Athletes to Watch
Not sure whom to cheer for? For the latest on professional triathletes from around the world, and up-to-date athlete rankings, check out the International Triathlon Union's official website. For information on American triathletes and to check out their latest rankings, visit the USA Triathlon website.
The following elite triathletes competed in the 2009 Hy-Vee Triathlon:
Men
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | COUNTRY |
| Akerson | Rom | CRC |
| Amey | Paul | GBR |
| Atkinson | Courtney | AUS |
| Baillargeon Smith | Andre Paul | CAN |
| Bennett | Greg | AUS |
| Brown | Ethan | USA |
| Brukhankov | Alexander | RUS |
| Buck Kelmerson | Henri | BRA |
| Chacon | Leonardo | CRC |
| Chrabot | Matt | USA |
| Clarke | William | GBR |
| Collington | Kevin | USA |
| Colucci | Reinaldo | BRA |
| Cuevas | Javier | DOM |
| De Villiers | Hendrik | RSA |
| Docherty | Bevan | NZL |
| Dodds | Tony | NZL |
| Don | Tim | GBR |
| Eksteen | Claude | RSA |
| Ellice | Clark | NZL |
| Fleischmann | Brian | USA |
| Fleureton | Cedric | FRA |
| Freeman | Oliver | GBR |
| Fretta | Mark | USA |
| Frodeno | Jan | GER |
| ***ui | Hideo | JPN |
| Gacond | Sebastien | SUI |
| Gemmell | Kris | NZL |
| Giglmayr | Andreas | AUT |
| Glushchenko | Andriy | UKR |
| Gomez | Javier | ESP |
| Halverson | Gareth | AUS |
| Hayes | Stuart | GBR |
| Henning | Rasmus | DEN |
| Heo | Min Ho | KOR |
| Hosoda | Yuichi | JPN |
| Jones | Kyle | CAN |
| Kahlefeldt | Brad | AUS |
| Kuttor | Csaba | HUN |
| Malyshev | Yulian | RUS |
| Marceau | Olivier | SUI |
| McCartney | Andrew | CAN |
| McMahon | Brent | CAN |
| Moreira | Juraci | BRA |
| O’Grady | Graham | NZL |
| Phillips | Jeffrey | CAN |
| Polikarpenko | Volodymyr | UKR |
| Polyansky | Dmitry | RUS |
| Quinchara | Carlos Javier | COL |
| Raelert | Michael | GER |
| Reed | Matthew | USA |
| Riederer | Sven | SUI |
| Robertson | Peter | AUS |
| Rouault | Gregory | FRA |
| Salvisberg | Lukas | SUI |
| Sapunov | Danylo | UKR |
| Shoemaker | Jarrod | USA |
| Sissons | Ryan | NZL |
| Svarc | Premysl | CZE |
| Tayama | Hirokatsu | JPN |
| Tichelaar | Paul | CAN |
| Turbaevskiy | Vladimir | RUS |
| Umphenour | Joe | USA |
| Unger | Daniel | GER |
| Van Barneveld | Martin | NZL |
| Vanek | Akos | HUN |
| Vasiliev | Ivan | RUS |
| Whitfield | Simon | CAN |
| Wild | Ruedi | SUI |
| Wilson | Jason | BAR |
| Wilson | Dan | AUS |
| Yamamoto | Ryosuke | JPN |
Women
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | COUNTRY |
| Adachi | Mariko | JPN |
| Bennett | Laura | USA |
| Blatchford | Liz | GBR |
| Brault | Sarah-Anne | CAN |
| Bravo | Elizabeth | ECU |
| Densham | Erin | AUS |
| Di marco Messmer | Magali | SUI |
| Dittmer | Anja | GER |
| Dmitrieva | Olga | RUS |
| Ellis | Mary Beth | USA |
| Findlay | Paula | CAN |
| Groff | Sarah | USA |
| Groves | Lauren | CAN |
| Haskins | Sarah | USA |
| Hewitt | Andrea | NZL |
| Ide | Juri | JPN |
| Jenkins | Helen | GBR |
| Kikuchi | Hideko | JPN |
| Kotfica | Paulina | POL |
| Lang | Kerry | GBR |
| Luxford | Annabel | AUS |
| May | Elizabeth | LUX |
| McIlroy | Kate | NZL |
| McLarty | Sara | USA |
| Mensink | Lisa | NED |
| Moffatt | Emma | AUS |
| Niwata | Kiyomi | JPN |
| Norden | Lisa | SWE |
| Ohata | Mariana | BRA |
| Pilz | Christiane | GER |
| Prystayko | Olesya | UKR |
| Riveros Diaz | Barbara | CHI |
| Ryf | Daniela | SUI |
| Sapunova | Yuliya | UKR |
| Sharp | Alee | AUS |
| Shoemaker | Jenna | USA |
| Snowsill | Emma | AUS |
| Spence | Rebecca | NZL |
| Stevens | Amanda | USA |
| Swallow | Jodie | GBR |
| Sweetland | Kirsten | CAN |
| Tremblay | Kathy | CAN |
| Tsuchihashi | Akane | JPN |
| Tsyganok | Inna | UKR |
| Ueda | Ai | JPN |
| Warriner | Samantha | NZL |
| Wassner | Rebeccah | USA |