Andrea Hewitt

Andrea Hewitt

Andrea Hewitt, gold medalist in Nice 2012
Personal information
Born	(1982-04-04) 4 April 1982 Christchurch
Residence	Christchurch
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kilograms (112 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Turned pro	2005
Medal record Competitor for  New Zealand Triathlon ITU Triathlon World Championships Gold 2005 Gamagori Under23 Silver 2011 Elite Bronze 2009 Elite Bronze 2011 Lausanne Sprint Commonwealth Games Bronze 2006 Melbourne Elite OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships Gold 2010 Wellington Elite ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships Bronze 2005 Singapore Elite

Andrea Hewitt, winner of the Grand Prix triathlon in Nice, 2012.

Andrea Hewitt, winner of the Grand Prix triathlon in Nice, 2012.

Andrea Hewitt (born 4 April 1982 in Christchurch, New Zealand), is a professional triathlete, who placed third at the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Hewitt lives together with the French triathlete Laurent Vidal, who is also her coach, in Sète on the Mediterranean from May to December, and for the rest of the year she returns to Christchurch. At the University of Canterbury in New Zealand she completed a Bachelor in Commerce and Economics. Andrea Hewitt’s sisters are successful sportswomen as well. Tina, her elder sister, won the New Zealand Championship in Surf Live Saving, and Sara is part of the water polo National Team.

Athletic career

Hewitt was a well known swimmer when at the beginning of 2005, at the age of 22, she decided to convert to triathlon and straight away won the bronze medal at the New Zealand U23 Championships and was admitted to the National Team. In autumn 2005, after having been into triathlon for not more than half a year, Hewitt won the U23 World Championships in Gamagori. In 2006 she took part in the first World Cup of her life, placing third in Mooloolaba (Elite category). In 2007 she won her first World Cup race in Kitzbühel and in 2008 she placed 8th in the Olympic Games.

In 2009, Hewitt took part in seven out of eight competitions of the Dextro Energy World Championship Series and won three medals: gold in Madrid, silver in Yokohama and bronze in Kitzbühel, in the overall ranking she placed third. In 2007 Hewitt began taking part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux

At the beginning of the 2010 season Hewitt won the Oceania Championships and then achieved six top ten positions at the Elite Cup in Hy-Vee and at five of the six World Championship Series triathlons. In the World Championship Rankings 2010, Hewitt is number 6. In France, Hewitt again represented Beauvais in the Lyonnaise des Eaux circuit and again played the decisive role. At Dunkirk and at Tourangeaux she won the gold medal, at the Grand Final of the Lyonnaise circuit in La Baule (Triathlon Audencia) she won silver. Hewitt did not take part at Beauvais and Paris, where Hollie Avil was the best triathlete of her club. Thus in 2010 again Beauvais owes its first place in the overall ranking of the French Club Championship to Andrea Hewitt and Hollie Avil, Anja Dittmer, and Vickie Holland. At La Baule there were no French triathletes among the three triathlètes classants l'équipe of Beauvais at all.

From 2007 to 2010, Hewitt took part in 15 French Club Championship triathlons and won 7 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals,^[1] so she may be considered the dominant figure in French triathlon as well.

In 2011, Hewitt won the World Championship Series Grand Final in Beijing, China and placed second in the overall championship rankings.^[2]

ITU results

In the seven years from 2005 to 2011, Hewitt took part in 58 individual ITU competitions and achieved 48 top ten positions, among which 21 medals.^[3] Unless indicated otherwise, the events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Notes

1. ↑ Cf. http://beauvais-triathlon.onlinetri.com/index.php?page_id=3050&news_id=24084. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
2. ↑ "2011 ITU Women's World Championship Series Rankings". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 5 December 2011. 
3. ↑ "Results for Andrea Hewitt". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 5 December 2011. 

External links

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• Official Web Site
• ITU profile page
• Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website