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Alex Yee

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British professional triathlete (born 1998)

Alex Yee
MBE
Yee racing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Amos Yee[1]
Born (1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (age 27)[2]
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Chinese name
Chinese余力生[3]

Alexander Amos Yee (born 18 February 1998) is a British professionaltriathlete anddistance runner. He is the2024 World andOlympic champion in standard or 'Olympic' distance triathlon, the second man to win both titles in a single year.

He won the gold medal in theMen's Triathlon at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis, the silver medal in the same event at theTokyo 2020 Olympics, the gold medal in the TriathlonMixed Relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and the bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With two golds, one silver, and one bronze medal, Yee is the most successful triathlete in Olympic history.

Yee was also the2022 Commonwealth Games triathlon champion in both the men's and mixed team events. In addition to his overall victory in 2024, he is a double World Championship medalist over theWorld Triathlon Championship Series, with silver in 2022, and bronze in 2021.

In 2022, Yee won his first individual World Championship, the2022 World Triathlon Sprint Championships inMontreal in Canada. Yee has also been part of the gold medal-winning relay team in theWorld Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Nottingham in 2019. He won silver in the same event in Montreal, securing Great Britain its first quota places in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In 2022, he became the inauguralEsport Triathlon World Champion, after finishing second at both the London and the Singapore Arena Games Triathlon event.[4]

As adistance runner, Yee was the 2018 British 10,000m champion, and led Great Britain to the team silver medal in theEuropean 10,000m Cup as both races were combined as part of the Night of 10,000m PBs festival event atParliament Hill. He represented Great Britain in the subsequentEuropean Athletics Championships. Returning to road racing after his 2024 triathlon double, he ran his firstLondon Marathon in 2025.

Early life and education

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Yee was born on 18 February 1998, to aMozambique-born Chinese father,[5] Ron Yee[6] and English mother, Emma Amos Yee.[7] He was raised inLewisham, London, and attended Stillness Infant School and Stillness Junior School inHonor Oak Park.[8] He studied atKingsdale Foundation School inWest Dulwich and then went on to study for a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science atLeeds Beckett University.[9][10] In July 2025, Yee was awarded an honorary doctorate by his former university for his sporting achievements.[11]

Career

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2016–2019

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On 4 June 2016 Yee won the ITU World Junior Duathlon Championships inAvilés in northern Spain.[12] As a result, he was shortlisted for the SportsAid "One to Watch" award[13] which he went on to win, receiving his award from SirMo Farah at the ceremony in November.[14]

At theITU Triathlon World Cup race inCagliari inSardinia, Italy on 4 June 2017, Yee tangled with another competitor on the bike and crashed into a concrete bollard, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae and apneumothorax (collapsed lung).[15] On 19 May 2018 Yee set a PB (Personal Best) in the 10,000m of 27:51.94, less than five seconds outside the British under-23 record of 27:47.0 set in 1971 byDave Bedford.[16][17][18] Earlier in the year, Yee set the then second quickest everParkrun time, clocking 13:57 at Dulwich.[19]

Yee started his 2018 triathlon season off with a 6th place at the Gran Canaria ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup, following this with an 8th place at the Cagliari ITU World Cup, returning to the site of his accident a year prior.[citation needed] June saw him compete at Antwerp, registering a disappointing 49th place (despite producing the fastest run split),[20] and then in September he competed in the U23 category at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Gold Coast, coming home 10th.[citation needed] Later the same month he made it onto the podium for the first and only time in 2018, taking bronze at the ITU World Cup inWeihai in China.[21]

Yee made his debut in theITU World Triathlon Series atAbu Dhabi with a sprint-distance race on 8 March 2019. After a strong swim and bike he recorded the second-fastest 5 km run of the race to finish second toMario Mola in a race that saw 9 DNFs.[22] In the build-up to the race, Yee confirmed his view that he was a triathlete first and foremost, despite being a nationally ranked runner, and stated his intentions to qualify for the2020 Tokyo Olympics.[23] Following this he took on his firstITU World Triathlon Series Standard Distance event atYokohama inJapan, finishing in 5th overall.[24] Later the same year, he went on to record a Gold in Nottingham in the Mixed Team relay in June in less-than-ideal weather conditions, resulting in the race being altered to aduathlon format (run, bike, run).[25]Georgia Taylor-Brown took the first leg, followed by Ben Dijkstra,Sophie Coldwell in leg 3 and Yee on the anchor leg to seal the victory ahead of Switzerland in Silver and France in Bronze.[26]

Team GB recorded a Silver two months later in the same discipline in Tokyo,[27] with Yee being beaten at the line on the final leg byDorian Coninx representing France.[28] The line-up was altered from that fielded at Nottingham, withJess Learmonth,Gordon Benson,Sophie Coldwell and Yee on the final leg.[29] This success followed a disappointing result in July in Hamburg where the team finished 10th overall, with the team comprisingJess Learmonth,Jonny Brownlee,Georgia Taylor-Brown and Yee on the final leg.Learmonth encountered problems on the swim, resulting in Team GB entering T1 in 15th place and unable to make up the deficit on subsequent legs.[30][31] Individually, Yee finished the season recording a 13th-place finish at the Grand Final inLausanne in Switzerland,[32] and an overallITU WTS ranking of 12th, recording 2521 points from 5 races.[33]

