Christine Harrison-Bloomfield
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprints
| club = Essex Ladies AC
| birth_date = 12 February 1968
| birth_place = London, England
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Christine Harrison-Bloomfield (born 12 February 1968) is a former athlete from England, who specialised in 100m and 200m.
Biography
Harrison went to Peckham Girls School and studied at Greenwich University.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Bloomfield finished second in both the 100 metres and 200 metres events (behind Joice Maduaka) at the 1999 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 April 2025 }}
Bloomfield competed in the track events of 100m and 200m races at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics which were held in Seville.{{cite web |title=Athlete Profile |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=40922 |website=thepowerof10.info}} She has also competed in the pole vault during her career.{{Cite web |title=Christine BLOOMFIELD {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/christine-bloomfield-14274513 |access-date=2021-05-06 |website=worldathletics.org}}
Coaching
As of 2020, she is an athletics coach and has worked with Christine Ohuruogu, Asha Philip and Jodie Williams. She has also worked with Laviai Nielsen.{{Cite news |last=Tomas |first=Fiona |date=2020-07-23 |title=Female athletes are winning their fight for Olympics equality - but there is still some way to go to close the gender gap |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2020/07/23/female-athletes-winning-fight-olympics-equality-still-way/ |access-date=2021-05-06 |issn=0307-1235}}
In January 2021, she was named by UK Sport as a coach in a new leadership program to increase female representation in sport. In the program 27 coaches across 15 sports are aiming to increase female representation for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games.{{Cite web |title=UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport |url=https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2021/01/28/female-coaching-leadership-programme |date=2021-01-28|publisher=UK Sport|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Jarryd|title=UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation |url=https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/?p=398479 |date=2021-01-28 |website=British Judo |language=en-GB}}
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Category:British athletics coaches
Category:British female pole vaulters
Category:British female sprinters
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain