About Us
Dr. Sharon L. Svensson
Dr. Sharon L. Svensson has finished over 20 marathons and ultramarathons, with sub-2:50 marathons to her credit. She is a two- time age group winner and a five-time finisher of the Ironman World Championship in Kona-Hawaii. She has repeatedly gained All-American status as a runner and a triathlete. She recently became a "Svensk Klassiker" (Swedish Classic) having finished the 3 km Vansbro swim, the 30 km Lidingö Run, the 90 km Vasaloppet cross-country ski race and the 300 km Vätternrundan bike race.
Sharon is a chiropractor, an Esalen trained massage therapist, a coach for local athletes and a flight attendant for Delta Airlines. She is a popular motivational speaker and writes on sports, health and fitness topics for publications in Europe and the United States.
Tony "B" Svensson
Tony "B" Svensson fell into triathlons. In the October 1982 Hawaii Ironman, he watched, transfixed, Julie Leach's eyes roll up into her head on the run and thought: "I gotta do this."
Born in Göteborg, Sweden, he graduated from Hvitfeldtska and served in the military as an airborne ranger with Winter training by the Arctic Circle. Tony has an MSCE from Chalmers Tekniska Högskola and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He completed six consecutive Hawaii Ironman races in 1983 to 1988, has finished in the top 100 in Kona and was a member of the Swedish National Triathlon Team for several years.
Tony and Eric Lars Bakke are the Official Ironman World Championship Photographers, better known as Bakke-Svensson/WTC. In recent years, they have been amply assisted by camera phenom Ben Hays of Montana and Taiwan.
A photographer and publisher in his spare time, he has been a Silicon Valley high technology executive for many years. Now based in New York, NY, he is the current Executive Director of the Invest in Sweden Agency, responsible for foreign direct investment (FDI) from North America to Sweden.
Kayleigh Svensson
Kayleigh Kalona Millan Svensson is the daughter of Sharon and Tony. Now age nine, she kicks faster than both mom and dad.