Morgan Pearson

Last updated

Morgan Pearson
Xcountry Men's 8K 0477 (39630165504).jpg
Pearson in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-09-22) September 22, 1993 (age 31)
New Vernon, New Jersey, United States
Alma mater University of Colorado
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Triathlon
College team Colorado Buffaloes
Coached byDean Golich
Achievements and titles
Personal best5000 m: 13:32 (2016)
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Mixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Mixed relay

Morgan Cadwell Pearson (born September 22, 1993) is an American professional triathlete who won silver medals in the mixed relay at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]

Contents

Early life

Raised in the New Vernon section of Harding Township, New Jersey, Pearson began running competitively as a student at Delbarton School. [2] He is the son of former Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO J. Michael Pearson.

Pearson competed in cross-country and track and field, and ran collegiately for the University of Colorado, where he was a seven-time All-American. [3] He currently resides and trains in Boulder, Colorado.[ citation needed ]

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama and a silver at Leeds, which allowed him to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[ citation needed ]

At the Olympic Games Men's Triathlon, with the start moved to 6:30 a.m. because of heat, Morgan had to wait 15 seconds in the Penalty area for an infraction incurred at Transition 1. Morgan finished 42nd overall, 7 minutes 1 second behind the winner.[ citation needed ]

At the 2024 Olympic Games Men's Triathlon, Morgan finished 31st. [4] At the mixed relay, he won a silver medal. [5]


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Vernon, New Jersey</span> Place in Morris County, New Jersey, United States

New Vernon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Harding Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community falls within the boundaries of Harding Township along with a portion of Green Village. New Vernon is the location of the governmental offices for Harding Township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Triathlon at the Summer Olympics</span>

Triathlon had its Summer Olympics debut at the 2000 Games, in Sydney, when men's and women's individual events were first held, and has been contested since then. In 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics a mixed team relay event was held for the first time. The sport, and its Olympic events, are governed by the International Triathlon Union, known since 2019 as World Triathlon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrea Hewitt</span> New Zealand triathlete

Andrea Hansen is a New Zealand triathlete who placed third at the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships and competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonny Brownlee</span> English triathlete (born 1990)

Jonathan Callum Brownlee is an English professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion, and one-time Olympic champion in triathlon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Klamer</span> Dutch triathlete (born 1990)

Rachel Klamer is a Dutch professional triathlete and member of the National team. She placed third at the Junior World Championships in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alice Betto</span> Italian triathlete (born 1987)

Alice Betto is an Italian unprofessional triathlete, better known for crashing her teammate Nicole van der Kaay into a metal barrier during the bike portion of the Super League Triathlon Toulouse race in France, on September, 3rd, 2023. Van der Kaay tire was turned around, sending her over the handlebars and crashing her face into the top railing of the metal dividing the race course and spectators.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vicky Holland</span> English triathlete (born 1986)

Vicky Holland is a British triathlete who is part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team. Holland was the 2018 World Triathlon champion, the fourth British woman to win the title. She was also the first female triathlete to win an Olympic medal for Great Britain, a bronze in 2016, holding off housemate, compatriot and fellow world champion Non Stanford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cassandre Beaugrand</span> French triathlete (born 1997)

Cassandre Beaugrand is a French triathlete, 2014 National Elite Champion, 2013 and 2014 National Youth Champion, 2013 European Team Relay Youth Champion and 2014 Vice Junior World Champion, and 2018 until 2020 World Team Relay Champion. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, she won Gold in the individual Triathlon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vernon Norwood</span> American sprinter (born 1992)

Vernon Larnard Norwood is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beth Potter</span> Scottish long-distance runner and triathlete

Beth Potter is a multiple World Champion Scottish triathlete and long distance runner competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Weert, Netherlands. In 2022, she won individual bronze at the 2022 World Triathlon Sprint Championships, and silver with Team Great Britain in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. In 2023, she won the Elite championship in the World Triathlon Championship Series, becoming the sixth British women's world champion.

Jessica Learmonth is a British triathlete. Learmonth is a European, Commonwealth, Olympic and World Triathlon Series medal winner based in Leeds, England where she trains at the Leeds Triathlon Centre. She won the European Triathlon Championship in 2017 and took silver in 2018. She competed in the women's event and the mixed relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in both disciplines. Learmonth won silver in the 2019 World Triathlon Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia Taylor-Brown</span> British triathlete

Georgia Taylor-Brown is an English professional triathlete. Having won bronze in the 2018 and 2019 World Triathlon Series, Taylor Brown won the one-off sprint triathlon race in Hamburg that constituted the 2020 World Triathlon Championship, becoming the fifth British woman to become world champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Yee</span> British professional triathlete (born 1998)

Alexander Amos Yee is a British professional triathlete and distance runner. He won the gold medal in the Men's Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the silver medal in the same event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the gold medal in the Triathlon Mixed Relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and the bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With two golds, one silver, and one bronze medal, Yee is the most successful triathlete in Olympic history.

Kevin McDowell is an American professional triathlete. He currently resides and trains in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taylor Knibb</span> American triathlete (born 1998)

Taylor Knibb is an American triathlete and the 2022 and 2023 Women's Ironman 70.3 World Champion. She competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, finishing sixteenth. Later that same Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed relay event. Knibb is the youngest woman ever to qualify for the US Olympic triathlon team. Knibb qualified for two sports at the 2024 Summer Olympics, triathlon and the cycling time trial.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed relay</span>

The Mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at the Pont Alexandre III in Paris on 5 August 2024. The mixed team event features teams of four. Each athlete swims 300 m (330 yd), cycles 8 km (5.0 mi), and runs 2 km (1.2 mi) in a relay format.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kate Waugh</span> British triathlete

Kate Waugh is a British triathlete competing internationally for Great Britain. She became the 2022 U23 World Champion, having won the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series event in Abu Dhabi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erica Hawley</span> Bermudian triathlete (born 1998)

Erica Hawley is a Bermudian triathlete.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Tertsch</span> German triathlete (born 1998)

Lisa Tertsch is a German triathlete and cross country runner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie Derron</span> Swiss triathlete (born 1996)

Julie Derron is a Swiss triathlete. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Morgan Pearson". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  2. Havsy, Jane. "'A dream and a goal:' Morgan Pearson to compete in Olympic triathlon", Daily Record , July 19, 2021. Accessed August 31, 2021. "A swimmer at Berkeley Aquatic Club, Morgan Pearson became a distance runner at Delbarton, following his older brother, Andrew.... 'For me, (the Olympics) was the pinnacle of sports,' said Pearson, who grew up in the New Vernon section of Harding and now lives in Boulder, Colorado."
  3. "Morgan Pearson". triathlon.org. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  4. [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/morgan-pearson_1930747
  5. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/triathlon/mixed-relay/fnl-000100--