Will Draper (Triathlete)
| |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | William Draper | ||
| Born | 14th January 2000 (Age 21) | ||
| Occupation | Professional Triathlete | ||
| Sport | |||
| Turned pro | 2021 | ||
Will Draper (born 14th January 2000) is a professional British Triathlete from the Isle of Man. Before starting a career in triathlon Will competed as a cyclist where he represented the Isle of Man at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the The Bahamas for cycling. [1]Will won the English Triathlon Championships in 2019[2] before making his triathlon professional debut in 2021.[3]
Early Sporting Career
Will started his sporting career as a cyclist where he won the National Youth Circuit Race Championships at 12 years old at the Cyclopark in Kent, London. [4] Will finished 2nd in the 2012 British Cycling National Youth Series (U12); 4th in the 2014 British Cycling National Youth Series (U14) and 3rd in the 2016 British Cycling National Youth Series (U16) [5]. He later went on to win the Madison (cycling)|Madison event at the British Cycling|British Youth and Junior Track National Championships in 2016 [6]. In 2017 (age 17) Will signed for professional junior racing team HMT with JLT Condor Cycling Team (HMT).[7][8] Whilst racing for team HMT Will finished 16th overall at the Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI Junior 2.1 stage race Ronde des Vallées [9] 5th at the Grand Prix de Cherves [10] as well as 14th overall at the Junior Tour of Wales [11] which was won by his elder brother :fr:Nathan_Draper|Nathan Draper in 2015. [12][13]During 2017 Will also represented the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Youth Games where he finished 5th in the road race[14] with team mate Jimmy Bostock taking the victory. [15]
Triathlon Career
During his first year of triathlon Will won the English Triathlon Championships in 2019[2] and later went on to represent the Isle of Man at the 2019 Island Games for Triathlon at the Island Games|triathlon where he won individual silver[16][17] and team bronze[18] and also competed in the 5km run on the track where he finished 4th. [19] During 2020 Will competed away from home twice. Firstly in the Rocquaine Olympic distance triathlon in Guernsey|Gurnsey where he won by over 8 minutes [20][21] and secondly at the Outlaw X middle distance triathlon where he finished 7th [22] and this (according to his own social media [23]) is where he earned his professional license. With the return of more races in 2021 Will began his professional debut season by competing in the PTO supported Eton Dorney triathlon. [3] Several weeks later he competed at the again PTO supported Outlaw Half Holkham where he finished 4th. [24] Will made his first international appearance as a professional triathlete at the Challenge Davos event in Switzerland where he finished 5th. [25] Will has also competed in off-road triathlon events having won the Isle of Man Granite Mann on several occasions and holding the current course record. [26] Will is currently sponsored by international bike manufacturing company Factor Bikes and says the partnership has allowed him to focus more on swimming and running. [27]
References
- ↑ "Manx team set for Youth Games in Bahamas". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Over 1,000 triathletes participate at the Southport Triathlon". www.triathlonengland.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Will Draper makes professional debut in PTO Dorney Triathlon". www.iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Results: National Youth Circuit Race Championships | velouk.net". Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "British Cycling Youth Circuit Series - Previous series". British Cycling. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "British Cycling Youth and Junior National Track Championships: Joliffe wins junior men's sprint title". British Cycling. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "World Cycling Stats". www.worldcyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "History". HMT Hospitals – Giant Junior Cycling Team. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Ronde des Vallées - Épreuves". DirectVelo (in français). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Grand Prix de Cherves - Épreuves". DirectVelo (in français). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Final: Junior Tour of Wales | velouk.net". Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Nathan Draper (RST RT) victorious in the Junior Tour of Wales". British Cycling. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ Marshall-Bell 2015-09-01T14:15:44Z, Chris (2015-09-01). "Nathan Draper wins Junior Tour of Wales by less than two seconds". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "CYG 2017 Men & Women Road Race Results". Bernews. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Cyclist Bostock wins first Manx gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ William Draper wins Team IOM's first medal at the 2019 Island Games, retrieved 2021-09-04
- ↑ "First medal for IOM in Island Games". Manx Radio. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Island Games: Isle of Man bag three medals in triathlon". www.iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Island Games: Draper finishes fourth in 5k". www.iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "'Air bridge' athlete steals show in Guernsey Triathlon's Island Games qualifier". ITV News. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ Ingrouille, Jamie. "Manx Island Games star Draper turns up the heat". guernseypress.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Outlaw X Success at Thoresby Park". Outlaw Triathlon. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Outlaw Half Holkham 2021: Teagle follows up, easy for Astle | Triathlon News". Tri247.com. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "2021 Challenge Davos results". Professional Triathletes Organisation. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ↑ "Draper breaks record and takes third win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ↑ "Will Draper's Custom Factor SLiCK Disc". Factor Bikes UK. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
External links
This article "Will Draper (Triathlete)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.