Mike Ergo was raised in Walnut Creek and attended Northgate High School. He served in the Marine Corps infantry from 2001-2005 and deployed to Iraq twice. After returning home, he found meaning and fulfillment in endurance sports and events.
He has been involved in endurance sports and has completed 4 full Ironman triathlons, including the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, in 2017. He will return to Kona in October of 2023 to compete once again.
Mike now carries an American flag each Ironman in honor of a Gold Star Family and their fallen son or daughter. He lives in Petaluma with his wife and two children.
Mike is the director of the North Bay Veterans Centre, a VA mental health counseling center for combat veterans and victims of military sexual trauma.
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