Beth Potter
Beth Potter (born 27 December 1991) is a British long-distance runner and triathlete. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Weert, Netherlands,[2] confirming her position as a top triathlete.
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||
Born | Glasgow, Scotland[1] | 27 December 1991||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics, Triathlon | ||||||||||
Coached by | Mick Woods | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Potter was born in Scotland and grew up in Bearsden, where she ran for Victoria Park Glasgow.[3] Her father, Alex, is also a competitive runner and her sister, Sarah, is a running coach.[3][4] At a young age Potter was a competitive swimmer.[5] She attended Loughborough University.[6] Potter moved to London for postgraduate training at Saint Mary's University.[3]
Career
Running career
Potter began competing as a runner in 2004. In 2008, she placed first at the Scottish Under-15 Championships in cross country and in the 1500m distance in track. She finished 36th in Under 20 cross-country at the World Championships in 2010.[7]
Coming back from an injury, Potter placed 18th in 5,000m at the under 23 European Championships in 2013 (16th after disqualifications).[8] Potter began training with coach Mick Woods who convinced her not to quit running.[9] Potter was more successful in 2014 competing at the senior level, representing Scotland at Glasgow where she finished 9th in the 5,000m and 5th at the 10,000m distance.[9][7] The next year she had a disappointing 2015 season due to illness.[8]
Potter qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She secured her place qualifying as the second British woman in the women's 10,000m behind Jess Andrews.[10] Leading up to the Olympics, Potter trained with fellow Scot Steph Twell.[3] Potter also worked with a sports psychologist weekly in an effort to overcome her difficulty managing stress.[3] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 10,000 metres, finishing 34th.[11][12]
In May 2017 Potter won the 10,000 metres at the British trials, her first race on the track since the Olympics, qualifying her for the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.[13]
Triathlon career
In January 2017 Potter announced that she was planning to make a transition from athletics to triathlon with a view to competing in triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, having moved to Leeds to join an elite training group including Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, Vicky Holland and Non Stanford, although she did also indicate that she would aim to compete in the 2017 World Athletics Championships.[14][15] In June 2017 she finished third in the elite race at the Blenheim Palace Triathlon[16] and won the elite competition at the Cardiff Triathlon.[17]
References
- "Beth Potter". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-02-05 – via www.sports-reference.com/olympics/.
- Elite Women's results Weert 2019 ETU Championships
- Forsyth, Paul. "Potter trusts in magical mix of power and perseverance" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-18 – via scottishathletics.org.
- "Rio Olympian visits Victoria Park AC in Glasgow". 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- "Beth Potter – secures 10,000m Commonwealth Standard for Scotland days after claiming BUCS 5K title ‹ TrackField97.com". www.trackfield97.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- "Famously Connected: Beth Potter". The Community Magazine. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- "Beth Potter - scotstats". www.scotstats.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- Egelstaff, Susan (2016-06-11). "Athletics: Joy of reaching Rio still sinking in for 10,000 metres runner Beth Potter". The National. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- Woods, Mark. "Beth Potter's strongwoman tactics". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- "Beth Potter delighted with second and Rio 10,000m berth". BBC Sport. 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- "Beth Potter". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- Henderson, Jason (20 May 2017). "Beth Potter and Andy Vernon triumph at Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- Woods, Mark (16 January 2017). "Olympian Potter to shift from track to triathlon for Tokyo". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- "Beth Potter: Training with Brownlees helped me qualify for World Championships". bbc.co.uk. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- "Perfect conditions as 7000 compete in Blenheim Triathlon". itv.com. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- Dewey, Philip (25 June 2017). "A record number of competitors took part in this year's Cardiff Triathlon". WalesOnline. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
External links
- Beth Potter at European-Athletics.org
- Beth Potter on Twitter
- Beth Potter at International Olympic Committee
- Beth Potter at Olympic Channel
- Beth Potter at British Olympic Association
- Beth Potter at Olympedia
- Beth Potter at World Athletics
- Beth Potter at ThePowerOf10.info
- Beth Potter at ITU
- Beth Potter at Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT)