Jelle Geens

Jelle Geens
	Geens at Munich 2022
Personal information
Born	26 March 1993 (age 33); Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
Education	Groep T, Leuven
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Triathlon
Club	Leie Triathlon Team Deinze
Coached by	Stijn Goris; Nick Baleus
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing Belgium
ITU World Triathlon Series
ITU Triathlon World Cup
European Championships
Ironman 70.3 World Championship

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. In 2025, Geens won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Marbella, in a head-to-head duel with Kristian Blummenfelt.

References

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

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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[rio-1] 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.

[nbc-2] 1 2 "Jelle Geens". NBCOlympics.com. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016.

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