Beth Potter (born 27 December 1991) is a multiple World Champion Scottish triathlete and long distance runner competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

[13] Potter was more successful in 2014 competing at the senior level, representing Scotland at Glasgow where she finished 9th in the 5,000m and 5th at the 10,000m distance.

[12] Potter qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

[6] Potter also worked with a sports psychologist weekly in an effort to overcome her difficulty managing stress.

[15][16] In May 2017 Potter won the 10,000 metres at the British trials, her first race on the track since the Olympics, qualifying her for the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.

[17] In January 2017 Potter announced that she was planning to make a transition from athletics to triathlon with a view to competing in triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, having moved to Leeds to join an elite training group including Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, Vicky Holland and Non Stanford, although she did also indicate that she would aim to compete in the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

[23] Two weeks later, at Arena Games Triathlon London, she finished in 2nd place behind France's Cassandre Beaugrand[24] At the final event of the series, held at Marina Bay Singapore, Potter finished in second place, behind Hungary's Zsanett Bragmeyer.