Andrea Whitcombe (born 8 June 1971) is a female former British International distance runner and

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Athletics career

Whitcombe won the English National Cross Country Championships three times (1990, 1991, 1997) and competed at the

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seven times. Whitcombe became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British

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titles at the

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and

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. Whitcombe won a silver medal in the

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representing

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at the

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, Malaysia, and represented Great Britain in the same event at the

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, before switching to the

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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

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Championships, and won the

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event in Corner Brook, Canada.

International competitions

Personal life

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

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitcombe, Andrea 1971 births Living people English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners British female triathletes Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes from London Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen 20th-century English sportswomen