Athlete Profile: Kevin McDowell

Kevin McDowell

United States
Born: 1992

Rankings
World Ranking	12
World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	36
Continental Ranking	2

Starts

90

Podiums

14

Wins

2 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.

Latest Athlete Results

DNF	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 14 Aug, 2021 - Final Men. Stage 3 - DNF
2	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 14 Aug, 2021 - Final Men. Stage 2 - 00:21:28
18	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 14 Aug, 2021 - Final Men. Stage 1 - 00:21:54
3	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 13 Aug, 2021 - Qualifier 1 Elite Men - 00:21:28
10	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 13 Aug, 2021 - Elite Men - DNF
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3	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 2021-08-13 - Qualifier 1 Elite Men - 00:21:28
10	Groupe Copley 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal 2021-08-13 - Elite Men - DNF
11	2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama 2021-05-15 - Elite Men - 01:43:41
18	2020 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2020-09-05 - Elite Men - 00:50:02
DNF	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 2019-08-29 - Elite Men - DNF
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6	Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 2021-07-26 - Elite Men - 01:45:54
2	2015 Toronto Pan American Games 2015-07-11 - Elite Men - 01:48:59
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World Triathlon Podcast 31: Kevin McDowell

18 Mar, 2021
World Cup victory for Joao Silva in Weihai

21 Sep, 2019
Nieschlag and Frintova claim first ever victories in Huelva World Cup

24 Sep, 2017
Men's roster brings the heat to Cozumel
The World Triathlon Series may be over, but the triathlon season is still alive and well, with the elites headed for the sunshine at the 2015 Cozumel ITU World Cup.
30 Sep, 2015
Birtwhistle (AUS) brilliant for men's U23 world title
The 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final Chicago officially kicked off Thursday morning with the under23 men’s World Champion being crowned.
17 Sep, 2015

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Kevin
Family Name	McDowell
Representing	USA
Year of Birth	1992
Place of Birth	Geneva, Illinois
Coach	Nate Wilson
Twitter	@KMcDowell1
Instagram	@kevinmcdowell1