Sophie Coldwell

Sophie Coldwell (born 25 February 1995) is a British triathlete. She competed in the women's event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[1] and has achieved several medals in International Triathlon Union (ITU) and European Triathlon Union (ETU) Championships.[2] Sophie Coldwell is based in Loughborough, England.

Sophie Coldwell
Personal information
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995
Gravesend, England
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTriathlon

Early life

Coldwell was born in Gravesend, Kent but grew up in Keyworth, Nottingham.

Coldwell was a member of Charnwood Athletics Club and Nottingham Leander Swimming Club. She moved to Loughborough to attend university and graduated from Loughborough University in 2017 with a degree in Human Biology.[3]

Career

In 2012 Coldwell came fourth at the European Championships and was the National Champion and National Super Series champion. In 2013 she represented Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival winning mixed team relay bronze in Sydney.[4]

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,[5] and a fourth-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama.[6] She also finished second at the 2017 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships.[7]

Coldwell represented Team England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 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[8] and the 2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships.[9] The 2019 season saw Coldwell win a gold medal at the 2019 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup.[10]

Coldwell was also part of the British Mixed Relay teams that won gold at the 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham[11] and silver in the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton[12]

Competitions

The following list of results.[13] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic Distance).

Date Competition Rank
2019-08-31 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 13
2019-08-15 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event 9
2019-07-21 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton 2
2019-07-20 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 15
2019-07-06 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 14
2019-06-15 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham 1
2019-06-09 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 9
2019-05-18 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup 1
2019-05-05 Madrid ITU Triathlon World Cup 4
2018-09-16 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast Mixed U23 - Junior Relay 3
2018-09-15 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 27
2018-08-25 ITU World Triathlon Montreal 24
2018-07-20 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships 1
2018-07-08 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup 1
2018-06-10 ITU World Triathlon Leeds 12
2018-04-05 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Elite Women 6
2018-03-02 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 26

DNF = Did not finish

DNS = Did not start

DSQ = Disqualified

References
  1. "Commonwealth Games: England's Jessica Learmonth wins triathlon silver". BBC Sport. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  3. "Sophie Coldwell". www.britishtriathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. "Sophie Coldwell - Triathlon - News, Olympic Results and History". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: U23 Women | 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  6. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2017 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2017 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  8. Union, International Triathlon (2018-07-08). "Sophie Coldwell reigns supreme in Tiszy before storm halts men's progress". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  9. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Elite Women | 2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  10. Union, International Triathlon (2019-05-18). "Alistair Brownlee and Sophie Coldwell make it a day to remember for GB in Cagliari". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  11. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Nottingham". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  12. Union, International Triathlon. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  13. Union, International Triathlon. "Triathlon.org". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.


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