Biography - Melissa Reid B3

Melissa first started triathlon with the encouragement from her dad, after previously taken part in surfing, swimming and surf live saving. Her swimming background makes her one of the strongest swimmers in the PT5 class for visually impaired athletes.

Melissa had the honor in representing Great Britain where she won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympic Games, and she now has her sights firmly set on Tokyo 2020. She said that “together with my guide, Nicole Walters, I am training hard to make it. I have won gold at the World, European and British Champs and am the reigning World Aquathon Champion”.              

Recent Highlights

- 3rd place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam;

- Winner at the 2017 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships;

- 3rd place at the 2017 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series;

- 3rd place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games; and

- 3rd place at the 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships.  

Biography - Alison Peasgood B2

Alison Peasgood (née Patrick) was recruited to triathlon from an athletics background in 2013. She is visually impaired (with less than 10% vision) and having worked as a physiotherapist when she first joined the paratriathlon programme, she has subsequently taken a break from her career to train full time in Loughborough.

Alison topped her first top-level podium in Edmonton in 2015, setting into action a remarkable run of results that included 2015 World Championship and Rio 2016 Olympic silvers, going one better at the Rotterdam 2017 Grand Final to earn her first world title.

Career highlights:

- Winner 2019 WPS Milan

- Winner 2018 European Championships

- Silver 2018 Grand Final Gold Coast

- Winner 2018 WPS Iseo

- Silver Rio 2016 Olympic Games