Athlete Profile
Tyler Butterfield


2011 highlights:

Ironman 70.3 Mooseman - 5th
Hawaii LavaMan - 2nd
Ironman 70.3 Boulder - 2nd
Ironman 70.3 St. Croix- 3rd

Nationality: Bermudian

Hometown: Boulder, Colorado

First Triathlon: Ironkids in Bermuda when I was 7 years old

Favorite distance: All and every- Olympic, 70.3, Ironman, X-Terra

Career highlight: Bronze medal at Junior ITU World Championships and Paris Roubaix U23 Cycling

Race wheels: Rolf Prima TT58, love them!

Nickname: Ty

Favorite race: Any World Championships or Olympics. I love the big 1-day races.

Favorite place to train: Boulder (Colorado) in the US, Girona (Spain) for Europe, and the Gold Coast (Australia).

What I dread about race day: A flat tyre

What I always wanted to be when I grew up: A World Champion

If I was a cartoon character I would be: Road runner

My hero is: My Dad

If I could have lunch with anyone it would be: Nelson Mandela

If I won the lottery: I would buy a new house and keep everything else the same.

Favorite Movie: Gladiator and Prince of Persia

Funniest incident in my life: Me, don't know. Someone I knew once fainted on a plane once and peed himself. He had to walk off the place in American Airlines sweatpants.

Five things I would need to survive, if left alone on a deserted island: Lawn chair, umbrella, a mojito, cheese burger, and a plane out of there.

My next vacation will be: Hawaii after the race


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