2020–2024

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On 8 August 2020, in the Podium 5 km atBarrowford,Lancashire, Yee ran 13:26 behind winnerMarc Scott in 13:20, the second fastest 5 km time ever by a British athlete.[34] Later in the month, Yee ran a personal best of 7:45.81 over 3000 metres at the Bromley Twilight Meeting.[35] Yee started his 2020 race programme as one of four male GB athletes at the ITU World Cup race atMooloolaba in Australia, recording the fastest run time of 14:55 but only achieving a 37th-place finish overall due to a mechanical prior to T2.[36][37]

Yee won the silver medal in the2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, as well as a gold medal in the mixed triathlon, in which he was the competitor to cross the finish line for the team.[38] Yee was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.[39][40]

Yee won the 2021Super League Triathlon Championship Series.[41][42] He took victory in the final race of the series, held in Malibu, California, crossing the line just fractions of a second ahead of Belgium'sMarten Van Riel.[43] He also took the win at the Super League Triathlon, Jersey race, earlier in the season, finishing ahead of teammateJonathan Brownlee in the process.[44] Yee also finished second in the SLT Arena Games, Rotterdam 2021.[45]

Yee competed inSuper League Triathlon's Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Esports Triathlon series in 2022. The series will go on to crown the first ever triathlon Esports World Champion.[46] At the first event of the series, held at Munich'sOlympiapark, Yee finished in 6th. However, following a rule change[47] at the next event, held atQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park London, Yee finished in 2nd, being narrowly beaten byGermany'sJustus Nieschlag.[48] At the final event of the series, held at Marina Bay, Singapore, Yee finished in second place behind New Zealand'sHayden Wilde. However, that was enough to see him take the win in the overall series, giving him the title of inaugural Esport Triathlon World Champion.[4]

At the2022 Commonwealth Games, Yee won the first gold medal of the Games by in triathlon. He emerged from the swim in 15th place, and chased down leader Hayden Wilde in the run to win his first major race of the season by 13 seconds.[49] The win came with some controversy, as it was felt that the race should have had a much closer finish, as Yee and Wilde had been running neck-and-neck in the final stages of the sprint, until Wilde was made to serve a 10-second penalty immediately before the finish for unbuckling his helmet strap before his bike had been properly racked in transition, for which "video evidence for the supposed misdemeanor remain(ed) inconclusive".[50]

Yee won a second Commonwealth Games gold in themixed relay with Sophie Coldwell, Sam Dickinson, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. He started in the first leg of the race to give the second leg a 20-second lead, which the team held on to win the race.[51] Yee competed as a wildcard at the opening event of the 2022Super League Triathlon championship series in London. He finished the event in 3rd, behindMatthew Hauser andHayden Wilde.[52]

Yee won the gold medal in the triathlon at the2024 Paris Olympics.[53] Yee also took home the bronze medal in the team relay, alongsideGeorgia Taylor-Brown,Sam Dickinson andBeth Potter.[54]

He was one of the Great Britain flag-bearers at the closing ceremony alongside trampoline gymnastBryony Page.[55]

2025

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On 27 April 2025 Yee completed his first competitive marathon, running theLondon Marathon in 2:11:08. He was the second British runner to finish in the Elite men's race, and placed fourteenth overall and simultaneously winning silver in the2025 British Athletics Championships marathon.[56]

ITU World Triathlon Series Competitions

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Yee'sITU World Triathlon Series race results are:;[21]

Results list
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2019-08-31World Triathlon SeriesGrand Final Lausanne13
2019-08-16World Triathlon SeriesTokyo Olympic Qualification Event33
2019-03-08World Triathlon SeriesAbu Dhabi02

ITU Triathlon World Cup Competitions

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Yee'sITU Triathlon World Cup Series race results are:;[21]

Results list
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2020-03-14World CupMooloolaba37
2018-09-22World CupWeihai03
2018-06-17World CupAntwerp49
2018-06-02World CupCagliari08
2018-06-02World CupCagliari08

Full list of triathlon results

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As of 15 October 2025.[57]

