Hi and welcome to my website…
My name is Sophie Whitworth, 39, I work in sales for Cadbury UK and my current role is Cadbury 2012 Presence manager, a very exciting role linked to Cadbury’s sponsorship of the 2012 games. Alongside my work I compete for Great Britain Age Group Triathlon team.
I have been competing in the age – group team since I was 24 and I have been lucky enough to see a lot of the World whilst competing. The annual ITU world championships have taken me to: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Honolulu, Mexico, Switzerland & Madeira and at the end of this season I will have represented GB on 10 occasions.
In the last few years I have really focused on doing well in my category.
I have managed to win 4 x ITU World Olympic distance age group silver medals in 35-39yrs category.
Over the past 5 years I have also been really pleased to win many prestigious Age Group races in the UK such as London, Windsor, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Dorney & Blenheim at Olympic distance.
In 2007 & 2008 I introduced ½ ironman distance to my repertoire and recorded wins at The New Forest ½ ironman, The Cowman, Milton Keynes & Saint Jean de Luz International triathlon.
One of my ambitions in 2009 was to put in a credible performance in a Pro start race at Lisbon ½ ironman. I was lying 5th after the bike leg but was forced to withdraw with a nasty plantar faciitis injury.
This problem plagued me through 2009 although I was able to compete in some open water swimming event and timetrials. Against the odds and after no running training I had the race of my life at the ITU Olympic distance World Age Group Championships, September 13th after a period of rehabilitation.
In 2010 I have my heart set on competing in Austria 70.3 to secure an agegroup place for Clearwater 70.3 worlds, although this is a back up plan as I really want to do Florida Ironman in Nov in preference. Foot dependant as still rehabilitating my foot. After Austria in the mid season I will look to do the national, european and world age group championships and see what I can achieve as a new comer to 40-44 yrs!
I am hugely supported by the team at Athleteservice.com, namely Filipe Salbany who supports me in my training/ racing schedule, physiological testing and coaching on all three disciplines. Along with Rob Griffiths, a recent qualifier for Ironman Hawaii.
Many thanks to my amazing husband, himself an Age Group team member, we have a great life following our passion for this sport. Without him I would never make it to any start line! Thanks also to my work colleagues and Cadbury UK for their continued support to enable me to pursue my ambitions out side of work.
