// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Jelle Geens? Gel-ly good swimmer.
 Geens at Munich 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 March 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Groep T, Leuven | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leie Triathlon Team Deinze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stijn Goris Nick Baleus[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jelle Geens (born 26 March 1993) is a Belgian triathlete. Geens placed 38th at the 2016 Olympics.[1] Two years later he won a bronze medal in the mixed team relay event at the 2018 European Triathlon Championships. He studied industrial engineering at Groep T in Leuven.[2]
In 2024, Geens won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupō, passing Olympic silver medallist Hayden Wilde with three kilometres to go.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Jelle Geens". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Jelle Geens". NBCOlympics.com. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Jelle Geens at World Triathlon
- Jelle Geens at IAT Triathlon Database (archived)
- Jelle Geens at Olympics.com
- Jelle Geens at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Jelle Geens at Olympedia
- Jelle Geens at InterSportStats
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- Belgian male triathletes
- Olympic triathletes for Belgium
- Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- People from Heusden-Zolder
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- Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- European triathlon biography stubs
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