
Juli Kleinhans once had almost 100,000 followers on Instagram. She didn’t make a cent from them. Today she runs Gutsy, a fitness app and community for everyday women, with a far smaller following. And she’s convinced...


ATHCO is a podcast for athletes who want to turn their passion into profession. Real conversations with athletes, founders, and creators who've done it. Sharing the playbook so you can too.The training. The business. The mistakes. Everything you need to build something meaningful from your passion.
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Signup to Generate a PitchATHCO is a podcast for athletes who want to turn their passion into profession. Real conversations with athletes, founders, and creators who've done it. Sharing the playbook so you can too. The training. The business. The mistakes. Everything you need to build something meaningful from your passion.
Recent episodes include "038: How to Get Brand Deals With Only 1,000 Followers" (26 October 2026, 72 minutes), "037: A Pro Triathlete’s Honest Advice for Beginners" (19 October 2026, 73 minutes), and "034: Your Next Race Could Feed a Child for a Year" (21 September 2026, 46 minutes).
ATHCO publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for ATHCO is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. ATHCO requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. ATHCO's contact route on record: verified email.
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ATHCO is a sports podcast with 38 episodes published.
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Juli Kleinhans once had almost 100,000 followers on Instagram. She didn’t make a cent from them. Today she runs Gutsy, a fitness app and community for everyday women, with a far smaller following. And she’s convinced...

“I’m not an influencer, I’m a triathlete.” That’s what it says in Dylan Nortje’s Instagram bio. Dylan is a professional triathlete from White River who started racing at 16. He’s 29 now and, by his own count, still on...

One in four children in South Africa is affected by childhood stunting. And if a child doesn't get the nutrition they need in their first two years of life, the effects can't be reversed later. Jeremy Cook is a motion...

Cassandra signed her partner up for an Ironman 70.3 as a birthday present without asking him. She signed herself up too, then went back to work on a cruise ship and came home with three and a half months to train for a...

Vicky-Leigh Kruger wasn't sporty, was bullied for her weight, and hit a wall in grade 11, glandular fever, 21 days out of school, a colon infection, her gran passing, and five days away from repeating the year. Her...

Oscar Armstrong was a professional kitesurfer from 16 to 22. Sponsored, homeschooled, travelling the world on tour. Then he burnt out, moved to the Caribbean, picked up a camera and built an entirely different career...

Giorgia Wessels couldn't afford running shoes, so she showed up to sprint trials barefoot. A teacher asked why she was even there and she never went back. She walked into a gym at 17 instead, and that was over ten years...

Kyle Schoonbee rowed at the Tokyo Olympics. Five years of work, a ruthless centralised program, two stress fractures he never told anyone about. Then three weeks out from the Games the squad overcooked it. He took two...

Vicky Van Der Merwe thought about the Olympics every day from the age of eight. She got there at 34. A hip injury cost her 2012. Glandular fever cost her 2016. By 2020 she'd stepped away, finished a law degree and moved...

We started ATHCO to answer one question: can you turn a passion for sport into a full-time profession in South Africa? Twenty-seven episodes later, we have an answer and it's not the one we wanted. This is just the two...

Cameron Tripney is 22 and one of the fastest stand up paddle sprinters in the world. Junior World Champion at 18 on his first ever international event. Bronze in the Pro Men's division at 21. World Cup gold in Italy. He...

Amish Kooverjee was lonely during COVID. His cricket career had ended and he was running alone, feeling like something was missing. So he invited a few cricket mates to do a 5K and grab a coffee. Only two showed up but...

Twelve months ago, Jake Bird had never owned a bike and couldn't swim 25 metres without stopping. After a few beers at a New Year's Eve party, he signed up for an Ironman 70.3 on the spot. Eight months later, with no...

Michael Obery is one of the most recognisable faces in Cape Town running. What most people don't know is that years ago he was battling drug addiction that nearly killed him. The turning point came watching his younger...

Keaton Mac Farlane was the kid picked last in PE. He started going to the gym at 15 to escape everyone and his high school nickname became "Creatine." Ten years later he's done marathons, ultras, and Ironmans while...
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