Simon whitfield triathlete
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Simon Whitfield
Canadian triathlete (born 1975)
| Full name | Simon St. Quentin Whitfield |
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| Born | (1975-05-16) 16 May 1975 (age 49) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] |
| Country | Canada |
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 athletes to be honoured twice as Olympic flag bearer.
Biography
[edit]Whitfield was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. As a young boy, Whitfield played soccer, until he began with triathlon at age 11, honing his early competitive skills in the Canadian Kids of Steel program. By age 15
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Four-time Olympian & Two-time Medallist in Olympic triathlon
Simon is a father, adventurer, businessman, mentor and retired professional athlete.
Simon is one of Canada’s most accomplished and decorated athletes. In the early days, in 1999, Simon won bronze at the Winnipeg Pan Am Games. Then over the course of two decades he earned four trips to the Olympics. He will forever be known for his victory at the Sydney Olympics, winning the inaugural gold medal in the sport of triathlon in 2000. He followed up that Olympic medal with silver in 2008 during the Beijing games. Over the course of his professional triathlon career Simon was a 12-time Canadian triathlon champion, and 14-time world cup winner.
Simon has had many honours and much recognition over the course of his career. Two of his greatest highlights include representing Canada as the flag bearer during the 2012 Olympic opening ceremonies in London, and being inducted into the Canadian Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2014. La
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Simon Whitfield’s name became synonymous with success over the span of his decorated career, but his journey to the top was paved with left turns. A talented young runner, Whitfield showed early potential in triathlon but lacked the skills to put all three disciplines tillsammans. With a passion for the idrott and a goal to “be the world’s best at something”, he made the mature decision as a teenager to move to Australia to tåg amongst its top ranked triathletes.
Whitfield was far from consideration as a favourite at the Sydney Olympics. With just a handful of top finishes to his record, a swim that often left him playing catch up but armed with confidence that he could challenge anyone in a sprint, that’s exactly what Whitfield did to win Olympic gold.
In what would be the climax of most athletes’ careers, the gold medal only served as a springboard for Whitfield. The next quad would be one of his most successful, with Whitfield winning the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and se