Lucy Charles Barclay

Lucy Charles-Barclay

Lucy Charles-Barclay is an English professional triathlete specialising in the long- and 70.3 distances. She is the 2023 World Ironman champion and the 2021 and 2025 World Champion in the 70.3 discipline, both under the authority of the World Triathlon Corporation. In between, she won the World Triathlon Long Distance Championships in 2022. Charles-Barclay is also a multiple T100 triathlon winner. In 2023, she broke the course record for the iconic Kona Ironman course. Prior to taking up triathlon, Charles was an elite distance and open water swimmer. She attempted to gain selection for the British swimming team for the 2012 Olympic trials in both the pool and open water. She was, however, unsuccessful, despite having beaten open water trials winner Keri-anne Payne in the Great North Swim a month previously. Charles subsequently made her debut in triathlon in 2014 and went on to win the 18–24 women's age category at the 2015 Ironman World Championship as an amateur.

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