Vanessa Raw

Artist
Vanessa in her studio

Vanessa Raw (born 28 September 1984 in Hexham) is an Artist and former professional triathlete, member of the British Olympic Triathlon Squad. She currently lives and works in London.


Over the 10 years 2006 to 2014, Vanessa Raw took part in 26 ITU competitions and achieved 8 top ten positions, among which 3 medals. She then achieved four medals in long distance ( ironman) events before retiring.

After the first and successful triathlon year in 2006 Raw suffered a setbacks of numerous injuries and illness, year after year. She eventually managed to reconcile high performance triathlon, painting and the degree course in Fine Art, which she finished at Loughborough University in 2009, the year in which she also won two silver medals at (Premium) European Cups.


She now works full time as an artist.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's ITU Profile Page.[1] Unless indicated otherwise, all competitions enumerated below are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  2006-05-21  Premium European CupSanremo 7
  2006-07-08  European Championships (U23)Rijeka 5
  2006-07-30  BG World CupSalford 26
  2006-09-02  World Championships (U23)Lausanne 4
  2006-09-24  BG World CupBeijing 10
  2007-06-03  BG World CupMadrid DNF
  2007-08-11  BG World CupTiszaújváros 17
  2007-09-15  BG World CupBeijing 53
  2007-10-07  BG World CupRhodes DNF
  2008-04-19  Premium European CupPontevedra 6
  2008-05-10  European ChampionshipsLisbon DNF
  2008-06-05  BG World ChampionshipsVancouver 32
  2009-05-31  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid DNF
  2009-07-02  European ChampionshipsHolten 21
  2009-08-09  World CupTiszaújváros 19
  2009-08-23  European CupKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad) 2
  2009-08-30  Premium European CupKedzierzyn Kozle 2
  2009-09-26  European CupMar Menor 3
  2010-03-27  World CupMooloolaba 20
  2010-04-11  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney 29
  2010-06-05  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid 31
  2010-07-03  European ChampionshipsAthlone 15
  2010-07-17  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg 19
  2010-08-08  World CupTiszaújváros 24
  2010-08-15  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel 26
  2010-09-08  Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Grand FinalBudapest 36

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

    Notes
    1. See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NTcxOA==#. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
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