Shay Eskew is an All American / IRONMAN All World ranked triathlete, Healthcare strategist, former black bear researcher, burn survivor with scars over 65% of his body, motivational speaker and best-selling author of “What the Fire Ignited”.
At the age of 8, Shay was set afire by a neighbor’s child and credited with saving the life of his 7 year old friend. Despite being told he’d never play sports again, enduring over 38 surgeries the last 39 years, Shay is a 42x IRONMAN/IRONMAN 70.3 athlete, 4x member of Team USA, ranked top 1% of IRONMAN worldwide past 5 years, and has competed in 14 triathlon World Championships in 10 countries on 6 continents, including the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii (competed at the 2021 IRONMAN Israel inaugural race in Tiberias, Israel).
In 2019, Shay was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame under the Medal of Courage designation and into his High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Equally impressive, Shay is the proud father of 5 kids under 15.
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