Alex Yee

Yee was born on 18 February 1998, to a Mozambique-born Chinese father,{{Cite web |title=East x Southeast — an Alex Yee story |url=https://www.maurten.com/magazine/east-x-southeast-an-alex-yee-story |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Maurten |language=en}} Ron Yee{{Cite web |title=The making of... Alex Yee {{!}} Team GB |url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/the-making-of-alex-yee/6AaBTLTOTnJsSMrclEjh74 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=www.teamgb.com |language=en-gb}} and English mother, Emma Amos Yee.{{Cite web |last=Triathlon |first=World |date=2022-10-18 |title=Down the blue carpet: Episode One with Alex Yee |url=https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/down_the_blue_carpet_episode_one_with_alex_yee |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=World Triathlon |language=en}} He was raised in Lewisham, London, and attended Stillness Infant School and Stillness Junior School in Honor Oak Park.{{Cite web |title=Alex Yee celebrated for Olympic success |url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/articles/news/alex-yee-celebrated-for-olympic-success |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Lewisham Council |language=en}} He studied at Kingsdale Foundation School in West Dulwich and then went on to study for a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science at Leeds Beckett University.{{Cite web |url=http://kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk/news-and-events/news/posts/Alex-Yee-Award-News |title=Alex Yee Award News; Kingsdale Foundation School |website=kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/leeds-beckett-student-claims-silver-medal-in-world-triathlon-series-debut/ |title=Leeds Beckett Student claims silver medal in World Triathlon Series debut; Leeds Beckett University |website=www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk}}

On 4 June 2016 Yee won the ITU World Junior Duathlon Championships in Avilés in northern Spain.{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishtriathlon.org/london/news/london-triathlete-alex-yee---world-junior-duathlon-champion!_5670 |title=London triathlete Alex Yee - World Junior Duathlon Champion! |website=www.britishtriathlon.org}} As a result, he was shortlisted for the SportsAid "One to Watch" award{{Cite web |url=https://sportsaid.org.uk/news-main/news/sportsaid-announces-2016-one-to-watch-award-shortlist/ |title=SportsAid - SportsAid announces 2016 One-to-Watch Award shortlist |website=sportsaid.org.uk}} which he went on to win, receiving his award from Sir Mo Farah at the ceremony in November.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportsaid.org.uk/news-main/news/triathlete-alex-yee-receives-sportsaids-one-to-watch-award-from-olympic-hero-mo-farah-cbe/ |title=SportsAid - Triathlete Alex Yee receives SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award from Olympic hero Mo Farah CBE |website=www.sportsaid.org.uk}}

At the ITU Triathlon World Cup race in Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy on 4 June 2017, Yee tangled with another competitor on the bike and crashed into a concrete bollard, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae and a pneumothorax (collapsed lung).{{Cite web |url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/alex-yee-cagliari-crash |title=Alex Yee suffers big bike crash at Cagliari ITU World Cup | Elite News |date=5 June 2017 |website=Tri247.com}} On 19 May 2018 Yee set a PB (Personal Best) in the 10,000m of 27:51.94, less than five seconds outside the British under-23 record of 27:47.0 set in 1971 by Dave Bedford.

{{Cite web |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=234742&pagenum=1#10000 |title=Results |website=www.thepowerof10.info}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-19 |title=Alex Yee excels in 10,000m debut |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/alex-yee-excels-in-10000m-debut-97901/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=Athletics Weekly |language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522040306/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/alex-yee-excels-in-10000m-debut-97901 |archive-date=2018-05-22 }}{{Cite web |date=31 December 2006 |title=UK All-Time Lists: Under 23 Men |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mu23.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-31 |website=gbrathletics.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020223052604/http://www.gbrathletics.com:80/uk/mu23.htm |archive-date=23 February 2002 }} Earlier in the year, Yee set the then second quickest ever Parkrun time, clocking 13:57 at Dulwich.{{Cite web |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-news/alex-yee-clocks-second-quickest-ever-parkrun-1039919698/ |title=Alex Yee clocks second-quickest ever parkrun |date=29 December 2018}}

