Competition
Team
Tyler Westfall
Hometown | Germantown, Maryland |
Events | MK-1 , Extreme Slalom |
Years On Team | 10 (since 2014) |
Club | Potomac Whitewater Racing Club (PWRC) |
Born | 04/28/1996 |
Schools/Work | University of Maryland '18 , Coach at PWRC |
Hobbies | Trail Running , ski alpinism , rock climbing , guitar , wood working and construction projects |
“Never pass up an adventure.”
3 Things You Didn't Know about Tyler Westfall
- Tyler grew up in a kayaking family and was first in a boat at the age of 4.
- In order to make travel for the world cups more affordable, Tyler converted a small van into a bare bones camper and lived out of it for the summer driving around Europe to train and compete.
- Tyler lived in Ivrea, Italy, for a year from 2018-2019 coaching himself as well as a group of kids at the local slalom club.
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World Championships
2014 Junior World Championships: MK-1, 29th place
2018 U23 World championships: MK-1, 31st place
2019 Senior World Championships: MK-1, 69th place -
World Cups
2019 Leipzig World Cup Leipzig: MK-1, 41st place
2019 Bratislava World Cup: MK-1, 51st place
2019 Prague World Cup: MK-1, 55th place -
U.S. Team Trials
2016: MK-1, 3rd place
2021: MK-1, 2nd place