Tayler Reid

New Zealand
NZL
Tayler Reid
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Overall 16
Swim 3
Bike 19
Run 21
Podiums -
Wins -
Races 4

Tayler Reid made a bold move when he started triathlon. Rather than starting out with a local event, finding he was good and working his way up, he made his first race the national championships. Tayler grew up in Gisborne, New Zealand, and was more interested in swimming than triathlon. His pool swimming background helped him into surf lifesaving. But aged 11 he decided to give triathlon a go – and went straight to the national championships. Tayler didn’t even have a bike and had to borrow an old one from a friend. He also didn’t have any kit so raced in his swim shorts.

It was certainly a sign of things to come that, despite all these issues and no real training at all to speak of, Tayler won the title. It took a few more years for Tayler to decide to really focus on triathlon but when he did success came quickly. Splitting his time between Gisborne and the New Zealand High Performance centre in Cambridge helped accelerate his development and in 2017 he produced a first World Cup podium at Karlovy Vary to set up a real breakthrough year.

In 2018, Tayler was part of the New Zealand team that took a bronze medal in the Mixed Relay at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast alongside Andrea Hewitt, Nicole van der Kaay and Ryan Sissons. He backed that up by winning the Under-23 World Championship on the Gold Coast.

Tayler collected a gold at the Under-23 World Championship Mixed Team Relay in Lausanne in 2019 and earned a spot at the Tokyo Olympics, where he finished 18th.

He made his Super League Triathlon Championship Series debut in 2021 and produced top ten finishes in Jersey and Malibu as well as impressing with his swim prowess where he challenged Matt Hauser for the discipline leaderboard.

2022 saw Reid return, and one of the most fiercely fought battles for the swim leader board in SLT history, between Rid, Hauser, Chase McQueen, and South African new comer Jamie Riddle. Reid finished 2nd in the swim leader board in the end, behind Riddle, and was 5th in the overall Championship, having enjoyed top 10 finishes in 4/5 events.

Tayler is coached by Stephen Sheldrake and is studying for a business degree at Massey University.

Race Results

Championship Season 23
Rank #10
Points 13
RESULTS
Rank
Points
Jerseys
London
#3
13
 
Toulouse
#17
0
 
Malibu
#TBD
0
 
Neom
TBD
TBD
 
Championship Season 22
Rank #5
Points 45
RESULTS
Rank
Points
Jerseys
London
#8
8
 
Munich
#6
10
 
Malibu
#7
9
 
Toulouse
#5
11
 
Neom
#10
7
 
Championship Season 21
Rank #10
Points 17
RESULTS
Rank
Points
Jerseys
London
#14
2
 
Munich
#21
TBD
13 swim swim leader
Jersey
#9
7
 
Malibu
#8
8
 
Jerseys Points
Swim
Bike
Run
Season 21
11
 
 
London
4
 
 
Munich
4
 
 
Jersey
 
 
 
Malibu
3
 
 

Results posted shortly after the race may contain errors.

RR - Race Ready | TBD - To Be Determined | DNS - Did Not Start | DNF - Did Not Finish

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Super League Jersey 2021
Superleage Malibu 2021
Super League Malibu 2021
Superleague Champs 2022 Malibu Pro Men Dw 0171 (1)
Men Race Superleague Triathlon Grand Final Neom (bz) 2022 233
Men Race Superleague Triathlon Grand Final Neom (bz) 2022 112

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Other Info

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Age
26 (1996)
Weight
69kg (152.1 lbs)
Height
1.83m (6'0")

Race Appearances

Championship 2021

Malibu 25 Sep 2021

Championship 2021

Jersey 18 Sep 2021

Championship 2021

Munich 12 Sep 2021

Championship 2021

London 5 Sep 2021

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