Andrea Whitcombe
Andrea Whitcombe (born 8 June 1971) is a British International distance runner and triathlete. She won a silver medal in the 5000 metres representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and competed in the same event representing Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games, before switching to the triathlon in 2001.[1] 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. She is a three-time winner of the English National Cross Country Championships (1990, 1991 and 1997), and won the ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Corner Brook, Canada in 2005.
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 |
References