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Simon Whitfield

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Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born 16 May 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Simon Whitfield is the 4,692nd most popular athlete (down from 3,931st in 2024), the 1,249th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,137th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Simon Whitfield ranks 4,692 out of 6,025Before him are Antonio McKay, Franziska Weber, Junko Asari, Cindy Roleder, Konstadinos Gatsioudis, and Johnny Gray. After him are Kamila Lićwinko, Masashi Ebinuma, Hansle Parchment, Peter Sendel, Jan Dydak, and Charles Jenkins Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Simon Whitfield ranks 1,029Before him are Michael Schur, Giacomo Galanda, Vitaly Potapenko, Blaise Kouassi, Åsa Svensson, and Satoru Suzuki. After him are Edgar Aguilera, Akinori Kosaka, Kyle Bornheimer, Joe Smith, Andy Hallett, and Laure Pequegnot.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Simon Whitfield ranks 1,250 out of 1,622Before him are Blair Horn (1961), Erica Cerra (1979), Sasha Clements (1990), Laura Mennell (1980), Nathan MacKinnon (1995), and Gabriela Dabrowski (1992). After him are Melanie Scrofano (1982), Elyse Levesque (1985), Kurt Browning (1966), Kris Letang (1987), Ali Adler (1967), and Corey Perry (1985).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Simon Whitfield ranks 114Before him are Larry Cain (1963), Michael Forgeron (1966), Pierre Lueders (1970), Chris Thompson (null), Robert Marland (1964), and Blair Horn (1961). After him are Cameron Baerg (1972), Alison Korn (1970), Jill Henselwood (1962), Darren Barber (1968), Sarah Burke (1982), and Liam Parsons (1977).