Christine Harrison-Bloomfield

Christine Harrison-Bloomfield (born February 12, 1968) is a former athlete from the United Kingdom who competed in the track events of 100m and 200m races at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics which were held in Seville.[1] She has also competed in the pole vault during her career.[2]

Coaching

As of 2020, she is an athletics coach and has worked with Christine Ohuruogu, Asha Philip and Jodie Williams. She has also worked with Laviai Nielsen.[3]

In January 2021, she was named by UK Sport as a coach in a new leadership program to increase female representation in sport. In the program 27 coaches across 15 sports are aiming to increase female representation for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info.
  2. ^ "Christine BLOOMFIELD | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ^ Tomas, Fiona (2020-07-23). "Female athletes are winning their fight for Olympics equality - but there is still some way to go to close the gender gap". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. ^ "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport". UK Sport. 2021-01-28.
  5. ^ Dunn, Jarryd (2021-01-28). "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation". British Judo.