Andre Barbieri

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Paratriathlon Worlds Finals, Rotterdam – Netherlands September 15th, 2017

Aloha fellow Team PossAbilities supporters and enthusiasts! Today we're here to report about the Finals in Rotterdam. Everything about that race was tough: the weather, the course, the competitors. It was the same usual suspects, with varying degrees of disability (and unfairness in some cases as we know). After a smooth 10 hour flight from LAX to Amsterdam, I met with Team Brazil in the airport and we drove to Rotterdam. Beautiful 2 hour drive through green fields, a lot of cattle...

September 17, 2017Read more...

World Paratriathlon Series Canada 2017

Hello friends of Team PossAbilities! Once again I found myself in Edmonton, in the beautiful state of Alberta, Canada, for some hot racing action. It really takes a village to prime an athlete, it doesn’t happen overnight, and I am so grateful to have these opportunities! Weather was amazing and I was feeling good with my perfomance, had a good run at the end and battled hard to finish 5th. Honestly, frustration is taking over, but I am not gonna give up. Categories...

September 3, 2017Read more...

The State Street Mile (June 2017)

Hello my faithful PossAbilities readers, This past Sunday, June 4th, I ran for the 3rd year in a row a popular race in my adopted town, and took 1st Place! Although happy with my placing, my time from last year's was better. I had been training "mile repeats" longer for last year's, and this year (with all the triathlon training) I just remembered State Street Mile about 2 weeks before the event... but no complaints!  Every year they're getting better, and for...

June 7, 2017Read more...

The 2017 PossAbilities Triathlon

Hi there!I finally was able to participate in the PossAbilities Triathlon this year again. Haven't raced this since 2014, when I did it in honor of our little dog Yoda, who had just passed away. I missed the last 2 years due to important races in the ITU Calendar.  It was great to be back, and one of my motivations for that race was to see if could still finish ahead of Zimry...  Zimry Solis is one of the up and coming...

April 24, 2017Read more...

World Paratriathlon Series: Gold Coast of Australia 2017

Hello, I am truly blessed to go to these amazing places to compete, and some we get to go back again. Australia for instance, was the 3rd time I competed there. They changed location this year again, which keeps it exciting. This year's locale was beautiful as usual, the "Goldie". Race was very hard, I did not do well -5th. Most of the athletes that podiumed at Rio Paralympics were here, so it was tough game.  What's really special was having my wife...

April 11, 2017Read more...

The PanAmerican Championships – Sarasota, FL (March 11th)

Greetings fellow supporters of Team PossAbilities! We were off to a great start on the first race of the year -- I was very pleased to start with a podium! (3rd) The race was on my 6th Ampuversary, so it was a very special day for me and those around me.  Race happened on the same place as last year's, and it was great seeing all my friends from Team Brazil, who I hadn't seen since Rotterdam last year in September.  Always...

March 12, 2017Read more...

The Rincon Classic 2017

Dear Team PossAbilities supporters, I'm here today to tell an adventure tale from an event that's always a highlight of my year, a surf competition called Rincon Classic. It has a waiting period of 4 months and they make it happen in one weekend when the surf conditions are really good, hence making it super special.  Surfing is a very peculiar sport where a lot of things have to be aligned for the waves to be good. It can be very frustrating...

February 13, 2017Read more...

SDTC 2016

Greetings!  A tradition that I've been able to participate for 6 years now, the San Diego Triathlon Challenge was what started the triathlon spark in me, thanks to PossAbilities! This year for the first time they separated the swim from the rest of the race. They did the swim a day earlier, and at a different venue --La Jolla Shores. The Cove, where they usually have the swim, was closed due to high levels of bacteria in the water.  It was a great...

November 1, 2016Read more...

Paralympics Rio 2016 – This journey is over

Dear PossAbilities readers, unfortunately I did not qualify for Rio. I waited until last minute, before I broke out the news, because I had hopes.  At first, I never even thought I would not qualify. Same with everyone around me, including Brazil's National Federation. They even put me in the official album of collectible cards for the Rio Olympics. If you log onto the main page of Triathlon on the Paralympcis, whose picture is featured there?? -myself, showed there in the...

September 12, 2016Read more...

World Champioships at Rotterdam

Hello faithful readers, I'm here to share a great adventure, the 2016 ITU Paratriathlon Finals showdown, just weeks before the Paralympics in Rio. As of right now, I am not in the StartList for Rio yet. I will keep everyone posted as things progress.  All the top competitors showed up and it was my hardest race up to date. It was very special also that we had a team from Loma Linda filming the trip, they went there for me! I...

August 5, 2016Read more...