Modern Pentathlete
Heather is one of Team GB’s most talented multi-sport athletes. She won a Silver Medal in the Modern Pentathlon in Beijing and ended 2008 as World no. 1
Heather, a qualified
physiotherapist, has set aside her career at the age of 24 to put
everything into her chosen sport – Modern Pentathlon.
She had a
terrific season in 2007, winning her first medal on the World Cup
circuit – a bronze in Moscow - and followed that up an individual
silver medal at the 2007 European Championships in Latvia to achieve
the qualifying standard for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Heather was
named the British Olympic Association’s ‘one to watch’ for 2007 and
collected the Amateur Sports Personality award at the Plymouth Herald’s
2007 Sports Personalities award.
Heather
carried her form into 2008 with her first World Cup gold in Millfield
in March and she won her second medal of the 2008 series by taking
bronze in Kladno, the Czech Republic in May. Her performances in
Kladno included personal bests in both the 200m swim and the 3km run.
As a
former World Junior champion in 2003 Heather wanted to perform to the
best of her ability having achieved the qualifying standard for the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and did just that, winning a Silver Medal.
She is currently the highest ranked British pentathlete in the World.
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