Simon St. Quentin Whitfield 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. Wikipedia
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Simon Whitfield made history in September, 2000 when he became the first man to win a Triathlon Olympic Gold Medal. In the Sydney Olympic Games Simon came from behind in the final stretch of the run with a phenomenal kick that captured Olympic Gold and t www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20040728_TC_Olymp...