Josh Capponi

Australia

Residence	Heerenveen, NED
Occupation	Athlete, Student
Languages	Dutch, English
Higher education	International Relations - Edith Cowan University: Perth, WA, AUS

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	38.64	26 Nov 2017	Calgary
	1000m	1:16.67	17 Dec 2016	Heerenveen
	1500m	1:54.16	26 Nov 2017	Calgary
	5000m	6:36.81	01 Dec 2017	Calgary
	10000m	14:06.42	22 Feb 2017	Obihiro

General Interest

Hobbies	Fishing, cycling. (Skating ISU YouTube channel, 02 Feb 2016)
Other sports	He represented Australia in roller speed skating at junior level and competed at the 2013 World Championships in Oostende, Belgium. (online-skating.com, 06 Aug 2013)

Sport Specific Information

Name of coach	Frank Anderson [club]; Desly Hill [national], AUS
Training Regime	He trains twice a day.
When and where did you begin this sport?	He took up inline skating at age four. He moved to Heerenveen, Netherlands, in 2013 to pursue a career in speed skating.
Club / Team	Western Flames: Perth, WA, AUS

General Interest

Memorable sporting achievement

Racing against Korean speed skater Lee Seung-Hoon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2017)

Sport Specific Information

Reason for choosing this sport

He made the switch from inline skating to speed skating with the intention of competing at the Olympic Winter Games.

General Interest

Most influential person in career	His father. (Athlete, 27 Jan 2017)
Hero / Idol	US basketball player Tracy McGrady, Australian road cyclist Stuart O'Grady. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2017, 27 Jan 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Before you can achieve it you have to believe it." (Athlete, 10 Nov 2017)

Social Media

www.facebook.com/capponijosh/
twitter.com/joshcapponi