Kyle Jones (born November 15, 1984, in

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...

) is an Olympian and former professional

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...

from

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. He represented Canada at 13 World Championships and 5 Major Games competitions including the 2007, 2011 & 2015 Pan American Games, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. His career highlights include 3 National Championship titles, multiple ITU World Cup medals and a 6th place finish at the 2012 ITU World Championship Grand Final in Auckland, New Zealand. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

men's triathlon on Tuesday, August 7, he placed 25th. Now retired from competitive sport, Kyle enjoys life in the Niagara region of Ontario with his wife and two sons. Beginning in May 2018, Kyle partnered with former World XC Championship team member Jeff Scull. Together they co-own and operate EDGE Triathlon, an endurance sport coaching & consulting business servicing athletes in the Niagara region and online.

Sporting career

Kyle was a member of Canada’s National Triathlon Team from 2006 to 2016. He started participating in triathlon when he was 10, encouraged by his father. He won the Canadian Junior title in 2003 which sparked a move to

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

, to train at the National Training Centre. He made his ITU World Cup debut in 2005. Kyle has narrowly missed the podium at two Pan American Games with 4th-place finishes in 2007 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2011 (Guadalajara). In 2008 Kyle was selected as the alternate for the Canadian Olympic Team. In 2012 he won his first Canadian Senior title, his first ITU World Cup title, and represented Canada at the Olympic Games in London. Since then, he has added two more National titles, three more World Cup medals (2 - silver, 1 - bronze), and represented Canada at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

in Glasgow, Scotland and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

External links

Kyle Jones - Official Website

EDGE Triathlon - Official Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Kyle 1984 births Living people Canadian male triathletes Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Canada Triathletes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Triathletes at the 2015 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games competitors for Canada