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Siphiwe Baleka is the founder of Fitness Trucking, LLC and is recognized as the #1 Driver

Health and Fitness Coach in the world. The Atlantic called him "The Fitness Guru to the

Trucking Industry." In 2017, Baleka won a Sports Emmy for “Outstanding Short

Feature” for the Fox Sports documentary “Changing Lanes: The Siphiwe Baleka Story”.

Raised in Chicago by a single dad, he graduated from Yale University and is the first African

American ever named to the First Team All-Ivy League Swim Team

He missed qualifying for the 1992 US Olympic Swimming Trials in the 100 freestyle by just 0.8 seconds! Since

then, Baleka has become one of the best Masters Swimmers in the world. He has won

thirteen US Masters Swimming National Championships, set three US Masters

Swimming National Records, and has won four FINA Masters Swimming World

Championship silver medals. He has served as the Director of the African Union 6th

Region Education Campaign and currently serves on the National Coalition of Black for

Reparations in America (N'COBRA) International Affairs Commission, its Health

Commission, as well as the International Civil Society Working Group for the Permanent

Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations. He is the author of several

books, including five volumes on 21st Century Black Prophetic Faith and Pan African

Diplomacy, three volumes on the history of the Balanta people and the landmark book, 4-Minute Fit (Simon & Schuster).