Jacob Birtwhistle
{{Short description|Australian triathlete (born 1995)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Mixed relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Triathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Mixed relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|ITU World Triathlon Series}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Leeds | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Yokohama | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Edmonton | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Montreal | Elite}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Edmonton | Elite}}
{{MedalCompetition|ITU World Triathlon Series - Mixed Team Relay}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Abu Dhabi | Elite}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Edmonton | Elite}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast | Elite}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Hamburg | Elite}}
{{MedalCompetition|ITU Triathlon World Cup}}
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Jacob Birtwhistle (born 4 January 1995) is an Australian triathlete.
Running career
At the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race he finished 41st.{{cite web|author= |url=http://firstoffthebike.com/news/features/funding-boost-for-australian-junior-commonwealth-games-squad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130184827/http://firstoffthebike.com/news/features/funding-boost-for-australian-junior-commonwealth-games-squad/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 November 2016 |title=Funding boost for Australian Junior Commonwealth Games squad |publisher=Firstoffthebike.com |date=2013-07-04 |accessdate=2016-11-30}}
He was crowned World School Cross Country Champion in 2012 in Malta. Throughout 2009-2012 he won 11 Australian junior athletics champion titles in 1500m, 3000m and 2000m steeple. In 2013, he transitioned to Triathlon but still managed to win the much-coveted Zatopec u/20 3000m title. In 2015, he was runner up in the Australian senior 10k Road Running Championships as a 20yr old.
Duathlon career
Birtwhistle is a former duathlon junior world champion.{{cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/now-it-gets-serious-for-triathlete-jacob-birtwhistle/news-story/6ccd750cb033ffa1102a3dc42b907fa0 |title=Now It Gets Serious for Triathlete Jacob Birtwhistle |newspaper=The Mercury |date=20 February 2015 |accessdate=2017-04-25}}
Triathlon career
=2013 season=
Australian Junior champion,
Oceania junior champion,
u/23 Australian sprint champion,
=2014 season=
silver medallist World Junior Triathlon Championships
=2015 season=
=2016 season=
Birtwhistle finished fourth at the Yokohama event second at the Hamburg event of the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series.{{cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/selectors-snub-jake-birtwhistle-in-right-rio-ripoff/news-story/e771c0b82622b65c19647eb4949c165b |title=Selectors Snub Jacob Birtwhistle in Right Rio Ripoff |newspaper=The Mercury |date=23 May 2016 |accessdate=2017-04-25}}{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/jake-birtwhistle-second-in-hamburg-triathlon-beats-australian-olympic-athletes-20160717-gq7kzh.html |title=Jake Birtwhistle second in Hamburg triathlon, beats Australian Olympic athletes |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2016-07-17 |accessdate=2016-11-30}}
=2017 season=
Birtwhistle finished second at the Hamburg{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2017_itu_world_triathlon_hamburg/308701 |title= ITU Hamburg 2017 |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2017-07-15 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} and Edmonton{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2017_itu_world_triathlon_edmonton/309387 |title= ITU Edmonton 2017 |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2017-07-29 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} events of the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series.
=2018 season=
Birtwhistle came second in a home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_gold_coast_commonwealth_games/327229 |title= 2018 Commonwealth Games Triathlon |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-04-05 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} He was also a member of the gold winning Australian mixed relay team.{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_gold_coast_commonwealth_games/327231 |title= 2018 Commonwealth Games Triathlon Mixed Relay |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-04-07 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} In the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series he took silver in Yokohama{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_itu_world_triathlon_yokohama/321144 |title= ITU Yokohama 2018|publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-05-12 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} and bronze in Edmonton{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_itu_world_triathlon_edmonton/321782 |title= ITU Edmonton 2018 |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-07-27 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} and Montréal.{{cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_itu_world_triathlon_montreal/321777 |title= ITU Montréal 2018 |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-08-26 |accessdate=2018-11-01}} He completed the year with 7th at the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, also on the Gold Coast. That saw him finish third overall in the 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series.{{cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/2018 |title= 2018 World Triathlon Series |publisher=triathlon.org |date=2018-08-26 |accessdate=2018-11-01}}
=2019 season=
2019 saw Birtwhistle take his first gold at an ITU Triathlon World Series race, winning in Leeds{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_aj_bell_world_triathlon_leeds/336921|title = Results: Elite Men | 2019 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds}} (standard distance) and subsequently taking first place in Hamburg{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2019_hamburg_wasser_world_triathlon/337005|title = Results: Elite Men | 2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon}} later that season (sprint distance).
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Category:Australian male triathletes
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in triathlon
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in triathlon
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in triathlon
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Category:Sportsmen from Tasmania
Category:Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Triathletes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic triathletes for Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen