Greg Bennett (triathlete)

Greg Bennett is a retired professional triathlete from Australia, born on 2 January 1972 in Sydney, who became a dual Australian and American citizen in 2012. He took up triathlon at fourteen while a student at Newington College and was ranked the number-one triathlete in the world in 2002 and 2003. He won two ITU World Series titles, one Triathlon World Championship and six World Cup titles, and he also won Australian national titles in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He qualified for the Australian Olympic team at Athens in 2004, where he placed fourth in 1:51:41.58, and at Beijing in 2008. In 2007 he won all five races of the Life Time Fitness Grand Slam series and the richest prize purse in the sport. He now works as a motivational speaker, corporate trainer and entrepreneur.