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was shocked. I had never seen anything like this before. I
would say it is the best sports club in the World”.
That was the reaction from Jürgen Zack, holder of eight
worldwide Ironman titles, with eight top 10 finishes at the
Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. He won the
European Championship five times between 1989 and 1999.
Zack was speaking on Phuket radio in October 2012 about
when he was first invited to Thanyapura in Phuket, Thailand. So
impressed was he with the facilities that he agreed to become
senior coach of the Triathlon Academy at Thanyapura.
Thanyapura is an active and healthy lifestyle concept built on
four main constructs: namely sport, mind management, health,
and education. The complex caters to everyone from all levels
of beginners to professional athletes, Olympians and to any
active or healthy lifestyle fan or family.
The physical part of Thanyapura consists of a series of
dedicated centres, which include the Sports and Leisure Club,
Mind Centre, Integrative Health Centre, the Phuket
International Academy Day School, the Sports Hotel and the
Retreat Hotel. All these centres are set against a lush rainforest
backdrop that makes it hard to believe that elite athletes
and amateur sports enthusiasts from around the world can
find the very best of facilities, training and coaching in such a
stunning and, perhaps unlikely, setting.
Located only 15 minutes from Phuket International airport in an area of
outstanding natural beauty is a complex of impressive, state of the art training
facilities to rival the very best in the World. Thailand’s Thanyapura is dedicated to
education, sports, art and holistic wellness and boasts the most extensive range of
sports facilities in South-East Asia. Touchline discovers more about the facilities
available from this amazing sports facility in paradise.
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SPORTS TRAINING
IN PARADISE