Andrea Whitcombe


Andrea Whitcombe is a female former British International distance runner and triathlete.

Athletics career

Whitcombe won the English National Cross Country Championships three times and competed at the World [Cross Country Championships] seven times.
Whitcombe became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships titles at the 1997 AAA Championships and 1998 AAA Championships.
Whitcombe won a silver medal in the 5000 metres representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and represented Great Britain in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, before switching to the triathlon in 2001.

Triathlon career

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, and won the ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Corner Brook, Canada.

Personal life

Whitcombe has two children, a son Aeron and a daughter Willow.