MUMBAI: Garmin India, a unit of Garmin Ltd., has on-boarded Indian triathlete Kaustubh Radkar as a brand ambassador of Garmin’s fitness segment.
While he has been involved with Garmin India as a coach, Kaustubh Radkar will now be the face of Garmin’s fitness segment in India which includes running, cycling and swimming featuring devices such as the Forerunner GPS Smartwatch, Edge GPS bike computer, Rally Series and Tacx series.
Radkar is an Ironman certified coach and is the first and only Indian to complete the Ironman Triathlon on 30 occasions. In October 2017 and May 2022, he was the only Indian to complete the Ironman World Championship in Kona Hawaii and in St. George, Utah.
Having studied and worked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (USA), he was the fastest Indian at the Comrades Ultra Marathon in 2016 and holds the record for the fastest debut for an Indian at Ultraman Florida. He was also a former Indian national swimming champion from 1995 to 2000.
The Ultraman triathlon is a three-day event that includes 10 km of swimming, 423 km of cycling, and 84.4 km of running (for a total of 517.5 km) carried out over three days with a 12-hour cut-off on each day.
Commenting on the announcement, Sky Chen director of Garmin Southeast Asia & India, said: “We are thrilled to make Kaustubh the face of Garmin fitness segment in India and we feel he truly embodies everything Garmin stand for. Garmin products have always been the first choice of athletes and runners across the world. We are confident that Kaustubh and his achievements will inspire the young generation and future athletes in India to train hard and reach new heights in sports. We look forward to our association with Kaustubh Radkar.”
Garmin recently unveiled two new entrants to their Forerunner series; the Forerunner 955 solar, the world’s first GPS enabled running smartwatch with solar charging, and Forerunner 255 series. Both state of the art devices offers a wide array of features designed to help professional runners and athletes surpass their limits.
