Sophie Coldwell (born 25 February 1995) is a British

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. She competed in the women's event at the

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. and has achieved several medals in

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(ITU) and European Triathlon Union (ETU) Championships. Sophie Coldwell is based in

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, England. On the 26th June 2022, she won her 1st major medal when helping Team GB to Silver in the mixed team relay. She finished in third place in the 2022 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.

Early life

Coldwell was born on 25 February 1995 in

Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Roche ...

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but grew up in

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. Coldwell was a member of Charnwood Athletics Club and

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. She moved to

to attend university and graduated from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

in 2017 with a degree in

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Career

In 2012 Coldwell came fourth at the European Championships and was the National Champion and National Super Series champion. In 2013 she represented

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at the

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winning mixed team relay bronze in

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. In 2014, she finished fourth at the World Junior Championships.The 2017 triathlon season saw Coldwell win her first global medal, with bronze in the U23 event at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam, and a fourth-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama. She also finished second at the 2017 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships. Coldwell represented Team England at the 2018

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on the Gold Coast finishing sixth in the elite women's individual race. She went on to win at the 2018 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup and the 2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships. The 2019 season saw Coldwell win a gold medal at the 2019 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup. Coldwell was also part of the British Mixed Relay teams that won gold at the 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham and silver in the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton Coldwell also participates in Super League Triathlon. She finished 5th in the 2019, 9th in 2021, and 3rd in 2022. In the 2022 season, she has enjoyed top 5 finishes at 3 events, and is currently in 3rd in the overall standings. She competed at the

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where she came 4th in the women's event.

Competitions

The following list of results. Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic Distance). DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start DSQ = Disqualified

References

External links

Sophie Coldwell
at British Triathlon *
Sophie Coldwell
at Super League Triathlon * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coldwell, Sophie 1995 births Living people English female triathletes Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in triathlon Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Triathletes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Loughborough University Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire 21st-century English sportswomen