Athlete Profile: Thomas Bishop

Thomas Bishop

Great Britain
Born: 1991

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	20
World Triathlon Series Ranking	19
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	36
Continental Ranking	13

Starts

55

Podiums

9

Wins

2 Biography

Tom trains at the British Triathlon centre in Leeds, coached by Jack Maitland and Malcolm Brown. He has a twin brother, David, who is also an international triathlete based in Loughborough. His mother, Hilary, is also an excellent cyclist.

In 2010, he was recognised as the British Triathlon Male Junior Triathlete of the Year 2010 following his successful season of winning international medals in both triathlon and duathlon.

He has won world championship medals at U23 level and in 2014 started to make an impact at senior level. Tom ended the 2016 season strongly with a win at the Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships.

2017 has brought some great placings and he continues to perform consistently at a high level.

Recent Highlights

- 10th place at the 2017 Rotterdam World Triathlon Series Grand Final;
- 2nd place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi;
- 4th place at the 2017 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships;
- 5th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Leeds;
- 12th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg;
- 12th position at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama;
- Winner at the 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships;
- 5th place at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton;
- 7th place at the 2016 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships; and
- 19th place at the 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships.

Latest Athlete Results

23	2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 16 Sep, 2018 - Elite Men - 01:47:16
24	2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 26 Aug, 2018 - Elite Men - 01:51:13
DNF	2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 27 Jul, 2018 - Elite Men - DNF
4	2018 Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships 15 Jul, 2018 - Mixed Relay - 00:20:08
17	2018 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 14 Jul, 2018 - Elite Men - 00:54:06
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23	2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 2018-09-12 - Elite Men - 01:47:16
24	2018 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 2018-08-25 - Elite Men - 01:51:13
DNF	2018 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2018-07-27 - Elite Men - DNF
17	2018 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg 2018-07-14 - Elite Men - 00:54:06
6	2018 ITU World Triathlon Leeds 2018-06-10 - Elite Men - 01:47:07
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19	2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018-04-05 - Elite Men - 00:56:15
16	2015 Baku European Games 2015-06-13 - Elite Men - 01:51:00
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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Thomas
Family Name	Bishop
Representing	GBR
Year of Birth	1991
Place of Birth	Derby
Residence	Leeds, Great Britain
Sponsors	Huub, Asics, Kuota, sungod, science in sport, Mavic, catlike, we buy cycle
Hobbies	Reading