days. He completed the 18,000-kilometre journey 30 days faster than the previous record holder. In preparation for his triathlon around the world, he completed a triathlon around Germany in 31 days in July 2020. On 26 September 2020, he set off in Munich for his biggest adventure to date: a triathlon around the entire world. Jonas Deichmann crossed the Alps from Munich by bike, swam across the Adriatic Sea in 54 days and set the record for the longest swim distance without an escort boat. Although border closures, extreme temperatures and the Covid 19 pandemic have hampered his undertaking, he successfully completed his circumnavigation on 29 November 2021. As a keynote speaker, he shares his inspiring stories and unwavering optimism with his audience and fascinates with his accounts of his incredible projects. He manages to transfer extreme sports and adventure to personal and professional challenges with ease.

Languages
  • English
  • German

About Jonas Deichmann

Jonas Deichmann is an adventurer and extreme athlete who has managed to do what no one before him has: a triathlon around the world. After 430 days and completing an incredible number of 120 Ironmen, Jonas Deichmann returned to Munich on 29 November 2021.

Jonas Deichmann (*1987) grew up in Pforzheim. After studying international business, he worked as a sales manager for a Swedish IT company before setting up his own company, Jonas Deichmann Adventures, in 2018.

In 2017, the extreme sportsman and adventurer travelled more than 14,000 kilometres in 64 days from Cabo da Roca in Portugal to Vladivostok in Russia, setting two world records in the process. From August to November 2018, Jonas Deichmann covers the roughly 23,000-kilometre route from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuala in Tierra del Fuego in 97 days, setting another world record. The following year, he undertakes another record-breaking journey from the North Cape to Cape Town in 72 days. He completed the 18,000-kilometre journey 30 days faster than the previous record holder.

In preparation for his triathlon around the world, he completed a triathlon around Germany in 31 days in July 2020. On 26 September 2020, he set off in Munich for his biggest adventure to date: a triathlon around the entire world. Jonas Deichmann crossed the Alps from Munich by bike, swam across the Adriatic Sea in 54 days and set the record for the longest swim distance without an escort boat. Although border closures, extreme temperatures and the Covid 19 pandemic have hampered his undertaking, he successfully completed his circumnavigation on 29 November 2021.

As a keynote speaker, he shares his inspiring stories and unwavering optimism with his audience and fascinates with his accounts of his incredible projects. He manages to transfer extreme sports and adventure to personal and professional challenges with ease.

Topics

  • The limit is me - Triathlon around the world
  • Setting and achieving goals
  • Dealing with setbacks