Tyler Smith (triathlete)
Bermudan triathlete (born 1998)
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Tyler Smith (born 26 September 1998) is a Bermudan triathlete.[2]
Smith competing at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Bermudan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Leeds | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Bermuda | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] Smith won the bronze medal in individual at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games.[17]
Personal life
He graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Sports Science and Physiology in 2020.[18][19]