Who is Lucy Buckingham?<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Credit: Michael Campanella\/Getty Images for WTS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nKnown for many years as Lucy Hall<\/a><\/strong> (before her marriage to fellow elite triathlete Mark Buckingham), Lucy Buckingham has had an extremely eventful career, studded by success in various competitions and at various distances.<\/p>\nShe first properly came to people\u2019s attentions in the wake of her surprise selection for the GB team at the London Olympics in 2012<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nPicked to work as a domestique for GB\u2019s main hope, Helen Jenkins<\/a><\/strong>, Buckingham had leapfrogged several more successful and higher ranked athletes to get the nod.<\/p>\nShe led the pack coming out of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, and was at the front of the peloton for much of the bike leg.<\/p>\n
That performance in London confirmed Buckingham reputation for being one of the fastest \u2013 if not, the<\/em> fastest \u2013 female triathletes in the water. Indeed, when competing for the French club Brive Limousin, she gained the nickname La Sir\u00e8ne \u2013 The Mermaid.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s been the core of her success. Build a lead on the swim, consolidate that advantage on the bike, and try to hold off the pack when it comes to the run, her weakest discipline. Sometimes the plan works, sometimes it doesn\u2019t quite.<\/p>\n
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That it\u2019s an approach which has delivered success is clear from Buckingham\u2019s palmares. She\u2019s won European Championships, she\u2019s been a team world champion, she\u2019s taken victories in World Cup and European Cup races, and she\u2019s scored victories at both Ironman 70.3 and Challenge events.<\/p>\n
Middle-distance racing<\/a><\/strong> has been her bread and butter for a few years now, and the 2022 season may well see Buckingham go even longer still.<\/p>\nHow old is Lucy Buckingham?<\/strong><\/h2>\nLucy Buckingham was born on 21 February 1992, making her 30 years of age.<\/p>\n
Lucy Buckingham\u2019s career highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Buckingham (then Hall) has been topping the podium for years (Credit: Warren Little\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nMarch 2012: A first senior victory<\/strong><\/h3>\nAfter a handful of podium finishes in the junior ranks, the just-turned-20 Buckingham takes a first elite win at the ITU Triathlon Premium Pan American Cup in Salinas in Ecuador. Racing under her maiden name of Hall, her margin of victory is a comfortable three minutes.<\/p>\n
August 2012: A surprise Olympic selection<\/strong><\/h3>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Buckingham (then Hall) supported Jenkins as her domestique at London 2012 Olympics (Credit: Ross Kinnaird\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nSelected ahead of faster and more experienced triathletes for her speed in the water, Buckingham takes the domestique role in the GB team, in support of Britain\u2019s best medal hope, Helen Jenkins.<\/p>\n
Jenkins finishes fifth while Buckingham, who posted the fastest swim split, comes in 33rd.<\/p>\n
July 2014: A taste of world championship gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Lucy Buckingham in the winning mixed relay team at the 2014 World Champs, Hamburg. (Credit: World Triathlon)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nAt the ITU mixed relay world champs in Hamburg, Buckingham is one quarter of the victorious British squad that romps to victory, alongside Vicky Holland<\/a> <\/strong>and the Brownlee brothers<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nJuly 2015: Another title, this one in her own right<\/strong><\/h3>\nAt the ETU European Championships in Banyoles in Catalunya, Buckingham scores her greatest individual victory to date by becoming the U23 champion. She\u2019s the only athlete to go under the two-hour mark.<\/p>\n
May 2016: A team effort gives Buckingham European gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Buckingham (then hall) has represented GB for over a decade (Credit: Andreas Rentz\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nFour weeks after taking her maiden European Cup win in Madrid, Buckingham returns to the Iberian peninsula for the ETU European Championships.<\/p>\n
Having made the top 10 in the individual race, Buckingham accompanies India Lee<\/a><\/strong>, Tom Bishop<\/a><\/strong> and Grant Sheldon in the mixed relay, which they win.<\/p>\nJune 2016: A maiden senior individual title<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe following month, Buckingham becomes a European champion in her own right when she\u2019s victorious at the ETU Sprint European Championships in the French city Ch\u00e2teauroux where she outsprints compatriot Jess Learmonth<\/a><\/strong> to win by a single second.<\/p>\nFebruary 2017: Buckingham is now a World Cup winner<\/strong><\/h3>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Buckingham scores her first ITU World Cup win in Cape Town, 2017 (Credit: Greg Beadle\/ITU)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nIn Cape Town, Buckingham scores her first ITU World Cup win. Again, as in Ch\u00e2teauroux eight months previously, just one second separates her and fellow Brit Learmonth.<\/p>\n
