Mario Mola

Mario Mola is a Spanish professional triathlete from Palma de Mallorca, born in 1990, who dominated the short-distance Olympic format in the middle of the 2010s. He was crowned World Triathlon Series world champion in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and finished second in the overall series standings in 2014 and 2015 behind his countryman Javier Gomez. He started swimming at the age of five, began riding a racing bicycle at fifteen, entered junior triathlons in 2005 and has been a member of the Spanish national team since 2006. He won the junior world championship in 2009. At the Olympic Games he placed 19th in London in 2012, 8th in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and 10th in Tokyo in 2020. In club racing he represented clubs in France and Germany, and he was named European Triathlon Union athlete of the year in 2017.