Christine Harrison-Bloomfield

Christine Harrison-Bloomfield (born February 12, 1968) is a former athlete from the United Kingdom who mainly competed in the track events of 100m and 200m. She has also competed in the pole vault.[1]

Coaching

As of 2020 she is an athletics coach and has worked with Christine Ohuruogu, Asha Philip and Jodie Williams. She currently coaches British 400-meter runner, Laviai Nielsen at London's Lee Valley.[2]

In January 2021, she was named by UK Sport as one of the 27 coaches in a new scheme to increase female representation in a sport. The program sees 27 coaches across 15 sports allowed to develop in a quest to double female representation for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games.[3][4]

References
  1. "Christine BLOOMFIELD | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  2. Tomas, Fiona (2020-07-23). "Female athletes are winning their fight for Olympics equality - but there is still some way to go to close the gender gap". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport". www.uksport.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. Dunn, Jarryd (2021-01-28). "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation". British Judo. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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