DateEventDisciplinePositionTime
04 July 20152015 Holten ETU Triathlon Junior European CupJr. men's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:57:33
08 August 20152015 Tiszaujvaros ETU Triathlon Junior European CupJr. men's individualLAPLAP
02 April 20162016 Quarteira ETU Triathlon Junior European CupJr. men's individual3rd place, bronze medalist(s)00:56:39
26 May 20162016 LisbonETU Triathlon European ChampionshipsMixed Junior Relay1st place, gold medalist(s)n/c
26 May 20162016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European ChampionshipsJr. men's individual500:58:18
04 June 20162016 Aviles ITUDuathlon World ChampionshipsJr. men's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:51:40
14 August 20162016 GBR Sprint Triathlon National ChampionshipsJr. men's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:56:04
14 August 20162016 GBR Sprint Triathlon National ChampionshipsMen's individual600:56:04
11 September 20162016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final CozumelJr. men's individual500:54:24
29 April 20172017 Soria ETU Duathlon European ChampionshipsJr. men's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:53:28
04 June 20172017 Cagliari ITUTriathlon World CupMen's individualDNFDNF
18 March 20182018 Gran Canaria ETU Sprint Triathlon European CupMen's individual600:56:21
02 June 20182018 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World CupMen's individual800:55:19
17 June 20182018 Antwerp ITU Triathlon World CupMen's individual4901:01:34
12 September 20182018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold CoastU23 men's individual1001:45:41
22 September 20182018 Weihai ITU Triathlon World CupMen's individual3rd place, bronze medalist(s)01:53:30
09 February 20192019 Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape TownMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:52:04
08 March 20192019 Daman World Triathlon Abu DhabiMen's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:52:03
09 March 20192019 Daman World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Abu DhabiMixed Relay700:20:20
18 May 20192019 ITU World Triathlon YokohamaMen's individual501:43:57
08 June 20192019 AJ Bell World Triathlon LeedsMen's individual1501:46:16
15 June 20192019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series NottinghamMixed Relay1st place, gold medalist(s)00:19:52
06 July 20192019 Hamburg Wasser World TriathlonMen's individual4300:57:25
07 July 20192019 Hamburg ITUTriathlon Mixed Relay World ChampionshipsMixed Relay1000:19:57
15 August 20192019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification EventMen's individual3301:54:01
18 August 20192019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series TokyoMixed Relay2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:20:46
29 August 20192019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final LausanneMen's individual1301:53:26
29 August 20192019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final LausanneMixed U23-Junior Relay2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:17:38
14 March 20202020 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World CupMen's individual3700:55:13
05 September 20202020 Hamburg Wasser World TriathlonMen's individual500:49:24
06 September 20202020 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World ChampionshipsMixed Relay3rd place, bronze medalist(s)00:19:27
15 May 20212021World Triathlon Championship Series YokohamaMen's individual401:43:17
05 June 2021AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series LeedsMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:43:27
26 July 2021Tokyo2020 Olympic GamesMen's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)01:45:15
26 July 2021Tokyo 2020 Olympic GamesMixed Relay1st place, gold medalist(s)00:20:28
21 August 20212021 World Triathlon Championship Finals EdmontonMen's individual1101:44:53
09 April 20222022 Arena Games Triathlon Series Munich powered by ZwiftMen's individual600:34:48
23 April 20222022 Arena Games Triathlon Series London powered by ZwiftMen's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:34:12
06 May 20222022 Arena Games Triathlon Finals Singapore powered by ZwiftMen's individual2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:36:42
14 May 20222022 World Triathlon Championship Series YokohamaMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:43:30
11 June 20222022 World Triathlon Championship Series LeedsMen's individualDNFDNF
24 June 20222022World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships MontrealMixed Relay2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:20:29
24 June 20222022 World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships MontrealMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:21:55
29 July 20222022 Birmingham Commonwealth GamesMixed Relay1st place, gold medalist(s)00:17:27
29 July 20222022 Birmingham Commonwealth GamesMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:50:34
08 October 20222022 World Triathlon Championship Series CagliariMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:40:19
05 November 20222022 World Triathlon Championship Series BermudaMen's individual501:50:04
24 November 20222022 World Triathlon Championship Finals Abu DhabiMen's individual401:44:37
03 March 20232023 World Triathlon Championship Series Abu DhabiMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:52:53
27 May 20232023 World Triathlon Championship Series CagliariMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:36:28
15 July 20232023 World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships HamburgMen's individual3rd place, bronze medalist(s)00:19:28
17 August 20232023 World Triathlon Olympic Games Test Event ParisMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:41:02
20 August 20232023 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series ParisMixed Relay2nd place, silver medalist(s)00:17:48
22 September 20232023 World Triathlon Championship Finals PontevedraMen's individual3001:45:02
25 May 20242024 World Triathlon Championship Series CagliariMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:39:44
14 June 20242024 Europe Triathlon Cup KitzbuhelMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)00:31:55
30 July 2024Paris2024 Olympic GamesMixed Relay3rd place, bronze medalist(s)00:20:03
30 July 2024Paris 2024 Olympic GamesMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:43:33
27 September 20242024 World Triathlon Championship Series WeihaiMen's individual1st place, gold medalist(s)01:48:21
17 October 20242024 World Triathlon Championship Finals Torremolinos-AndaluciaMen's individual3rd place, bronze medalist(s)01:43:50
31 August 20252025 World Triathlon Championship Series French RivieraMen's individual900:51:49

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