Bio...
Katie Hewison (nee Ingram) was recruited to triathlon through the trigold talent identification scheme. She has been personally funded by Barrie Well to make the transition from elite runner to elite triathlete. She is now also supported as part of the UK Sport Lottery funded World Class Programme. She is based at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough and coached by Rick Valeti.
Katie was the 2009 Commonwealth mountain running champion, and is a former county level swimmer. Her transition to triathlon has seen her win silver at the ETU European Duathlon Championships and finish on the podium at ITU Triathlon European Cup races in Senec and Geneva.
Katie achieved a 6th place finish at the 2010 GE Edinburgh ITU Duathlon World Championships in September and combined with Cat Morrison and Sophie Coleman for overall team gold. She then won the senior title in Gijon in September 2011 in a close race with Germany's Jenny Schulz, who had taken the lead in a tight race, only to be overtaken in the last 50m by a fast-finishing Hewison.
“I have had a lot of new skills to learn, like how to ride properly and then race on a road bike, how to swim in open water and how to cope with the demands of a two hour event, which at times has been difficult. But overall I have adapted to the life of a triathlete far quicker than I ever anticipated.”
Katie is a former student at Loughborough University, having graduated with BA joint honors in English and Sports Science, so moving back to the area meant living somewhere familiar.
As well as being invited to join the trigold programme in 2009, Katie also won Deal or No Deal on TV. “I actually applied as a bit of a joke and didn’t really expect to get on, but I did and everything fell just right. I filmed the show two months before I had even heard about trigold.”
Personal Bests:
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5km Run PB: 15.54
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10km Run PB 33.49
Major results:
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Gold: Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships, September 2011
Follow Katie on Twitter @katie_hewison.
Katie Hewison Latest ITU events...
| 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships | 24th Sep 2011 | 1st (02:02:45) |
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| 2010 Alanya ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup | 24th Oct 2010 | 3rd (01:56:23) |
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| 2010 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup | 16th Oct 2010 | 15th ( 02:07:18) |
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| 2010 Edinburgh ITU Duathlon World Championships | 3rd Sep 2010 | 6th (02:07:10) |
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| 2010 Athlone ETU Triathlon European Championships | 3rd Jul 2010 | 30th (02:04:04) |
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| 2010 Senec ITU Triathlon European Cup | 22nd May 2010 | 3rd (01:58:22) |
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| 2010 Nancy ETU Duathlon European Championships | 30th Apr 2010 | 2nd (01:51:13) |
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| 2010 Monterrey ITU Triathlon World Cup | 18th Apr 2010 | 12th (01:59:59) |
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