From the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, he was German junior champion in the triathlon in 2017, and retained the title again in 2018. He won the silver medal at the European Championships in Tartu, Estonia in 2018. He became German senior sprint champion in 2021, and that year won his first World Triathlon Championship Series event in Hamburg, Germany in September 2021.[2][3]
In May 2024, he qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games by finishing seventh at the Olympic test event in Paris, France.[7] Competing at the Games in August 2024 as a member of the German triathlon mixed relay team alongside Lasse Lührs, Lisa Tertsch, and Laura Lindemann, he won the gold medal ahead of the USA and Great Britain teams, the country's first Olympic medal in triathlon for 16 years.[8][9] Hellwig also earned his first podium finish in Supertri in Toulouse and finished in the top five in every race he ran, finishing his debut Supertri season in third place overall and winning the men’s bike discipline. He ended the year ranked as the world’s 29th best triathlete, but had to undergo surgery on the meniscus in his knee having carried the injury through a lot of 2024.[10]
In March 2026, Hellwig had two runner-up places at the World Triathlon Cup events in Lanzarote and Haikou, in China.[11]
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