# Tim Hellwig > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Hellwig > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Hellwig.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hellwig > Source revision: 1345111255 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German triathlete (born 1999) Tim Hellwig Hellwig in 2022 Personal information Nationality German Born (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 27)[1] Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Sport Sport Triathlon Medal record Men's triathlon Representing Germany Olympic Games 2024 Paris Mixed relay World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2023 Hamburg Mixed relay **Tim Hellwig** (born 30 June 1999) is a German triathlete. He was a gold medalist at the [World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships](/source/World_Triathlon_Mixed_Relay_Championships) in 2023. He then also won a gold medal in the mixed team relay at the [2024 Olympic Games](/source/2024_Olympic_Games). ## Biography From the German state of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), he was German junior champion in the triathlon in 2017, and retained the title again in 2018. He won the silver medal at the European Championships in [Tartu](/source/Tartu), Estonia in 2018. He became German senior sprint champion in 2021, and that year won his first [World Triathlon Championship Series](/source/World_Triathlon_Championship_Series) event in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), Germany in September 2021.[2][3] In 2023, he won the African Triathlon Cup,[2] and two Asian legs of the World Cup, in [Chengdu](/source/Chengdu), China and [Tongyeong](/source/Tongyeong), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea).[4][5] That year, he was a gold medalist at the [World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships](/source/World_Triathlon_Mixed_Relay_Championships) in the mixed relay in Hamburg.[6] In May 2024, he qualified for the [2024 Olympic Games](/source/2024_Olympic_Games) by finishing seventh at the Olympic test event in [Paris](/source/Paris), France.[7] Competing at the Games in August 2024 as a member of the German triathlon mixed relay team alongside [Lasse Lührs](/source/Lasse_L%C3%BChrs), [Lisa Tertsch](/source/Lisa_Tertsch), and [Laura Lindemann](/source/Laura_Lindemann), he won the gold medal ahead of the USA and Great Britain teams, the country's first Olympic medal in triathlon for 16 years.[8][9] Hellwig also earned his first podium finish in Supertri in Toulouse and finished in the top five in every race he ran, finishing his debut Supertri season in third place overall and winning the men’s bike discipline. He ended the year ranked as the world’s 29th best triathlete, but had to undergo surgery on the meniscus in his knee having carried the injury through a lot of 2024.[10] In March 2026, Hellwig had two runner-up places at the World Triathlon Cup events in Lanzarote and Haikou, in China.[11] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tim Hellwig"](https://www.eurosport.com/triathlon/tim-hellwig_prs629479/person.shtml). *Eurosport*. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ct_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ct_2-1) Tassell, Nigel (18 February 2024). ["Tim Hellwig: Background, career highlights, quotes"](https://www.220triathlon.com/news/athletes/who-is-tim-hellwig). *220triathlon*. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Dowdeswell, Andrew (8 September 2021). ["Hellwig wins sprint finish in World Triathlon Series thriller as first six separated by six seconds"](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113166/hellwig-world-triathlon-series-hamburg). *Inside the Games*. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rowbottom, Mike (14 October 2023). ["Seregni and Hellwig winners at 2023 World Triathlon Cup in Chengdu"](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141727/world-triathlon-cup-chengdu-seregni). *Inside the Games*. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tim Hellwig proves unbeatable on World Cup tour with gold in Tongyeong"](https://triathlon.org/news/article/hellwig_proves_unbeatable_on_world_cup_tour_with_gold_in_tongyeong). *Triathlon.org*. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Results: 2023 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships Hamburg | Mixed Relay"](https://triathlon.org/results/result/2023_world_triathlon_sprint_relay_championships_hamburg/583293). July 16, 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Eastman, Ben (31 May 2024). ["The end of May update: which triathletes have qualified for the Paris Olympics?"](https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/the_end_of_may_update_which_triathletes_have_qualified_for_the_paris_olympi#:~:text=Morgan%20Pearson%20(USA)%20and%20Tim,finishing%206th%20and%207th%2C%20respectively.). *Triathlon.org*. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Barratt, Liz (9 July 2024). ["Which triathletes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?"](https://www.220triathlon.com/news/olympics/which-triathletes-have-qualified-for-the-2024-paris-olympic-games). *220 Triathlon*. Retrieved 14 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["OLYMPIC TRIATHLON MIXED SADDLEBACK: GOLD FOR GERMANY"](https://triathlon.de/blogs/journal/olympischer-triathlon-mixed-staffel-gold-fur-deutschland). *Triathlon.de*. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Brown, Paul (2 March 2025). ["Olympic triathlon champion undergoes knee surgery after racing through the pain to Paris 2024 glory"](https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/tim-hellwig-olympic-triathlon-paris-2024-knee-surgery-rehab). *tri247.com*. Retrieved 25 April 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Turner, Jonathan (21 March 2026). ["World Triathlon Cup Haikou 2026 results: Conway and Isakova power to impressive wins"](https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/world-triathlon-cup-haikou-2026-results-report). *Tri247.com*. Retrieved 24 March 2026. v t e Olympic champions in Mixed relay triathlon 2020: Learmonth, Brownlee, Taylor-Brown, Yee (GBR) 2024: Hellwig, Tertsch, Lührs, Lindemann (GER) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tim Hellwig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hellwig) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hellwig?action=history)). 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