International Triathlon Union

Athlete Biography

Before taking up triathlon, Andrea Whitcombe had a sucessful career in Track and Field. She was a silver medallist at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 5,000 meters, and she competed in that same event for Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games. Whitcombe then decided she needed a change from running and a “new challenge.” The Briton first established her position in the sport of triathlon by finishing 6th at the 2003 ITU Queenstown World Championships.
2005 was a tremendous year for Andrea, finishing 5th in the World Cup rankings, 7th in the World Champs, collecting a bronze medal in the World Duathlon Champs and winning a World Cup in Canada.  She is currently Britain’s top ranked athlete and is hoping 2006 gets even better.

Athlete Sponsors: Asics, Blue Seventy,Giant, PowerBar

Athlete Language: English

Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2001

Athlete Other Sports: running

Athlete Education: \'A\' levels, secretarial foundation

Athlete Hobbies: Tortoises / crosswords

Athlete Children: 3 tortoises

Athlete Sports Hero: Michael Johnson, Kelly Holmes

Athlete Proudest Moment: Walking out onto the track for my race in front of thousands of people at the Olympic Games (Track and Field, Sydney 2000) - Whitcombe narrowly missed competing for GBR in triathlon at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She was a reserve athlete for the team.

Athlete Injuries: Achilles heel

Athlete Coach: Simon Wilson & Chris Jones (Advisor)