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DewaldGrobbelaar
He's already an iron man. Now he wants the mountain.
The story
Profile
Dewald Grobbelaar is an Ironman finisher based in the Cape who has set his sights on the ultimate South African endurance challenge — Comrades 2026.
An athlete defined by the long game: early starts, relentless accumulation of kilometres, and a training philosophy built on consistency over shortcuts.
His profile film — The Mountain — captures what it looks like to be someone who already proved something extraordinary to themselves, and still wants more.
Stats
- Discipline
- Endurance / Triathlon
- Ironman
- Finisher
- Target Race
- Comrades 2026
- Based in
- Somerset West · Cape Town
Achievements
- —Ironman finisher
- —Comrades 2026 entrant
- —Subject of The Mountain — athlete profile film by Frequency Creative
In the frame
Featured work
Athlete Feature
The Mountain
An Ironman finisher taking on Comrades 2026. Four minutes. One question: why?
In frame
Gallery
He's already an iron man. Now he wants the mountain.
Work with Dewald