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The medalists of the 2008 Summer Olympics women's triathlon. Left to right: Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal (silver), and Emma Snowsill (gold) and Emma Moffatt (bronze) of Australia. Triathlon has been an Olympic sport since its debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. [1]
The most successful and the most decorated [1] triathlete in Olympic history is Alex Yee from Great Britain, with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze across two Games (2020 and 2024). he is the only triathlete with four Olympic medals as of 2024, and the only triathlete to win multiple medals in multiple Games (2 each in 2020 and 2024).
Yee won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, as well as a gold medal in the mixed triathlon, in which he was the competitor to cross the finish line for the team. [38] Yee was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.
Great Britain was the only nation to win two medals in the triathlon events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one gold medal and one bronze medal, both in the men's race. Switzerland became the first nation to win a second gold medal in Olympic triathlon after Spirig followed Brigitte McMahon (a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics ) in ...
Jan Frodeno (German pronunciation: [jan fʁoˈdeːno] ⓘ; born 18 August 1981) is a German former triathlete who is the gold medal winner in men's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 3-time winner of the Ironman World Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2019, and 2-time winner of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2015 and 2018.
Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete, Olympic and world champion, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2]
She won the gold medal in the women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Early life ... Allen won the 2004 Olympic triathlon in Athens. At the end of ...
Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born 16 May 1975) is a Canadian retired Olympic triathlon champion.Whitfield won ten consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Sydney, where he had won his gold medal, and the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making him one of few Canadian ...