Helen Clitheroe

Infobox Athlete
playername = Helen Clitheroe


country = GBR2
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club = Preston Harriers
datebirth = birth date and age|1974|01|02|df=yes
placebirth = flagicon|GBR Preston, Lancashire, UK
height = height|m=1.68
weight = convert|57|kg|lb st|abbr=on
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pb = 1500 m: 4:01.10
3000 m: 8:51.02
3000 m steeplechase: 9:29.14
5000 m: 15:50.16
10000 m: 32:20 [cite web |title=Helen Clitheroe Profile|publisher=UK Athletics |url=http://www.ukathletics.net/supporters/athlete-profiles/helen-clitheroe/ |accessdate=2008-09-20]
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updated = 20-09-2008

Helen Clitheroe (neé Pattinson) (born 2 January 1974 in Preston, England) is a British long-distance runner. [cite web|title=Team GB > Beijing 2008 > Athlete profile > Helen Clitheroe |publisher=Website of the BOA |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=836 |accessdate=2008-09-20] She competed in the 1500m at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [cite web |title= Athlete Biography - Clitheroe, Helen |publisher=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/224932.shtml |accessdate=2008-09-20]

She achieved the Olympic A qualifying standard for the 3000 m steeplechase at the Iberoamericano meeting, in Huelva on June 13, 2008, where she finished 8th in a time of 9:43.56. [cite web |title=Tim Abeyie wins in Rabat, Helen Clitheroe attains Olympic standard in Huelva |publisher=Athletics Weekly |date=2008-06-15 |url=http://www.athletics-weekly.com/newsarticle.php?id=568 |accessdate=2008-09-20] Her place in the British team for the Games was confirmed when she won the British trials in a new national record time of 9:36.98. [cite web |title=Clitheroe qualifies for Beijing |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-07-14 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7505640.stm |accessdate=2008-09-20] At the Games she finished 6th in her heat and did not advance to the next round of competition, despite beating her own national record with a time of 9:29.14. [cite web |url=http://www.ukathletics.net/media/news/august-2008/15-08-08-day-1-pm-report/ |title=Olympics 2008 - Day 1 Evening Session Report |accessdate=2008-09-20 |publisher=UK Athletics |date=2008-08-15 ] At the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, in Stuttgart, Clitheroe placed 9th in the 3000 m steeplechase in a time of 9:39.72. [cite web |title=Ohuruogu ready for Richards|publisher=sportinglife.com |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/08/09/13/ATHLETICS_Stuttgart_Nightlead.html |accessdate=2008-09-20]

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