Tyler Smith (triathlete)

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Tyler Smith
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Smith competing at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris
Personal information
NationalityBermudan
Born (1998-09-26) 26 September 1998 (age 26) [1]
Education University of Leeds
Sport
CountryBermuda
Sport Triathlon

Tyler Smith (born 26 September 1998) is a Bermudan triathlete. [2]

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Career

He competed in the individual and mixed relay events in Nanjing at the 2014 Youth Olympics. [3] In 2018, he finished second at the British Universities and Colleges Sport [BUCS] Triathlon Standard Distance Championships in Southport. [4] He was the youngest member of the Bermuda team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, and finished in 21st place. [5]

In August 2022, he was part of Bermuda’s mixed relay team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England which finished in seventh overall. [6] He also finished in thirteenth place in the individual event, despite suffering a broken wrist and an Achilles injury during preparation for the event. [7]

He finished 25th in the World Triathlon Cup Huatulco in Mexico in June 2023. [8] In September 2023, he finished ninth at the 2023 Americas Triathlon Championships in Veracruz, Mexico. [9] In October 2023, he finished sixteenth at the World Triathlon Cup Brasilia. [10] He was selected for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago and he finished in seventh place overall. [11] [12]

In March 2024, he finished tenth in the Americas Triathlon Championships Miami and followed that with sixth in the Americas Triathlon Cup La Paz, in Mexico. [13] [14] [15]

In May 2024, he was invited to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [16]

Personal life

He graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Sports Science and Physiology in 2020. [17] [18]

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