Chrissie Wellington

Chrissie Wellington, born Christine Ann Wellington on 18 February 1977, is an English former professional triathlete who won the Ironman Triathlon World Championship four times. She took the title in three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009, missed the 2010 race through illness, and won again in 2011, and she was the first British athlete to win the event. She remained undefeated in all thirteen of her races over the ironman distance and lowered the world record at Challenge Roth in Germany in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2006 she was the age group world champion and in 2008 the long distance world champion of the International Triathlon Union. Before turning professional she worked for the British government as an adviser on international development and on development projects in Nepal, and she campaigns for equality for women in sport.