Meet Kevin McDowell 2020 Olympic silver medalist
Join us from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. to hear Kevin McDowell, a 2020 Olympic Triathlete, share his inspiring story of success.
All athlete meet & greets are included with a general admission ticket.
About Kevin
Kevin McDowell began his triathlon journey in USA Triathlon’s youth and junior elite circuit as part of Chicago’s Multisport Madness Triathlon Team. Named USA Triathlon’s Junior Athlete of the Year in 2009 and 2010, he earned silver in the individual event and bronze in the Mixed Relay at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. He received a bronze medal at the 2011 Junior World Championships before being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma later that year. After six months of chemotherapy, McDowell returned to elite competition, making his senior World Cup debut in 2012. He later claimed gold at the 2014 FISU World University Triathlon Championships and silver at the 2015 Pan American Games. Now a seven-time World Cup medalist and cancer-free for over a decade, McDowell earned silver in the Mixed Relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
