Simon Whitfield

Simon St.Quentin Whitfield, born May 16, 1975 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is an Olympic triathlon champion.

As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathalon and by age 15 was pursing it on a serious competitive basis.

Simon Whitfield’s gold medal win in the triathalon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia is one of the most memorable performances by an individual athlete in Canadian sporting history. Whitfield got up off the ground after he and 14 other riders crashed in the bike race portion of the event and worked his way back near the leaders. In the foot race, he resolutely cut down the field one at a time then put on a brilliant finishing kick to take the victory.

In the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he took gold again.

Simon Whitfield lives in Victoria, British Columbia where he trains 7 days a week at the National training Center in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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