- Simon Thompson
Simon Thompson (born
December 10 inMelbourne ,1977 ) is an athlete fromAustralia . He competes intriathlon .Thompson trains with the Tridents Triathlon Club in Canberra and is coached by Ben Gathercole. http://www.tridents.com.au
Thompson competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the
2004 Summer Olympics . He placed tenth with a total time of 1:52:47.18.Thompson, who was named as the reserve for the Australian Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 team, competed in the place of Greg Bennett. Bennett withdrew due to injury. Thompson placed 11th in this race. He controlled the much of the race to assist his Australian Team mates, Brad Kahlefeldt(1st) and Peter Robertson(3rd).
Other notable achievements include Triathlon World Cup victory at Mooloolaba 2005 and winning the Australian long course title 2005.
Simon is sponsored by
Avanti Bikes .Simon's website is http://www.simonthompson.com.au
External links
* [http://www.simonthompson.com.au Simon's Official Website]
* [http://www.avantibikes.com Avanti Bikes - Simon's Bike Sponsor]
* [http://www.tridents.com.au Tridents Triathlon Club - The club Simon is a member of]
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