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Joseph Townsend

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Date of Birth	27 March 1988
Age	36
Place of Birth	Eastbourne
Commonwealth Appearances
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Former Royal Marine Commando Joe Townsend got into triathlon when he completed the Ironman UK triathlon in Bolton in July 2011.

He has since competed at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, where he finished second in the disability category in a time of 11:35:52 (2012) and has established himself as one of the best PT1 para-triatheltes in the world.

He competed for Paralympics GB in Rio in September 2016. Joe also carried the Paralympic Flame into the London 2012 stadium as part of the opening ceremony.

He was suspended by wires and made a dramatic overhead entrance to the arena, even though he is actually scared of heights.

Gold Coast 2018 was Joe’s Commonwealth Games debut and he won gold in the men's para-triathlon.

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Kick-starting the Team England medal count on the opening day, Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown delivered Team England a Gold and Silver apiece, before bookending a dominant Mixed Relay title winning team on Sunday 31st July alongside Sophie Coldwell and Sam Dickinson to a rapturous support around Sutton Park.

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