Kate Allenby

Allenby then confirmed her status as one of the leading women in her sport by winning her second major title in 1998 at the World Cup Final.

[5] Competing for the British team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Allenby won a bronze medal in modern pentathlon with team-mate Steph Cook taking the gold.

[6] In 2001, she was part of the British Women's Team that achieved the unique feat of a clean sweep of gold medals in the sport's major championships.

After the final event, the 3000 metres, she congratulated her team-mate Georgina Harland who staged a comeback to take the bronze medal.

[1] In 2009, she was one of a number of athletes to travel to Iraq to take place in a conference in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the hopes of kickstarting the sports policy in the area.

When London became the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Allenby was chosen to be the director of the fencing discipline for the modern pentathlon event at the Games.

[3] After retiring from elite sport she retrained as a teacher and is currently teaching physical education at Paragon Junior School in Bath.