Helen Clitheroe
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Born | Preston, Lancashire, UK |
2 January 1974 ||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Preston Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1500 m: 4:01.10 3000 m: 8:51.02 3000 m steeplechase: 9:29.14 5000 m: 15:06.75 10000 m: 31:45[1] |
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Updated on 6-03-2011. |
Helen Teresa Clitheroe (née Pattinson) (born 2 January 1974 in Preston, England) is a British middle and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter.[2] She competed in the 1500 m at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.[3] She was the 1500 m bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
She achieved the Olympic A qualifying standard for the 3000 m steeplechase at the Iberoamericano meeting, in Huelva on 13 June 2008, where she finished 8th in a time of 9:43.56.[4] Her place in the British team for the Games was confirmed when she won the British trials in a new national record time of 9:36.98.[5] At the Games she finished sixth in her heat and did not advance to the next round of competition, despite beating her own national record with a time of 9:29.14.[6] At the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, in Stuttgart, Clitheroe placed 9th in the 3000 m steeplechase in a time of 9:39.72.[7]
She completed a spell of high-altitude training in Iten, Kenya and then came close to a 3000 m lifetime best at the Aviva International Match in January 2011, finishing with a stadium record run.[8][9] The May 2011 Great Manchester Run saw her produce a career best for the 10K as she completed a dominant performance to win the race in a time of 31:45 minutes.[10] She set herself a similar target at the European Cup 10000m in June 2011, but suffered in hot conditions and finished in fourth with a time of 32:11.29 minutes.[11]
References
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- ↑ Brown, Matthew (2011-01-29). Ennis sparkles in Glasgow. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-30.
- ↑ Jessica Ennis starts season with hurdles win in Glasgow . BBC Sport (2011-01-29). Retrieved on 2011-01-30.
- ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-15). Gebrselassie takes fourth Manchester 10Km victory, Clitheroe surprises. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
- ↑ Portugal double victory at the European Cup 10000m. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
External links
- Helen Clitheroe profile at IAAF
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Preston, Lancashire
- Female long-distance runners
- British long-distance runners
- English middle-distance runners
- British middle-distance runners
- Female middle-distance runners
- British steeplechase runners
- English long-distance runners
- English steeplechase runners
- Female steeplechase runners
- British female athletes
- English sportswomen
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Great Britain