Great Britain
Alison Peasgood (née Patrick) was recruited to triathlon from an athletics background in 2013. She is visually impaired (with less than 10% vision) and having worked as a physiotherapist when she first joined the paratriathlon programme, she has subsequently taken a break from her career to train full time in Loughborough.
Alison topped her first top-level podium in Edmonton in 2015, setting into action a remarkable run of results that included 2015 World Championship and Rio 2016 Olympic silvers, going one better at the Rotterdam 2017 Grand Final to earn her first world title.
Career highlights:
- Winner 2019 WPS Milan
- Winner 2018 European Championships
- Silver 2018 Grand Final Gold Coast
- Winner 2018 WPS Iseo
- Silver Rio 2016 Olympic Games
