Having missed out on competing at the Tokyo Olympics, her strong showing throughout the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) has landed her a berth in Team England\u2019s Commonwealth Games squad<\/a><\/strong>. The future is getting brighter all the time.<\/p>\n But who is Sophie Coldwell? And what\u2019s her background? It\u2019s time to find out\u2026<\/p>\n Had she been born at another time, or in another country, Sophie Coldwell would have had more opportunities \u2013 and thus be in receipt of more adoration \u2013 than she has. With the terrifically high standard of, and fierce competition between, Britain\u2019s elite women, Coldwell hasn\u2019t always been able to match those around her.<\/p>\n But in most other countries, her results record \u2013 containing World Cup victories and WTCS podium places \u2013 would mean she would be an undisputed number one.<\/p>\n Raised in Nottingham and now based in Loughborough, Coldwell has nonetheless made her own mark on the sport after a highly decorated junior career. Not in possession of Olympic golds or MBEs like certain contemporaries, her tenacity has seen her rise to challenge, and often beat, the very best in the world.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> She finished the 2021 WTCS series in fifth overall<\/a><\/strong>, casting her fellow Brits into the shade and, at 27, it\u2019s surely a portent of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n While obviously disappointed at not being selected for the Tokyo Olympics (as a reserve, she still had to travel to Japan and was therefore part of the Team GB set-up), Coldwell has already been selected for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which will be her main focus for 2022.<\/p>\n As a keen keeper of poultry when not training or competing, though, Coldwell won\u2019t be counting any chickens.<\/p>\n Sophie Coldwell was born on 25 February 1995, making her 27 years old.<\/p>\n Holding off the spirited challenges of Emma Pallant and Jess Learmonth, Coldwell wins the Sprint Triathlon National Championships in Liverpool. She is just 20 years old.<\/p>\n Although Bermuda\u2019s Flora Duffy takes gold<\/a><\/strong>, Britain\u2019s women dominate the top 10. While Coldwell finishes a very promising sixth, Learmonth takes silver, Vicky Holland comes fourth and former world champion Non Stanford finishes eighth.<\/p>\n It proves to be a terrific month for Coldwell as she registers two highly significant victories on her travels. The first comes in Hungary with a win at the Tisza\u00fajv\u00e1ros World Cup race.<\/p>\n Twelve days later, Coldwell breaks the tape first at the ETU Triathlon European Championships in Tartu in Estonia.<\/p>\n Alongside Georgia Taylor-Brown, Ben Dijkstra and Alex Yee, Coldwell is part of the victorious British quartet at the Accenture Wold Triathlon Mixed Relay on her home turf of Nottingham, the city she grew up in.<\/p>\n In front of a customarily exuberant crowd in Leeds, Coldwell achieves her maiden top-three finish<\/a><\/strong> in the WTCS series behind the Netherlands\u2019 Maya Kingma and Jess Learmonth. Among Coldwell\u2019s scalps are Flora Duffy and Taylor Spivey.<\/p>\n A seventh place at the WTCS Grand Final in Edmonton<\/a><\/strong> is enough to confirm that Coldwell has achieved a career-best fifth overall for the series. As such, and despite the exceedingly high calibre of her compatriots, she is the highest-placed British woman.<\/p>\nWho is Sophie Coldwell?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
How old is Sophie Coldwell?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Sophie Coldwell\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>July 2015: Coldwell\u2019s first senior national title<\/strong><\/h3>\n
April 2018: Just misses a top-five finish at the Commonwealth Games<\/strong><\/h3>\n
July 2018: Double joy in eastern Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n
June 2019: Flawless foursome cruise to victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n
June 2021: Coldwell breaks her WTCS podium duck<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>August 2021: Highest-placed Brit in the WTCS series<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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