Yee started his 2018 triathlon season off with a 6th place at the Gran Canaria ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup, following this with an 8th place at the Cagliari ITU World Cup, returning to the site of his accident a year prior.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} June saw him compete at Antwerp, registering a disappointing 49th place (despite producing the fastest run split),{{Cite web |url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/antwerp-itu-world-cup-2018 |title=Summer Cook wins, Beth Potter second at Antwerp ITU World Cup|date=17 June 2018 |website=Tri247.com}} and then in September he competed in the U23 category at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Gold Coast, coming home 10th.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Later the same month he made it onto the podium for the first and only time in 2018, taking bronze at the ITU World Cup in Weihai in China.{{Cite web |url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/96742/alex_yee |title=World Triathlon |first=World |last=Triathlon |website=World Triathlon}}

Yee made his debut in the ITU World Triathlon Series at Abu Dhabi with a sprint-distance race on 8 March 2019. After a strong swim and bike he recorded the second-fastest 5 km run of the race to finish second to Mario Mola in a race that saw 9 DNFs.{{Cite web |url=https://wtcs.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_itu_world_triathlon_abu_dhabi/335269 |title=Results: Elite Men - 2019 Daman World Triathlon Abu Dhabi |website=World Triathlon Championship Series}} In the build-up to the race, Yee confirmed his view that he was a triathlete first and foremost, despite being a nationally ranked runner, and stated his intentions to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/uk-sports/2019/03/05/yee-eyes-olympics-spot-in-triathlon-rather-than-switch-to-athletics/ |title=Yee eyes Olympics spot in triathlon rather than switch to athletics |website=www.shropshirestar.com|date=5 March 2019 }} Following this he took on his first ITU World Triathlon Series Standard Distance event at Yokohama in Japan, finishing in 5th overall.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/48319508 |title=Brownlee & Coldwell win in Cagliari |work=BBC Sport }} Later the same year, he went on to record a Gold in Nottingham in the Mixed Team relay in June in less-than-ideal weather conditions, resulting in the race being altered to a duathlon format (run, bike, run).{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/triathlon/48387332 |title=Triathlon - Nottingham Mixed Relay |work=BBC Sport |date=14 June 2019 }} Georgia Taylor-Brown took the first leg, followed by Ben Dijkstra, Sophie Coldwell in leg 3 and Yee on the anchor leg to seal the victory ahead of Switzerland in Silver and France in Bronze.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/48650215 |title=GB win Nottingham Mixed Relay |work=BBC Sport }}

Team GB recorded a Silver two months later in the same discipline in Tokyo,{{Cite web |url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_itu_world_triathlon_mixed_relay_series_tokyo/345266 |title=Results: Mixed Relay 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo |first=World |last=Triathlon |website=World Triathlon}} with Yee being beaten at the line on the final leg by Dorian Coninx representing France.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/triathlon/49384005 |title=Watch: GB pipped in thrilling triathlon photo-finish |work=BBC Sport }} The line-up was altered from that fielded at Nottingham, with Jess Learmonth, Gordon Benson, Sophie Coldwell and Yee on the final leg.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/triathlon/49269519 |title=Catch-up: World Triathlon Olympic Test Event - Mixed Relay Race |work=BBC Sport |date=16 August 2019 }} This success followed a disappointing result in July in Hamburg where the team finished 10th overall, with the team comprising Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Yee on the final leg. Learmonth encountered problems on the swim, resulting in Team GB entering T1 in 15th place and unable to make up the deficit on subsequent legs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_hamburg_itu_triathlon_mixed_relay_world_championships/337009 |title=Results: Mixed Relay 2019 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships |first=World |last=Triathlon |website=World Triathlon}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishtriathlon.org/news/britain-battle-back-as-france-defend-title_11273 |title=Britain battle back as France defend title |website=www.britishtriathlon.org}} Individually, Yee finished the season recording a 13th-place finish at the Grand Final in Lausanne in Switzerland,{{Cite web |url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_lausanne/337811 |title=Results: Elite Men 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne |first=World |last=Triathlon |website=World Triathlon}} and an overall ITU WTS ranking of 12th, recording 2521 points from 5 races.{{Cite web |url=https://wtcs.triathlon.org/rankings/archive/2019 |title=2019 |website=World Triathlon Championship Series}}

