![]() Her funding was not restored until she qualified for the Olympics. ![]() She described this as giving her "the kick up the arse I needed", and, forced to stop training at the University of Bath's facilities due to the cost of living in the city, she moved back home with her parents, funding her continued training with three part-time jobs as a swimming coach, a barmaid and a physiotherapist. Career Īfter initial success at junior level, including two gold and one silver medal in the 2003 World Junior Championships in Athens, Fell nearly gave up the sport in 2006 when, due to a series of shin splint injuries, her funding was cut by UK Sport. Heather has a degree in physiotherapy from Brunel University. ![]() Early life įell grew up in Tavistock, Devon, where she was taught to ride and shoot, both disciplines in the pentathlon, by the parents of the 2000 Olympic pentathlon bronze medallist Kate Allenby. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the women's modern pentathlon event. Heather Fell (born 3 March 1983 in Plymouth, England) is a former British modern pentathlete turned triathlete. ![]() British modern pentathlete and triathleteģ5-39F European Sprint Triathlon Championships ![]()
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