Tyler Barbour Butterfield (born February 12, 1983) is an athlete from

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. He competes in

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and

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events. He became Bermuda's first ever professional triathlete in 2002. He was voted Bermuda's male athlete of the year in 2006 and 2013. Butterfield was the youngest male competitor at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed thirty-fifth with a total time of 1:58:26.99. Butterfield was born in

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. In 2007, he competed for

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, a UCI Professional Continental Team. In 2006, he raced as an amateur cyclist for the Vendee U team based in France. He finished 11th in the cycling road race at the

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the men's triathlon, finishing in thirty-fourth with a time of 1:50:32. Following the 2012 Games, Butterfield elected to focus on long-course triathlons. In 2013 Butterfield finished seventh at the

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on his debut and ninth in the

Ironman 70.3 World Championship An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting ...

. At the

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, he finished in 19th place. Butterfield's father, Jim, competed in rowing for Bermuda at the

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, before switching to the marathon (finishing 17th in the event at the

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) and to triathlon, finishing seventh in the 1981

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. His mother Debbie finished fourth in the 1985

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and set a personal best of 2:38 in the same year. His wife

Nikki Butterfield-Egyed Nikki Butterfield (''née'' Egyed, born 12 April 1982) is a professional triathlete and former road cyclist from Australia. She represented her nation at the 2007 and 2008 UCI Road World Championships. Athletic career Butterfield first began co ...

won the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Syracuse, five months after giving birth to the couple's daughter Savana and went on to win the 2012 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. She made a second return to the sport in 2014, finishing third at the Ironman 70.3 Mandurah Australian Pro Championship less than 10 months after the birth of the couple's son Walker, but she subsequently announced her decision to retire from professional competition in January 2015.

Victories

2004 *Grand Prix Bermuda Cycling Race, 2005 *La Veriers - Les Essarts 2006 *Tour du Guadeloupe, Stage 1 2012 *PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships 2014 *Abu Dhabi International Triathlon

References

External links

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Bernews:Tyler Butterfield Bio, Competition History, Photos, Videos
1983 births Living people Bermudian male cyclists Bermudian male triathletes Bermudian male long-distance runners Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Bermuda People from Pembroke Parish Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Triathletes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Bermuda Triathletes at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Bermuda Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Bermuda Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in triathlon {{triathlon-bio-stub