Lucy Charles-Barclay

Lucy Charles-Barclay, born on 15 September 1993, is an English professional triathlete who specialises in the long and 70.3 distances. She is the 2023 Ironman World Champion and the 2021 and 2025 Ironman 70.3 World Champion, and in between she won the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships. Before taking up triathlon she was an elite distance and open water swimmer who was a national champion by the age of 16 but did not gain selection for the British team for the 2012 Olympic trials. She made her triathlon debut in 2014, won the 18 to 24 women's age category at the 2015 Ironman World Championship as an amateur, turned professional in 2016 and won Ironman Lanzarote in 2017. Her husband Reece Barclay is also a British professional Ironman triathlete and coaches her.