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Andrea Whitcombe

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.
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