Tim Hellwig (born 30 June 1999) is a German triathlete. He was a gold medalist at the

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in 2023. He then also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay at the

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Career

From the German state of

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, he was German junior champion in the triathlon in 2017, and retained the title again in 2018. He won the silver medal at the European Championships in

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, Estonia in 2018. He became German senior sprint champion in 2021, and that year won his first

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event in

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, Germany in September 2021. In 2023, he won the African Triathlon Cup, and two Asian legs of the World Cup, in

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, China and

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. That year, he was a gold medalist at the

in the mixed relay in Hamburg. In May 2024, he qualified for the

by finishing seventh at the Olympic test event in

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, France. Competing at the Games in August 2024 as a member of the German triathlon mixed relay team alongside

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, and

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, he won the gold medal ahead of the USA and Great Britain teams, the country's first Olympic medal in triathlon for 16 years. Hellwig also earned his first podium finish in Supertri in Toulouse and finished in the top five in every race he ran, finishing his debut Supertri season in third place overall and winning the men’s bike discipline. He ended the year ranked as the world’s 29th best triathlete, but had to undergo surgery on the meniscus in his knee having carried the injury through a lot of 2024.

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