On 8 August 2020, in the Podium 5 km at Barrowford, Lancashire, Yee ran 13:26 behind winner Marc Scott in 13:20, the second fastest 5 km time ever by a British athlete.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ukresults.net/2020/podaug6.html |title=UKresults and UKtimers - Race Results Service - Results for Podium 5k Elite Male Race, Barrowford, Lancashire held on 8th August 2020 |website=www.ukresults.net}} Later in the month, Yee ran a personal best of 7:45.81 over 3000 metres at the Bromley Twilight Meeting.{{Cite web |url=https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2020/GBR/tactim/event/6/ |title=6 - Male 3000 |website=data.opentrack.run}} Yee started his 2020 race programme as one of four male GB athletes at the ITU World Cup race at Mooloolaba in Australia, recording the fastest run time of 14:55 but only achieving a 37th-place finish overall due to a mechanical prior to T2.{{Cite web |url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2020_mooloolaba_itu_triathlon_world_cup/350529 |title=Results: Elite Men | 2020 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup |first=World |last=Triathlon |website=World Triathlon}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/mooloolaba-itu-world-cup-report-2020 |title=Vicky Holland, Ryan Sissons secure Mooloolaba ITU World Cup victories|date=14 March 2020 |website=Tri247.com}}

Yee won the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, as well as a gold medal in the mixed triathlon, in which he was the competitor to cross the finish line for the team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57965589|title=GB's Yee wins triathlon silver in Tokyo|work=BBC Sport}} Yee was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N26|date=1 January 2022|title=New Years Honours List - United Kingdom}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/59828368|title= New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame|date=31 December 2021|work=BBC Sport}}

Yee won the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-25|title=Alex Yee Takes Super League Triathlon Championship Series With 0.2 Second Win In Malibu|url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/races/championship-races/alex-yee-wins-super-league-thriller-in-malibu/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Super League Triathlon|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2021-09-26|title=Disbelief for Alex Yee after 'amazing' Super League triumph|url=https://www.tri247.com/super-league-triathlon/alex-yee-super-league-triathlon-malibu-reaction|access-date=2022-01-31|website=TRI247|language=en-GB}} He took victory in the final race of the series, held in Malibu, California, crossing the line just fractions of a second ahead of Belgium's Marten Van Riel.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-26|title=Super League Triathlon - Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown secure double British triumphs after Malibu finale|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/triathlon/super-league-triathlon-alex-yee-and-georgia-taylor-brown-secure-double-british-triumphs-after-malibu_sto8559266/story.shtml|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Eurosport UK|language=en}} He also took the win at the Super League Triathlon, Jersey race, earlier in the season, finishing ahead of teammate Jonathan Brownlee in the process.{{Cite web|last=Slowtwitch.com|title=SLT Jersey: Yee, Brownlee Finish in Frantic Sprint; Learmonth Earns Three-Peat|url=https://www.slowtwitch.com/News/SLT_Jersey_Yee_Brownlee_Finish_in_Frantic_Sprint_Learmonth_Earns_Three-Peat_8086.html/http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/SLT_Jersey_Yee_Brownlee_Finish_in_Frantic_Sprint_Learmonth_Earns_Three-Peat_8086.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Slowtwitch.com|language=en}} Yee also finished second in the SLT Arena Games, Rotterdam 2021.{{Cite web|title=SLT Arena Games Rotterdam 2021 » Super League Triathlon|url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/event/rotterdam21/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Super League Triathlon|language=en-GB}}

