Miles Stewart (born 4 May 1971 in Sydney, Manly) is an athlete from
Australia
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, who competes in
triathlon
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.
Originally a speedskater from Wollongong he rose to the elite ranks of the emerging sport of triathlon in the early 1990s whilst living on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Palmarès
* 3 time (consecutive) winner of the Hervey Bay Triathlon.
* He won the silver medal at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
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in
Manchester
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.
* Stewart competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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. He took sixth place with a total time of 1:49:14.52.
* Currently CEO of Triathlon Australia
Stewart can be found in the
Guinness Book of World Records
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for the fastest triathlon time in the world.
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Australian male triathletes
Olympic triathletes for Australia
Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Triathletes from Sydney
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in triathlon
20th-century Australian sportsmen
21st-century Australian sportsmen
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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