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Born | Caledon East, Ontario, Canada | December 20, 1988
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
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Country | Canada |
Sport | Triathlon |
Andrew Yorke (born December 20, 1988) is a Canadian professional triathlete. He competed at World Series and World cup levels. He finished 4th at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 7th at the 2015 Pan American Games. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2016, he was named to the Canadian Olympic team. [6] He finished 42nd in the triathlon with a time of 1:52:46.
Andrew Robert Potts is a triathlete from the United States. He competed in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Champion. Prior to triathlon, Potts was a swimmer where he won the bronze medal in the men's 400m individual medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade and earned a spot on the USA Swimming national team where he would place fourth at the 1996 Olympic Trials in the 400 IM.
Tyler Barbour Butterfield is an athlete from Bermuda. He competes in road bicycle racing and triathlon events. He became Bermuda's first ever professional triathlete in 2002. He was voted Bermuda's male athlete of the year in 2006 and 2013. Butterfield was the youngest male competitor at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed thirty-fifth with a total time of 1:58:26.99.
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