Simon Whitfield

Simon Whitfield

Medal record
Triathlon
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Men's Competition
	2008 Beijing	Men's Competition
Commonwealth Games
	Manchester 2002	Men's Competition
Pan American Games
	Winnipeg 1999	Men's Competition

Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born May 16, 1975 in Kingston, Ontario) is an Olympic triathlon champion from Canada. He has dual Canadian and Australian citizenship.

As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathlon and by age 15 was pursuing it on a serious competitive basis. Whitfield’s gold medal win in the triathlon 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. His final time was 1:48:24.02, which still (as of 2006) stands as the fastest Olympic triathlon.

In the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he claimed gold again. He ended up in 11th place at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:53:15.81.

Whitfield was named to the 2008 Summer Olympics team and won a silver medal at his third consecutive games. He finished 5 seconds behind the German gold medalist.

Whitfield lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.