Christine Harrison-Bloomfield

Christine Harrison-Bloomfield

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	12 February 1968 London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Essex Ladies AC

Christine Harrison-Bloomfield (born 12 February 1968) is a former athlete from England, who specialised in 100m and 200m.

Biography

Harrison went to Peckham Girls School and studied at Greenwich University.^{[ citation needed ]} Bloomfield finished second in both the 100 metres and 200 metres events (behind Joice Maduaka) at the 1999 AAA Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Bloomfield competed in the track events of 100m and 200m races at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics which were held in Seville. ^[3] She has also competed in the pole vault during her career. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
3. "Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info.
4. "Christine BLOOMFIELD | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
5. Tomas, Fiona (23 July 2020). "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 6 May 2021.
6. "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport". UK Sport. 28 January 2021.
7. Dunn, Jarryd (28 January 2021). "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation". British Judo.