1. Beth Potter was born on 27 December 1991 and is a multiple World Champion Scottish triathlete and long distance runner competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
21 Facts About Beth Potter
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Beth Potter competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Beth Potter won the Super League Triathlon Arena Games, London 2021, and was second at the Rotterdam event.
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In 2022 Potter became the first Esports Triathlon World Champion, by winning the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon series.
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Beth Potter won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the individual triathlon.
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Beth Potter was born in Scotland and grew up in Bearsden, where she ran for Victoria Park Glasgow.
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Beth Potter's father, Alex, is a competitive runner and her sister, Sarah, is a running coach.
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Beth Potter moved to London for postgraduate training at St Mary's University, Twickenham and trained as part of the Endurance Performance Centre there through Rio 2016.
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Beth Potter finished 36th in Under 20 cross-country at the World Championships in 2010.
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Beth Potter began training with coach Mick Woods who convinced her not to quit running.
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Beth Potter was more successful in 2014 competing at the senior level, representing Scotland at Glasgow where she finished 9th in the 5,000m and 5th at the 10,000m distance.
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Beth Potter secured her place qualifying as the second British woman in the women's 10,000m behind Jess Andrews.
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Beth Potter worked with a sports psychologist weekly in an effort to overcome her difficulty managing stress.
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Beth Potter competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 10,000 metres, finishing 34th.
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In May 2017 Beth Potter won the 10,000 metres at the British trials, her first race on the track since the Olympics, qualifying her for the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.
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In January 2017 Beth Potter announced that she was planning to make a transition from athletics to triathlon with a view to competing in triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, having moved to Leeds to join an elite training group including Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, Vicky Holland and Non Stanford, although she did indicate that she would aim to compete in the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
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Beth Potter finished 4th in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series, as well as winning the Super League Triathlon Arena Games, London, and finishing second at the Rotterdam event.
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Two weeks later, at Arena Games Triathlon London, she finished in 2nd place behind France's Cassandre Beaugrand At the final event of the series, held at Marina Bay Singapore, Beth Potter finished in second place, behind Hungary's Zsanett Bragmeyer.
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Beth Potter finished in third place at SLT NEOM, the final event of the 2022 Super League Triathlon season, her podium finish at the event secured her 4th place in the series overall.
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In November 2023 it was announced that Beth Potter had been selected for the British 2024 Summer Olympic team.
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At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Beth Potter came third and took the Bronze Medal.