Kilian Jornet will wear his own brand.The athlete will leave Salomon at the end of 2021 to undertake a new personal project and will launch his own sports brand, which will dress him from 2022.
The athlete has communicated through his social networks the separation with the brand he has dressed him for eighteen years.However, he did not want to reveal more details about the new project.
Kilian Jornet launched his first pair of Trail Running shoes designed next to the Salomon brand a few months ago.
Kilian Jornet launched their own shoes next to the Salomon brand
"In the 18 years since Salomon joined in 2003, he has given us countless moments and memories that have inspired and inspire us," says Jean-Marc Pambet, general director of Salamon."Salomon intended to continue this long -term relationship, however Kilian felt that it was the right time to start a new project," he adds.
The Catalan athlete has not missed the occasion to remember its beginnings and thank Salomon his company over eighteen years."In the summer of 2003, a friend of a friend gave me some pairs of Trail Running shoes, he was Salomon's marketing director in Spain," explains the athlete.
"Salomon became not only a sponsor, but a life partner and the company's team in part of my family, has been an incredible trip that ends," adds Kilian Jornet.
Kilian Jornet recently got the record of vertical kilometer in one of Norway's most difficult promotions.Salomon spread a video on social networks of the athlete, which could be the last public appearance of Catalan with the firm.
