Andrea Whitcombe

Andrea Whitcombe
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1971-06-08) 8 June 1971 (age 53)
London
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubParkside Harrow AC
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 5,000m

Andrea Whitcombe (born 8 June 1971) is a female former British International distance runner and triathlete.

Athletics career

Whitcombe won the English National Cross Country Championships three times (1990, 1991, 1997) and competed at the World Cross Country Championships seven times.

She won a silver medal in the 5000 metres representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[1][2][3] and represented Great Britain in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, before switching to the triathlon in 2001.[4]

Triathlon career

She finished in the top 10 at the World Triathlon Championships three times, and was the 2004 British Olympic reserve. In 2005, she won a bronze medal at the World Duathlon Championships, and won the ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Corner Brook, Canada.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1989 World Cross Country Championships (junior women) Stavanger, Norway 14th 4 km 16:22
1990 World Cross Country Championships (junior women) Aix-les-Bains, France 29th 4.4 km 15:02
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4th 3000 m 9:13.81
1991 World Cross Country Championships Antwerp, Belgium 104th 6.4 km 22:44
1993 World Cross Country Championships Amorebieta, Spain 110th 6.4 km 22:05
1996 World Cross Country Championships Cape Town, South Africa 64th 6.4 km 22:14
1997 World Cross Country Championships Parco del Valentino, Italy 104th 6.6 km 23:23
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd 5000 m 15:56.85
1999 World Cross Country Championships (short race) Belfast, Northern Ireland 45th 4.2 km 16:37
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 41st (h) 5000 m 16:15.82
Triathlon / Duathlon
2003 European Triathlon Championships Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 4th —
World Triathlon Championships Queenstown, New Zealand 6th — 2:09:17
2005 World Triathlon Championships Gamagori, Japan 7th — 2:01:08
World Duathlon Championships Newcastle, Australia 3rd —
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 7th — 2:09
European Triathlon Championships Autun, France 4th —
World Triathlon Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 6th — 2:05:46
2007 European Triathlon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 4th — 2:03:29

Personal life

Whitcombe has two children, a son Aeron and a daughter Willow.

References

  1. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "Andrea Whitcombe". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 17 December 2015.