The Greatest Triathlete at the Olympic Games
Who is the greatest triathlete of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Triathlete from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.
In the short history of the triathlon at the Olympics, the best all-time performing triathlete is Alistair Brownlee who has won two gold medals (2012, 2016). His brother Jonathan Brownlee has also won two medals in the same races, to which he added a gold medal in 2020. For the females, Swiss athlete Nicola Spirig has won one gold and one silver.
See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.
Top Olympic Games Triathletes
Here are the top ranked athletes from the sport of triathlon for performances at all Olympiads since 2000, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt). All Olympic gold medalists with more than one medal are shown.
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Triathlon at the Olympic Games (including 2021)
| rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Jonathan Brownlee | Great Britain | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| =3 | Simon Whitfield | Canada | M | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| =3 | Nicola Spirig Hug | Switzerland | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| =3 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | Great Britain | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| =3 | Alex Yee | Great Britain | M | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Related Pages
- List of the best athlete from each Olympic sport
- The greatest ever Olympic athlete
- About Olympic Medal Ranking Systems
- medal tables from all Olympic Games
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