Steven “Konti” Kontowicz and Marianos Nikolis

Steven “Konti” Kontowicz (Class of 2002) and Marianos Nikolis (Year 9)

(This text was adapted from Steven Kontowicz’s Facebook post with his permission). Steven “Konti” Kontowicz (Class of 2002) of Konti Fitness has teamed up with Marianos Nikolis (Year 9). Konti will be Marianos’ new strength and conditioning coach. Marianos started riding dirt bikes at the age of four and started racing at the age of seven. His dirt bike achievements: • 2015 ACT Club Champion Dirt Track • 2016 Dirt Track Kings and Queens ACT - 2nd • 2016 NSW Junior Dirt track Championship - 4th • 2016 Dirt Track Sapphire Coast Cup - 1st • 2016 Victorian Dirt Track Titles - 2nd • 2016 ACT Champion. At nine years of age Marianos transitioned to Road Racing. In this discipline he has also achieved the following: • 2017 Motostars Road Race Champion • 2018 Motostars Champion • 2019 Australian Road Race Champion Under 11 to Under 16 • 2020 Oceania Junior Cup Champion. In 2021 Marianos was selected to compete in the Asia Talent Cup, in which twenty riders from the ages of 12 to 19 were selected from all of Asia and the Micro Asian region. This is the entry level on the road to the pinnacle - MotoGP. In his first year of international racing Marianos managed to finish tenth in the championship in his rookie year. Later this year he has been invited to contest the Asia Talent Cup again

and will be racing in Qatar, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. He will be competing in the Australian Superbikes on a Yamaha R300 The journey is only beginning for Marianos. The future is his to grasp. Konti is very much looking forward to a solid six months of training to prepare Marianos to compete at the highest levels on the way to the MotoGP. Steven is a Registered Personal Trainer and a Strength and conditioning Coach. Steven is a Level 3 AUSactive Registered Professional with over 15 years in the health and fitness industry. Steven “Konti” Kontowicz will be featured in the next edition of The Pelican.