Andrea Whitcombe (born 8 June 1971) is a female former British International distance runner and triathlete.
Athletics career Whitcombe won the English National Cross Country Championships three times (1990, 1991, 1997) 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.
International competitions Representing / 1989World Cross Country Championships (junior women)Stavanger, Norway14th4 km16:221990World Cross Country Championships (junior women)Aix-les-Bains, France29th4.4 km15:02World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria4th3000 m9:13.811991World Cross Country ChampionshipsAntwerp, Belgium104th6.4 km22:441993World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmorebieta, Spain110th6.4 km22:051996World Cross Country ChampionshipsCape Town, South Africa64th6.4 km22:141997World Cross Country ChampionshipsParco del Valentino, Italy104th6.6 km23:231998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2nd5000 m15:56.851999World Cross Country Championships (short race)Belfast, Northern Ireland45th4.2 km16:372000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia41st (h)5000 m16:15.82 Triathlon / Duathlon2003European Triathlon ChampionshipsKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic4th—World Triathlon ChampionshipsQueenstown, New Zealand6th—2:09:172005World Triathlon ChampionshipsGamagori, Japan7th—2:01:08World Duathlon ChampionshipsNewcastle, Australia3rd—2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia7th—2:09European Triathlon ChampionshipsAutun, France4th—World Triathlon ChampionshipsLausanne, Switzerland6th—2:05:462007European Triathlon ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark4th—2:03:29
Personal life Whitcombe has two children, a son Aeron and a daughter Willow.
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