Miles Stewart
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Miles Stewart (born 4 May 1971 in Sydney
) is an athlete from Australia
, who competes in triathlon
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Originally a speedskaeter from Wollongong he rose to the elite ranks of the emerging sport of triathlon in the early '90s whilst living on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Palmarès
Stewart can be found in the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest triathlon time in the world.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
) is an athlete from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, who competes in triathlon
Triathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
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Originally a speedskaeter from Wollongong he rose to the elite ranks of the emerging sport of triathlon in the early '90s whilst living on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Palmarès
- 3 time (consecutive) winner of the Hervey Bay Triathlon.
- He won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. - Stewart competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. He took sixth place with a total time of 1:49:14.52.
Stewart can be found in the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest triathlon time in the world.