Kevin McDowell (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional

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. He currently resides and trains in

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. McDowell was born in

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in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and was raised in nearby Mount Prospect until he was six years old, when his family moved to

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in the outer west suburbs. McDowell was announced to be competing at the

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in Tokyo. After the Games were postponed for a year, McDowell placed sixth in the men's triathlon on July 25, 2021. On July 29, McDowell won a silver medal in the first-ever mixed relay event alongside Morgan Pearson,

Katie Zaferes Katie Zaferes (née Hursey) is an American professional triathlete from Hampstead, Maryland. She earned a silver and bronze medal for the United States in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic triathlon held in 2021. She is also the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Se ...

and Taylor Knibb.http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/ct-olympics-us-triathlon-kevin-mcdowell-20210731-d5kf2ytwcbco5c43ewng6xt45q-story.html.

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1992 births Living people American male triathletes Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in triathlon Olympic triathletes of the United States Triathletes at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics University of Colorado Colorado Springs alumni Sportspeople from Park Ridge, Illinois Sportspeople from Kane County, Illinois Triathletes at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{US-triathlon-bio-stub