Lucy Gossage

Lucy Gossage

Personal information
Birth name	Lucy Gossage
Born	28 January 1986
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Ironman Triathlon 5 1 1 Ironman 70.3 0 1 1 European Duathlon Championships 2 0 0 Total 7 2 2 Women's Triathlon Representing  Great Britain Ironman Triathlon 2013 Ironman Triathlon United Kingdom Triathlon 2013 Ironman Triathlon Wales Triathlon 2014 Ironman Triathlon South Africa Triathlon 2014 Ironman Triathlon Lanzarote Triathlon 2015 Ironman Triathlon United Kingdom Triathlon 2016 Ironman Triathlon United Kingdom Triathlon Ironman 70.3 2013 Ironman 70.3 Majorca Triathlon 2013 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote Triathlon Women's Duathlon Representing  Great Britain European Duathlon Championships 2012 European Duathlon Championships Duathlon 2013 European Duathlon Championships Duathlon

Lucy Gossage (born 25 December 1979) is a British triathlete and duathlete who competes in Ironman Triathlon events. She has twice been the European dualthlon champion, and has won multiple Ironman Triathlon events.

Biography

Gossage studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, with her PhD focusing on kidney cancer, and she is a trained cancer doctor.^[1][2] In April 2012, Gossage won the European Women's duathlon title,^[3] and she retained the title in 2013.^[4] Aged 34, she decided to become a full-time Ironman Triathlon competitor.^[1] She won her first Ironman event in 2013 in the United Kingdom, and later in the year won the Wales Ironman event;^[5] that year, she won the British Triathlon Federation award for female Long Distance Triathlete of the Year.^[1] Her other victories in Ironman Triathlons have been in 2014 in Lanzarote, and in the UK in 2015 and 2016.^[5][6][7] She qualified for the 2016 Ironman World Championship,^[2] and finished ninth, despite breaking her collarbone eight weeks prior to the race.^[8]

References

1. Murray, Helen (27 March 2014). "Cancer doctor turns full-time Ironman competitor at 34". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
2. Majendie, Matt (7 October 2016). "Pain no obstacle for Ironwoman Lucy Gossage". CNN. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
3. "2012 Horst ETU Powerman Long Distance and Sprint Duathlon European Championships : Apr 29 2012 : Elite Women : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
4. "2013 Horst ETU Powerman Long Distance and Sprint Duathlon European Championships : Apr 20 2013 : Elite Women : Results". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
5. "Triathlon - Lucy Gossage" (in French). Les Sports. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
6. Speed, Dan (18 July 2016). "Lucy Gossage successfully defends her title as Kirill Kotsegarov celebrates maiden IRONMAN UK victory". Triathlete Europe. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
7. Saul, Rosalind (17 July 2016). "Three times a champion Lucy: 'I love Bolton'". The Bolton News. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
8. Levison, John (25 October 2016). "Lucy Gossage: don't write me off yet!". Tri247. Retrieved 12 November 2016.