Christine Harrison-Bloomfield (born February 12, 1968) was a former athlete from the United Kingdom who mainly competed in the track events of 100m and 200m races. She also competed in the pole vault.[1] She has two children, Indya-Louise Bowmaker and Ella-Rose Bowmaker.
Coaching
[edit]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 a coach in a new leadership program to increase female representation in a sport. In the program 27 coaches across 15 sports are allowed to develop in a quest to double female representation for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Christine BLOOMFIELD | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport". UK Sport. 2021-01-28.
- ^ Dunn, Jarryd (2021-01-28). "UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation". British Judo.