Lucy Gossage

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Lucy Gossage
Personal information
Birth nameLucy Gossage
Born (1979-12-25) 25 December 1979 (age 43)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Ironman Triathlon 511
Ironman 70.3 011
European Duathlon Championships200
Total722
Women's Triathlon
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ironman Triathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 United KingdomTriathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 WalesTriathlon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 South AfricaTriathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Lanzarote Triathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 United KingdomTriathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 United KingdomTriathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 WalesTriathlon
Ironman 70.3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Majorca Triathlon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 LanzaroteTriathlon
Women's Duathlon
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Duathlon Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012Duathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013Duathlon
Powerman World Series
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012Duathlon

Lucy Gossage (born 25 December 1979) is a British doctor and former triathlete and duathlete, who currently works at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. As an athlete, Gossage competed in Ironman Triathlon events, was twice European duathlon champion, and won multiple Ironman Triathlon events.

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Sports career

In April 2012, Gossage won the European Women's duathlon title, [1] and she retained the title in 2013, [2] as well as finishing the Powerman Duathlon World Series in second place in 2012. [3] Aged 34, she decided to become a full-time Ironman Triathlon competitor. [4] She won her first Ironman event in 2013 in the United Kingdom, and later in the year won the Wales Ironman event; [5] that year, she won the British Triathlon Federation award for female Long Distance Triathlete of the Year. [4] Her other victories in Ironman Triathlons have been in 2014 in Lanzarote, and in the UK in 2015 and 2016. [5] [6] [7] She qualified for the 2016 Ironman World Championship, [8] and finished ninth, despite breaking her collarbone eight weeks prior to the race. [9] Gossage retired from professional sport to focus on her job; [10] 2020 was scheduled to be her last year. [11]

Academic career

Gossage studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, with her PhD focusing on kidney cancer, and she is a trained cancer doctor. [4] [8] Gossage started working as a specialist registrar in 2009, and as of 2020, she worked as an oncology consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. [11] From 2014 to 2016, she took two years away from her academic career to focus on her sports career. [11]

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