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Full name | Hayden Wilde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | The Maltese Falcon [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taupō, New Zealand | 1 September 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Craig Kirkwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hayden Wilde (born 1 September 1997) is a New Zealand professional triathlete. He was the bronze medallist at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the silver medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the winner of the 2021 XTERRA World Championships. [2] [3] He finished second in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, having taken the win at the SLT London race. [4] [5] Wilde won the 2022 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, having been victorious in 3 of the 5 series races. [6]
Wilde was born in Taupō, [7] is the youngest of three brothers, and grew up in Whakatāne, New Zealand. [8] Wilde attended Trident High School. [9] Growing up Wilde played soccer and hockey before moving into running for fitness. [10]
Wilde has been coached by Craig Kirkwood since 2016 after putting him to the sword and stealing $1000 prize from Kirkwood in a local half marathon [11] and currently trains in Tauranga, New Zealand. [12] Wilde only took up Triathlon after watching the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [13]
Wilde comes from a long-distance off-road background and has previously been the ITU Cross Tri U23 World Champion. [12]
Career Highlights include:
Wilde finished the season in 11th place in the ITU World Triathlon Series rankings, with 2019 being the first year he appeared in the top 50. [20]
Wilde finished fifth on the World Cup circuit in Leeds and third at the Europe Triathlon Championships in Austria. [7] Wilde won the Super League Triathlon London race, [21] ahead of France's Vincent Luis and British Athlete Jonny Brownlee. He went on to finish the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series in 2nd, behind Britain's Alex Yee. [22]
Wilde won the Arena Games Triathlon 2022 Series finale, held at Marina Bay, Singapore. It was his debut racing at Arena Games Triathlon format. [23] This result was also good enough to see Wilde finish fifth in the inaugural Esport Triathlon World Championship.
He won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [24] This was, however, met with controversy when he was penalized for not racking his bike correctly, costing him a ten-second penalty, ultimately losing out on the gold to England's Alex Yee. [25] Despite this, Wilde's sportsmanship was praised by the press and on social media. [26]
Wilde made a strong start to the 2022 Super League Triathlon (SLT) season. He defended his SLT London title, with his second win in the British capital in as many years, [27] and then finished third in SLT Munich the following week. [28] Wilde followed up his early season success with further victories at SLT Malibu [29] and SLT Toulouse, [30] Super League's first event to be held in France. [31] Wilde finished third at the 2022 SLT series finale in NEOM, this was enough for him to secure the overall series victory. [32]
Wilde contested his penalty at the Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but this was later rejected. [33]
Wilde's World Triathlon Series race results are: [35]
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Wilde's World Triathlon Cup Series race results are:; [35]
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