Jacob Birtwhistle

Aged 17, Jake realised there might be a potential professional career for him if he could harness his run power in triathlon. It didn’t take long for him to be proved correct. His potential was there for all to see when he took gold at the ITU World Junior Duathlon Championships before also winning ITU World Junior Triathlon Championships in 2014. From there it didn’t take long to transition into the ranks of the elites and make a seismic impact. By the 2018 season, he was a danger to the rest of the field on a consistent basis, with five top-five finishes at WTS races including silver in Yokohama.

That same year he was also part of the Australian team that competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. He loved the home conditions and proved a force to be reckoned with as he took silver in the individual event before landing gold with Australia in the Mixed Team Relay.

Armed with the extra confidence from the Commonwealth Games, Jake went into 2019 with a fresh determination to make another step forward and secured his first WTS wins with victories in both Hamburg and Leeds. Jake is part of the Joel Filliol training group and splits his time between Australia and Europe so he can race and work face-to-face with his coach.

He was also part of the first-ever Super League Triathlon race that took part in Hamilton Island in 2017.