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Helen Clitheroe - Wikipedia

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Helen Clitheroe (née Pattinson)

Personal information

Born

2 January 1974 (age 50)

Preston, Lancashire, UK

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)

Sport

Country

Great Britain

Club

Preston Harriers

Achievements and titles

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]

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Great Britain
European Indoor Championships
	2011 Paris	3000 m
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	1500 m

Updated on 6-03-2011

Helen Teresa Clitheroe (née Pattinson) (born 2 January 1974 in Preston, England) is a former British middle and long-distance runner.^[2]

Athletics career

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 represented England in the 1,500 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4]^[5] Four years later she was the 1500 m bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.^[6]

She achieved the Olympic A qualifying standard for the 3000 m steeplechase at the Meeting Iberoamericano, in Huelva on 13 June 2008, where she finished eighth in a time of 9:43.56.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] At the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, in Stuttgart, Clitheroe placed 9th in the 3000 m steeplechase in a time of 9:39.72.^[10]

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.^[11]^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

She continued working in the Industry as a coach, and during 2022 was coaching with the New Balance team at Manchester, working as personal coach to Ciara Mageean during her very successful 2022 season.

References

^ "Great North Run 2011". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
^ "Team GB > Beijing 2008 > Athlete profile > Helen Clitheroe". Website of the BOA. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ "Athlete Biography - Clitheroe, Helen". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Tim Abeyie wins in Rabat, Helen Clitheroe attains Olympic standard in Huelva". Athletics Weekly. 15 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ "Clitheroe qualifies for Beijing". BBC Sport. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ "Olympics 2008 - Day 1 Evening Session Report". UK Athletics. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ "Ohuruogu ready for Richards". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
^ 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 Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.

External links

Helen Clitheroe at World Athletics

European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 3000 metres

v t e British Athletics Championships women's 3000 metres steeplechase champions
2007–09: Helen Clitheroe 2010: Barbara Parker 2011: Lennie Waite 2012–14: Eilish McColgan 2015: Lennie Waite 2016: Rosie Clarke 2017: Iona Lake 2018–19: Rosie Clarke 2020: Aimee Pratt 2021–22: Lizzie Bird 2023: Poppy Tank 2024: Lizzie Bird

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