Iona Wynter-Parks (born November 25, 1968, in

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), née Wynter is a former triathlete and cyclist from

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. Wynter-Parks was born to a Jamaican father and a German mother, and moved to Jamaica aged two. Wynter was educated at Campion College, Jamaica, the

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and

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, where she combined studies with triathlon training and employment, including modelling swimwear for

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. Subsequently she secured funding from compatriot

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, founder of

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. Wynter finished 13th in the

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, qualifying her for the

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. She took thirty-fourth place with a total time of 2:10:24.69. Wynter subsequently shifted her focus to cycling. She won a gold medal in the cycling road race at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games. She rode on a professional U.S. cycling team sponsored by Italian olive oil company Colavita and headed by celebrated American cyclist Tina Pic. She also served as director of the Colavita team for the 2009 season. After the original Colavita team was dissolved in October 2011, she became a director of the new Colavita-espnW team established in 2012, alongside her former team-mate Pic. She was a member of the Autotrader.com team and then rode for Genesis-Scuba before entering into semi-retirement in order to balance her teaching career. She rode the 2005 season for Travel Girls and as a guest rider for the Quark Cycling Team. She won the Central American and Caribbean Road Race Championships in 2002 and in 2006 became the Scratch Race Champion in the same Games. She has competed in the Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games on the road and the track. She also competed in the

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. She hoped to compete in the

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, but failed to qualify. Only a very few athletes have qualified for the Olympic Games in two sports. Wynter-Parks serves as first vice-president of the Jamaican Cycling Federation. She has also been the director of FieldSpa, a spa based at the Goldeneye Hotel and Resort developed on the former estate of

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* 1968 births Living people Athletes from London Jamaican female triathletes Jamaican female cyclists Triathletes at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Jamaica Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Jamaican people of German descent Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling People educated at Campion College {{triathlon-bio-stub