Jan Frodeno

I heard this guy joined the sport in 2000 because of a girl... haha... it has brought him a gold in his lifetime... wow...

Jan Frodeno (born August 18, 1981 in Cologne, Germany) is an Olympic triathlon champion from Germany.[2] He won gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Frodeno started out as a swimmer in South Africa at the age of 15, and he entered triathlon in 2000.[3] He then went to Germany to compete in the Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in 2002.[3] He currently trains at the Olympic Training Centre in Saarbrücken.[2] Before his Olympic victory, his best result was placing sixth in the 2007 World Championships,[1] and winning the German Championship the same year.[4] He had previously also placed second and third in various races of the World Cup from 2005 to 2008.[1]
His gold medal win at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a surprise.[5] He beat the 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield in a sprint finish, while the hot pre-race favorite and 2008 World Champion Javier Gómez finished in fourth place.[5] The victory came the day after his twenty-seventh birthday.