Hayden Wilde

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Hayden Wilde
Wilde competing in Yokohama in 2022
Personal information
Full nameHayden Wilde
Nickname
The Maltese Falcon[1]
Born (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 (age 28)
Taupō, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb) [1]
Websitewww.haydenwilde.nz
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTriathlon
Coached byCraig Kirkwood
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Elite
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hamburg Elite
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montréal Elite
XTERRA Triathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Elite
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Triathlon
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2024 Taupō Individual

Hayden Wilde (born 1 September 1997) is a New Zealand professional triathlete. He 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.[2][3] He finished second in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, having taken the win at the SLT London race.[4][5] Wilde won the 2022 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, having been victorious in 3 of the 5 series races.[6] In December 2025 Wilde became T100 World Champion following his first place finish at T100 Qatar 2025.

Early life

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Wilde was born in Taupō,[7] is the youngest of three brothers, and grew up in Whakatāne, New Zealand.[8] Wilde attended Trident High School.[9] Growing up Wilde played soccer and hockey before moving into running for fitness.[10]

Career

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Wilde has been coached by Craig Kirkwood since 2016 after he beat Kirkwood in a local half marathon[11] and currently trains in Tauranga, New Zealand.[12] Wilde only took up triathlon after watching the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[13]

Wilde comes from a long-distance off-road background and has previously been the ITU Cross Tri U23 World Champion.[12]

Career Highlights include:

2019 season

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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.[20]

2021 season

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Wilde finished fifth on the World Cup circuit in Leeds and third at the Europe Triathlon Championships in Austria.[7] Wilde won the Super League Triathlon London race,[21] ahead of France's Vincent Luis and British Athlete Jonny Brownlee. He went on to finish the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series in 2nd, behind Britain's Alex Yee.[22]

2022 season

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Wilde won the Arena Games Triathlon 2022 Series finale, held at Marina Bay, Singapore. It was his debut racing at Arena Games Triathlon format.[23] This result was also good enough to see Wilde finish fifth in the inaugural Esport Triathlon World Championship.

He won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[24] This was, however, met with controversy when he was penalized for not racking his bike correctly, costing him a ten-second penalty, ultimately losing out on the gold to England's Alex Yee.[25] Despite this, Wilde's sportsmanship was praised by the press and on social media.[26]

Wilde made a strong start to the 2022 Super League Triathlon (SLT) season. He defended his SLT London title, with his second win in the British capital in as many years,[27] and then finished third in SLT Munich the following week.[28] Wilde followed up his early season success with further victories at SLT Malibu[29] and SLT Toulouse,[30] Super League's first event to be held in France.[31] Wilde finished third at the 2022 SLT series finale in NEOM, this was enough for him to secure the overall series victory.[32]

Wilde contested his penalty at the Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but this was later rejected.[33]

Hayden Wilde at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Sponsorship and advertising

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April 2022 saw Wilde gain sponsorship from Red Bull.[34]

World Triathlon Series competitions

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Wilde's World Triathlon Series race results are:[35]

World Triathlon Cup competitions

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Wilde's World Triathlon Cup Series race results are:[35]

References

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