Kevin McDowell

  • United States
  • Born: 1992
Biography

At the start of 2021, USA’s Kevin McDowell embarked on his Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification campaign exactly ten years on from discovering he had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Having won silver in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, a promising career was suddenly taken from under him.

After six months of intense chemo the cancer was removed, but the physical recovery process was only just beginning. Determined to return to triathlon as quickly as possible, Kevin realised in 2013 he needed to take a major step back, returning fully in 2014 to resume what he had begun.

A first World Cup podium came in 2014, Pan American Games silver in 2015, and more recently Kevin has been a regular in and around the podium and on the US Mixed Team Relay squad. Having made the team for Tokyo, he produced an excellent sixth-place finish in the individual race and then helped the USA to silver in the first ever Olympic Mixed Team Relay.

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2024 World Triathlon Cup Huatulco
19 May, 2024 - Elite Men - 00:58:56
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2024 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama
11 May, 2024 - Elite Men - 01:48:19
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2024 World Triathlon Cup Hong Kong
24 Mar, 2024 - Elite Men - 00:54:33
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2023 Americas Triathlon Championships Veracruz
03 Sep, 2023 - Elite Men - DNF
DNF
2023 World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi
03 Mar, 2023 - Elite Men - DNF
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2024 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama
2024-05-11 - Elite Men - 01:48:19
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2023 World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi
2023-03-03 - Elite Men - DNF
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2022 World Triathlon Championship Finals Abu Dhabi
2022-11-24 - Elite Men - 01:47:25
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2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Bermuda
2022-11-05 - Elite Men - DNF
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2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari
2022-10-08 - Elite Men - 01:40:54
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
2021-07-26 - Elite Men - 01:45:54
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2015 Toronto Pan American Games
2015-07-11 - Elite Men - 01:48:59
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Given Name Kevin
Family Name McDowell
Representing USA
Year of Birth 1992
Place of Birth Geneva, Illinois
Residence
Coach Nate Wilson
Twitter @KMcDowell1
Instagram @kevinmcdowell1
World Triathlon Athlete ID 18714
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