Yee competed in Super League Triathlon's Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Esports Triathlon series in 2022. The series will go on to crown the first ever triathlon Esports World Champion.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-23 |title=World Triathlon & Super League to Launch Esports World Championship |url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/announcements/world-triathlon-and-super-league-triathlon-launch-esports-world-championship-series/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Super League Triathlon |language=en-GB}} At the first event of the series, held at Munich's Olympiapark, Yee finished in 6th. However, following a rule change{{Cite web |date=2022-04-21 |title=Zwift Drafting Change Set To Shift The Dynamics at Arena Games Triathlon London |url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/races/arena-games/zwift-drafting-ban-set-to-change-the-dynamics-at-arena-games-triathlon-london/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Super League Triathlon |language=en-GB}} at the next event, held at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London, Yee finished in 2nd, being narrowly beaten by Germany's Justus Nieschlag.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=Justus Nieschlag Powers to Arena Games London Title |url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/slt-athletes/justus-nieschlag-powers-to-arena-games-london-title/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Super League Triathlon |language=en-GB}} At the final event of the series, held at Marina Bay, Singapore, Yee finished in second place behind New Zealand's Hayden Wilde. However, that was enough to see him take the win in the overall series, giving him the title of inaugural Esport Triathlon World Champion.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Yee won the first gold medal of the Games by in triathlon. He emerged from the swim in 15th place, and chased down leader Hayden Wilde in the run to win his first major race of the season by 13 seconds.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/29/england-alex-yee-wins-first-gold-medal-commonwealth-games-2022-triathlon-birmingham |title=England's Alex Yee wins first gold medal of Commonwealth Games in triathlon |first=Tumaini |last=Carayol |date=29 July 2022 |work=The Guardian }} The win came with some controversy, as it was felt that the race should have had a much closer finish, as Yee and Wilde had been running neck-and-neck in the final stages of the sprint, until Wilde was made to serve a 10-second penalty immediately before the finish for unbuckling his helmet strap before his bike had been properly racked in transition, for which "video evidence for the supposed misdemeanor remain(ed) inconclusive".{{cite news |url=https://www.triathlete.com/culture/news/why-does-a-10-second-penalty-make-so-much-of-a-difference-in-world-triathlon-races/|title=Why Does A 10-Second Penalty Make So Much Of A Difference In World Triathlon Races? |first=Tim |last=Heming|date=2 August 2022 |work=Triathlete }}

Yee won a second Commonwealth Games gold in the mixed relay with Sophie Coldwell, Sam Dickinson, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. He started in the first leg of the race to give the second leg a 20-second lead, which the team held on to win the race.{{cite news |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/athletics/alex-yee-mixed-team-triathlon-commonwealth-games-medal-2022-b1015793.html |title=Yee seals second gold as Team England win mixed team triathlon | first= Matt |last= Majendie |work=Evening Standard |date=31 July 2022 }} Yee competed as a wildcard at the opening event of the 2022 Super League Triathlon championship series in London. He finished the event in 3rd, behind Matthew Hauser and Hayden Wilde.{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Megan |date=2022-09-04 |title=Wilde Beats Yee In London Again As He Opens Championship Series With A Win |url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/wilde-powers-to-super-league-london-victory/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Super League Triathlon |language=en-GB}}

Yee won the gold medal in the triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Alex Yee wins Olympic triathlon gold for Team GB in Paris after Beth Potter's bronze |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cd16dqg12deo |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} Yee also took home the bronze medal in the team relay, alongside Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Olympics triathlon: Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter take bronze in mixed team relay |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c8800010r1no |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-gb}}

He was one of the Great Britain flag-bearers at the closing ceremony alongside trampoline gymnast Bryony Page.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/bryony-page-and-alex-yee-mbe-named-team-gbs-flagbearers-for-paris-2024/3Uu3JCwc1i6wztepD2Wak3|title=Bryony Page and Alex Yee MBE named Team GB's flagbearers for Paris 2024 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony|publisher=Team GB|accessdate=11 August 2024}}

On 27 April 2025 Yee completed his first competitive marathon, running the London Marathon in 2:11:08. He was the second British runner to finish in the Elite men's race, and placed fourteenth overall and simultaneously winning silver in the 2025 British Athletics Championships marathon.{{cite web |title=London Marathon 2025: Triathlon superstar Alex Yee simply brilliant as he stars on debut in iconic race |url=https://run247.com/running-news/marathon-news/alex-yee-london-marathon-2025-results-time-splits |website=Run247 |access-date=28 April 2025}}

Yee's ITU World Triathlon Series race results are:;

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• {{Team GB}}
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• {{Olympedia}}
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