Jordan Rapp

BIO

Jordan Rapp was a professional triathlete for over 10 years. He is the 2011 ITU Long Distance World Champion and a 6x IRONMAN champion. A mechanical engineer from Princeton University where he was a lightweight rower Jordan brought technical precision to all aspects of the sport. He works part-time as the Chief Technology Officer for Slowtwitch.com the leading triathlon website in the world and has written featured technical columns for both Slowtwitch.com and LAVA. As of September 2017 he works full-time as a Software Engineer for the MMO cycling running platform Zwift. He burst onto the scene in 2009 with victories at both IRONMAN Canada and IRONMAN Arizona. In 2010 he was the victim of a near fatal accident while riding his bike when he was hit by a car and left for dead. Storming back in 2011 he won the inaugural Leadman Epic 250 in Las Vegas IRONMAN Canada and the ITU Long Distance World Championships in Las Vegas and was the recipient of the 2011 USA Triathlon Inspirational Comeback award and was named USA Triathlons Non-DraftingNon-Olympic Male Athlete of the Year the USOC Athlete of the Month for November 2011. In 2012 he won IRONMAN Texas and the North American IRONMAN Championships in New York City. Most recently he won the 2015 IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant. He is married to 2004 Canadian Olympian Jill Savege. They have four children and live in Thousand Oaks CA.