Nicolas Messer

Birthday: Aug 2, 1984

Height: 185 cm / 6'0"

Weight: 80kg / 176 lbs

Hometown: Lyss (www.lyss.ch), Switzerland (15 Miles from Berne, the capital of Switzerland)

College: HVA, Berne
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, La Neuveville

Club Team: Red-Fish Neuchâtel, Switzerland (www.rfn.ch)

Coach: Sebastian Gautsch

Events/ Best Performances:
• Still waiting for the big entries
• 2004 B-Finales Swiss Short course Championships
• 2001 B-Finale Swiss Long course Championships
• Medals Swiss Juniors Championships
• RZW and RSR Champion and Medals

Nicknames/Aliases: Nico, Nicu

Why do you love to race?
For me it isn’t "love", it is much more passion, because I don’t like to suffer. It’s the challenge to again and again swim faster than the last time. And the multiple feelings you can have in a good, as well as in a bad race.

Words of wisdom:
When you love what you’re doing, you can’t lose!