Andrea Hansen

MNZM

Andrea Hewitt, gold medalist in Nice 2012
Personal information
Born	Andrea Hewitt (1982-04-04)4 April 1982 (age 43) Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Turned pro	2005
Medal record Representing New Zealand Women'striathlon ITU Triathlon World Championships 2005 Gamagori U23 2011 Elite 2015 Elite 2014 Elite 2009 Elite 2014 Weihai Long Distance 2011 Lausanne Sprint Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Individual 2018 Gold Coast Mixed relay OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships 2010 Wellington Elite ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships 2005 Singapore Elite

Andrea HansenMNZM (néeHewitt, born 4 April 1982) is a New Zealand triathlete who placed third at the2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships and competed at the2008,2012, and2016 Summer Olympics.

Hewitt was born inChristchurch, New Zealand, in 1982. She lived together with the French triathleteLaurent Vidal, who was also her coach and fiancé, in Sète on the Mediterranean from May to December, and for the rest of the year she returned to Christchurch until his death on 10 November 2015 from a heart attack.^[1] At theUniversity of Canterbury in New Zealand she completed a Bachelor in Commerce and Economics. Andrea Hewitt's sisters are successful sportswomen as well. Tina, her elder sister, won the New Zealand Championship in Surf Life Saving, and Sara is part of the water polo National Team.

Hewitt's early athletic career was as a competitive pool swimmer and a surf life saver.^[2] She was a well known swimmer when at the beginning of 2005, at the age of 22, she decided to convert to triathlon and straight away won the bronze medal at the New Zealand U23 Championships and was admitted to the National Team. In autumn 2005, after having been into triathlon for not more than half a year, Hewitt won the U23 World Championships in Gamagori. In 2006, she took part in the first World Cup of her life, placing third in Mooloolaba (Elite category). In 2007, she won her first World Cup race in Kitzbühel and began taking part in the prestigious FrenchClub Championship SeriesLyonnaise des Eaux. In 2008, she placed 8th in the Olympic Games.

In 2009, Hewitt took part in seven out of eight competitions of the Dextro Energy World Championship Series and won three medals: gold in Madrid, silver in Yokohama and bronze in Kitzbühel, in the overall ranking she placed third.

At the beginning of the 2010 season Hewitt won the Oceania Championships and then achieved six top ten positions at the Elite Cup in Hy-Vee and at five of the six World Championship Series triathlons. In theWorld Championship Rankings 2010, Hewitt was number sixth. In France, Hewitt again represented Beauvais in theLyonnaise des Eaux circuit and again played the decisive role. At Dunkirk and at Tourangeaux she won the gold medal, at the Grand Final of theLyonnaise circuit in La Baule (Triathlon Audencia) she won silver. Hewitt did not take part at Beauvais and Paris, whereHollie Avil was the best triathlete of her club. Thus in 2010 againBeauvais owes its first place in the overall ranking of the FrenchClub Championship to Andrea Hewitt andHollie Avil,Anja Dittmer, andVicky Holland. At La Baule there were no French triathletes among the threetriathlètes classants l'équipe of Beauvais at all.

From 2007 to 2010, Hewitt took part in 15 FrenchClub Championship triathlons and won 7 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals,^[3] so she may be considered the dominant figure in French triathlon as well.

In 2011, Hewitt won theWorld Championship Series Grand Final in Beijing, China and placed second in the overall championship rankings.^[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hewitt finished 6th.^[5] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Hewitt finished in 4th place in the women's individual event, and was part of the New Zealand team that finished 5th in the mixed relay event.^[6][7] She represented—alongsideNicky Samuels—New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics intriathlon and came seventh.^[8]

In the seven years from 2005 to 2011, Hewitt took part in 58 individual ITU competitions and achieved 48 top ten positions, among which 21 medals.^[9] Unless indicated otherwise, the events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to theElite category.

In the2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hewitt was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to triathlon.^[10]

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