Back as a child, youth and junior triathlon athlete,  triathlon competitions would take place in Fadd-Dombori each year, and since they were organized in early August, we were facing  scorching hot every year. Most of the running track followed the kayak course built in the Duna backwater and I daresay we all played with the thought to give up running and jump into the cool water right there right then instead. Walking in the bath then, I was thinking, whatever this experience means physiologically, I would sacrifice- a great deal- for this feeling to make the distress triggered by heat more bearable. I did not deal with the topic for a while, but the thought was planted in my head. Some months later I came across a piece of literature handling the issue of athletes’ heat economy and I was surprised to note that evaporation (sweating) is a major asset, but anyone versed in sports knows the challenges perspiration holds in terms of performance. At this point, I did not know how to proceed but I knew I hit it off to an interesting topic. Some months later I was sitting in one of the most prestigious cosmetics development labs in Hungary and shyly shared my idea with the development engineer with 45-year experience. I feared two things. He would laugh at me. Or say: ah, all request this very same thing… I was surprised to find he did not do either. He understood my concept and we commenced working together. With me adding my idea and instructions as an athlete, and him his expertise and experience, we arrived at our product known today through continuous experimenting. We attempted to compose the product in a way most useful and safest for athletes. Our main principle was to support athletes beyond their comfort zone so that they never feel compromised when using the product. The neutral scent, the skin-friendly composition and lasting effect are all functions resulted by comprehensive cooperation.

As an adult, covering the long distance is that remained from triathlon, as back then we “grew up” claiming that real triathlonists cannot die until they complete the classic IRONMAN distance (3.8 km swimming-180 km cycling-42 km running). I have managed to complete it three times so far, and today I can say that the real experience is not the completion itself, but the way to the goal which often seems rough. Following the sports secondary grammar school, my studies led me towards light industrial engineering first, then, later I oriented towards economics, a field much closer to me and earned a degree therein, too. I have spent the major part of my professional career in the telematics sector, moving up the career ladder while working in various fields. Very soon I experienced what it feels like to create something from scratch and to find talented people and meaningful goals for a vision and to realize and achieve these.  Creating Minus Sport is an incredibly exciting stage of my career and I feel lucky that it brings me together with people who have played a defining role for both me and my immediate environment ever since the triathlon discipline was established in Hungary. Even today, the enormous efforts all triathlonists experience in order to be part of this modern, highly challenging sport mean lifelong experiences and values to me. The mission of the Minus Sport team is to create products and services that support athletes in achieving their goals by making their preparation and competing more conscious and efficient at the same time.