Faris Al-Sultan (engl: Knight and Ruler) was born on January 21st, 1978 in Munich, Germany.
At the age of sixteen he ran his first marathon, 1997 he competed in his first Triathlon, 1999 he was Bavarian Cross Champion. In 2000, he managed to be German Long Distance Triathlon Champion for the first time (Kulmbach). In April 2005 he won his first Ironman contest in Arizona, USA, in October he was the winner of the legendary Ironman in Hawaii.
The top athlete has a weight of 71 kilos and is 181 cm tall. His best time in the long distance Triathlon (in Roth, Germany) is 7:58:57 h and in the 1500m Freestyle at 16:50 min.
His 10K running record (street) is 32:15 min.
Faris Al-Sultan is studying History and Culture of the Near East at the Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität in Munich.
In December 2005, he received the Media award »Bambi« for his outstanding performance.
And what are his goals after his sport career? Faris: I want get my PhD, write at least one book and after this, I want to have children.«