Catriona Morrison

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Catriona Morrison
Personal information
Born (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 44)
Glasgow, Scotland[1]
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Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's duathlon
ITU Duathlon World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Newcastle Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Corner Brook Individual
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rimini Individual
Gold medal – first place 2010 Edinburgh Individual
ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Fredericia Individual
Gold medal – first place 2007 Richmond Individual
Gold medal – first place 2008 Geel Individual
Gold medal – first place 2007 Edinburgh Individual
Gold medal – first place 2009 Budapest Individual
Women's triathlon
ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Lorient Individual

Catriona ("Cat") Morrison MBE[2] (born 11 January 1977, in Glasgow)[1] is a British triathlete and duathlete of Scottish origin.

Career[]

In 2005, she won the silver medal at the ITU Duathlon World Championships. In 2006[citation needed], she followed this up with gold and took another silver medal at the Long Distance Duathlon World Championships[citation needed]. In 2007, she took the bronze medal at the Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Lorient.[citation needed] She won the World Powerman Duathlon Long Distance Championships in 2007 and 2008.[citation needed]

In 2010 in Edinburgh she took gold for a second time at the Duathlon World Championships in a time of 2:02:48.

Catriona's triathlon career wins include numerous Ironman 70.3 events including St Croix (4 times), UK, Galveston and Ironman titles including Ironman Texas[3] and Ironman Lanzarote[4] where she famously battled back from a 45min mechanical to win the event.

Catriona retired[5] from professional triathlon and duathlon in January 2015. Since then she has completed the prestigious Saltire Fellowship[6] - a fast track entrepreneurial programme based in Scotland and at Babson College in Boston. She is a lay member of court at the University of Stirling.[citation needed] Catriona is an athlete role model for "Winning Scotland Foundation"[7] visiting schools and junior sports clubs to encourage, inspire and motivate young people through sport.

Catriona is co-founder of "Everactiv"[8] [1] a sports clothing brand for young people whose philosophy is to empower, motivate and inspire young people to be physically active.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Women of the year..." Evening Times. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Catriona Morrison Awarded MBE - Triathlon Scotland". triathlonscotland.org. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Ironman Texas on YouTube
  4. ^ Article on tri247.com
  5. ^ Article on slowtwitch.com
  6. ^ Saltire Fellowship on Saltire Foundation website
  7. ^ Winning Scotland Foundation website
  8. ^ Everactiv website

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