Hayden Wilde was born on 1 September 1997 and is a New Zealand professional triathlete.
18 Facts About Hayden Wilde
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Hayden Wilde was the silver medalist at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and the bronze medallist at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the silver medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the winner of the 2021 XTERRA World Championships.
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Hayden Wilde finished second in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, having taken the win at the SLT London race.
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Hayden Wilde was born in Taupo, is the youngest of three brothers, and grew up in Whakatane, New Zealand.
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Hayden Wilde has been coached by Craig Kirkwood since 2016 after he beat Kirkwood in a local half marathon and currently trains in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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Hayden Wilde only took up triathlon after watching the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Hayden Wilde comes from a long-distance off-road background and has previously been the ITU Cross Tri U23 World Champion.
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Hayden Wilde finished the season in 11th place in the ITU World Triathlon Series rankings, with 2019 being the first year he appeared in the top 50.
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Hayden Wilde finished fifth on the World Cup circuit in Leeds and third at the Europe Triathlon Championships in Austria.
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Hayden Wilde won the Super League Triathlon London race, ahead of France's Vincent Luis and British Athlete Jonny Brownlee.
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Hayden Wilde went on to finish the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series in 2nd, behind Britain's Alex Yee.
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Hayden Wilde won the Arena Games Triathlon 2022 Series finale, held at Marina Bay, Singapore.
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Hayden Wilde won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Hayden Wilde made a strong start to the 2022 Super League Triathlon season.
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Hayden Wilde defended his SLT London title, with his second win in the British capital in as many years, and then finished third in SLT Munich the following week.
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Hayden Wilde followed up his early season success with further victories at SLT Malibu and SLT Toulouse, Super League's first event to be held in France.
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Hayden Wilde finished third at the 2022 SLT series finale in NEOM, this was enough for him to secure the overall series victory.
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Hayden Wilde contested his penalty at the Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but this was later rejected.