Simon Whitfield

Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born May 16, 1975) is a Canadian retired Olympic triathlon champion. Whitfield won ten consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Sydney, where he had won his gold medal, and the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making him one of few Canadian athletes to be honoured twice as Olympic flag bearer.

Simon Whitfield
Personal information
Full nameSimon St. Quentin Whitfield
Born (1975-05-16) 16 May 1975
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
Medal record
Triathlon
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Men's competition
2008 Beijing Men's competition
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Men's competition
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Men's competition
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