Vanessa Raw


Vanessa Raw is an English professional triathlete, member of the British Olympic Triathlon Academy Squad and a recognized artist. She currently lives in London and Coached by Tom Bennett from T2Coaching and is supported by and St Marys University College. She is currently ranked 34th in the World Triathlon Series after season high 15th place at Kitzbuhel and 18th-place finishes at Stockholm. She will be representing GBR at the London Grand Final in September 2013.
Over the 5 years 2006 to 2010, Vanessa Raw took part in 26 ITU competitions and achieved 8 top ten positions, among which 3 medals.
After the first and successful triathlon year in 2006 Raw suffered a setback because of a knee injury in 2007 but she eventually managed to reconcile high performance triathlon, painting and the degree course in Fine Art, which she finished at Loughborough University in 2009, the year in which she also won two silver and a bronze medal at European Cups.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's ITU Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, all competitions enumerated below are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2006-05-21 Premium European CupSanremo7
2006-07-08 European Championships Rijeka5
2006-07-30 BG World CupSalford26
2006-09-02 World Championships Lausanne4
2006-09-24 BG World CupBeijing10
2007-06-03 BG World CupMadridDNF
2007-08-11 BG World CupTiszaújváros17
2007-09-15 BG World CupBeijing53
2007-10-07 BG World CupRhodesDNF
2008-04-19 Premium European CupPontevedra6
2008-05-10 European ChampionshipsLisbonDNF
2008-06-05 BG World ChampionshipsVancouver32
2009-05-31 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadridDNF
2009-07-02 European ChampionshipsHolten21
2009-08-09 World CupTiszaújváros19
2009-08-23 European CupKarlovy Vary 2
2009-08-30 Premium European CupKedzierzyn Kozle2
2009-09-26 European CupMar Menor3
2010-03-27 World CupMooloolaba20
2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney29
2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid31
2010-07-03 European ChampionshipsAthlone15
2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg19
2010-08-08 World CupTiszaújváros24
2010-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel26
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: Grand FinalBudapest36

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start