June 2019: An impressive Ironman 70.3 debut<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Known for many years as Lucy Hall<\/a><\/strong> (before her marriage to fellow elite triathlete Mark Buckingham), Lucy Buckingham has had an extremely eventful career, studded by success in various competitions and at various distances.<\/p>\n She first properly came to people\u2019s attentions in the wake of her surprise selection for the GB team at the London Olympics in 2012<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Picked to work as a domestique for GB\u2019s main hope, Helen Jenkins<\/a><\/strong>, Buckingham had leapfrogged several more successful and higher ranked athletes to get the nod.<\/p>\n She led the pack coming out of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, and was at the front of the peloton for much of the bike leg.<\/p>\n That performance in London confirmed Buckingham reputation for being one of the fastest \u2013 if not, the<\/em> fastest \u2013 female triathletes in the water. Indeed, when competing for the French club Brive Limousin, she gained the nickname La Sir\u00e8ne \u2013 The Mermaid.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been the core of her success. Build a lead on the swim, consolidate that advantage on the bike, and try to hold off the pack when it comes to the run, her weakest discipline. Sometimes the plan works, sometimes it doesn\u2019t quite.<\/p>\n That it\u2019s an approach which has delivered success is clear from Buckingham\u2019s palmares. She\u2019s won European Championships, she\u2019s been a team world champion, she\u2019s taken victories in World Cup and European Cup races, and she\u2019s scored victories at both Ironman 70.3 and Challenge events.<\/p>\n Middle-distance racing<\/a><\/strong> has been her bread and butter for a few years now, and the 2022 season may well see Buckingham go even longer still.<\/p>\n Lucy Buckingham was born on 21 February 1992, making her 30 years of age.<\/p>\n After a handful of podium finishes in the junior ranks, the just-turned-20 Buckingham takes a first elite win at the ITU Triathlon Premium Pan American Cup in Salinas in Ecuador. Racing under her maiden name of Hall, her margin of victory is a comfortable three minutes.<\/p>\n Selected ahead of faster and more experienced triathletes for her speed in the water, Buckingham takes the domestique role in the GB team, in support of Britain\u2019s best medal hope, Helen Jenkins.<\/p>\n Jenkins finishes fifth while Buckingham, who posted the fastest swim split, comes in 33rd.<\/p>\n At the ITU mixed relay world champs in Hamburg, Buckingham is one quarter of the victorious British squad that romps to victory, alongside Vicky Holland<\/a> <\/strong>and the Brownlee brothers<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the ETU European Championships in Banyoles in Catalunya, Buckingham scores her greatest individual victory to date by becoming the U23 champion. She\u2019s the only athlete to go under the two-hour mark.<\/p>\n Four weeks after taking her maiden European Cup win in Madrid, Buckingham returns to the Iberian peninsula for the ETU European Championships.<\/p>\n Having made the top 10 in the individual race, Buckingham accompanies India Lee<\/a><\/strong>, Tom Bishop<\/a><\/strong> and Grant Sheldon in the mixed relay, which they win.<\/p>\n The following month, Buckingham becomes a European champion in her own right when she\u2019s victorious at the ETU Sprint European Championships in the French city Ch\u00e2teauroux where she outsprints compatriot Jess Learmonth<\/a><\/strong> to win by a single second.<\/p>\n In Cape Town, Buckingham scores her first ITU World Cup win. Again, as in Ch\u00e2teauroux eight months previously, just one second separates her and fellow Brit Learmonth.<\/p>\nHow old is Lucy Buckingham?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lucy Buckingham\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>March 2012: A first senior victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n
August 2012: A surprise Olympic selection<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>July 2014: A taste of world championship gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>July 2015: Another title, this one in her own right<\/strong><\/h3>\n
May 2016: A team effort gives Buckingham European gold<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>June 2016: A maiden senior individual title<\/strong><\/h3>\n
February 2017: Buckingham is now a World Cup winner<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>June 2019: An impressive Ironman 70.3 debut<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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