If you had to give Jonas Deichmann a job description, then "adventurer" would probably be the most appropriate description. He is a world record holder and extreme athlete and had Markus Weinberg accompany him with his camera for his latest project. The plan: Jonas wants to complete the longest triathlon of all time, which should take him around the world. From Munich it should go back to Munich and that both running, swimming and on the bike. The journey begins turbulent and chaotic in the middle of the corona pandemic. Virtually overnight, previously planned travel routes become impassable. Border crossings that used to be easy are now becoming a complicated undertaking. But there are also rays of hope: During his 14-month journey, the “crazy German” became a phenomenon for people, giving them hope again in dark times.
Himself
One man – one world – one record?
For Jonas Deichmann problems don’t exist. He knows only one gear: Forward. A challenge no one has achieved before is just an open invitation to the extreme athlete to go above and beyond. After his sensational records covering distances in Eurasia, the Americas and from the North Cape to Cape Town, Deichmann takes on the biggest challenge of his career yet: A triathlon around the world – that’s like doing 120 Ironmans back-to-back. When Deichmann gets on his bike in Munich in September 2020 he faces 450 km of swimming, 19,000 km on his bike and 5,000 km of running – the adventure of a lifetime lies ahead.
