Andrea Whitcombe

Andrea Whitcombe

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1971-06-08) 8 June 1971 (age 53) London, England
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance
Club	Parkside Harrow AC
Medal record Athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 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.

Whitcombe became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships titles at the 1997 AAA Championships ^[1] and 1998 AAA Championships. ^{[2] [3]}

Whitcombe won a silver medal in the 5000 metres representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ^{[4] [5] [6]} and represented Great Britain in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, before switching to the triathlon in 2001. ^[7]

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. "Athletics" . Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
4. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Andrea Whitcombe". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

External links

• Andrea Whitcombe at World Athletics
• Andrea Whitcombe at World Triathlon
• Andrea Whitcombe at Olympics.com
• Andrea Whitcombe at Olympedia
• Andrea Whitcombe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Andrea Whitcombe at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)