World Team
Mike Bottom
Gary Hall, Jr.
Duje Draganja
George Bovell
Mike Cavic
Darren Mew
Gordon Kozulj
Thomas Kindler
Henrique Barbosa
Guy Barnea
Nathan Adrian
Igor Cerensek
Mario Delac
Kris Findorff
Andrew Novakoff
Fabiola Pulga Molina
Therese Alshammar
Michelle Engelsman
Brett Hawke
Mirna Jukic
Takahisa Ide
Kohei Kawamoto
Bart Kizierowski
Dominik Meichtry
Patrick O’Neil
Mark Foster
Ricky Busquets
Matt Scanlan
Igor Martchenko
Fernando Scherer
Andreas Friedrich
Nicolas Messer
Caroline Rodriguez
World Team II

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!