Kyle Jones (triathlete)

Kyle Jones at the 2012 Olympics.

Kyle Jones (born November 15, 1984 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a professional triathlete from Canada. In 2012 he won the Canadian National Championships and represented Canada at the Olympic Games in London. After his 6th-place finish in the ITU Grand Final held in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, October 21, Kyle completed the 2012 season ranked 15th in the ITU World Triathlon Series.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday, August 7, he placed 25th.[1]

Sporting career

Kyle has been a member of Canada’s National Triathlon Team since 2006. He started participating in triathlon when he was 10, encouraged by his father.[2] He won the Canadian Junior title in 2003 which sparked a move to Victoria, BC to train at the National Training Centre. He made his ITU World Cup debut in 2005. Kyle has narrowly missed the podium at two Pan American Games with 4th-place finishes in 2007 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2011 (Guadalajara). In 2008 Kyle was selected as the alternate for the Canadian Olympic Team. In 2012 he won his first Canadian Senior title, his first ITU World Cup title, and represented Canada at the Olympic Games in London. Since then, he has added two more National titles, three more World Cup medals (2 - silver, 1 - bronze), and represented Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

Kyle continues to compete for Canada in the ITU World Triathlon Series with aspirations of competing in his second Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.

External links

References

  1. ↑ London 2012 profile
  2. ↑ "Kyle Jones Biography - 2014 Commonwealth Games". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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