Watching Simon Whitfield win silver at the Beijing Olympic Games kicked off Tyler Mislawchuk’s dream of competing for Canada. A scant eight years later he competed in the Rio Olympics on the sport’s biggest stage, finishing in 15th place on his first appearance.

His Tokyo Olympic campaign saw him win the Tokyo test event in a stacked field of Olympic hopefuls, become Canadian national champion, be selected for the Commonwealth Games individual and mixed relay triathlon events, and become the first Canadian to finish on the podium in a World Triathlon Series race.

With Paris 2024 less than three years away, count on him to target gold.