Domestic Championships Record
1998 – 2nd AAA Championships 1500m
1999 – 2nd AAA Championships 1500m
1999 – 2nd AAA Championships 1500m, 1st World XC 4km Trials
2000 – 2nd AAA Championships 1500m
2001 – 1st AAA Championships1500m/ 1st World XC 4km Trials
2002 – 1st Commonwealth Games Trials 1500m, 2nd AAA Championships 1500m, 1st World XC 4km Trials
2004 – 3rd AAA Championships 1500m
2005 – 2nd AAA Indoor Championships 3000m, 1st AAA Championships 1500m
2006 – 1st AAA Championships 1500m
2007 – 2nd Norwich Union European Indoor Champs Trials 3000m, 1st Norwich Union World Trials 3000m steeplechase
2008 – 1st Norwich Union World Indoor Champs Trials 3000m, 1st Olympic Trials 3000m steeplechase
2009 – 1st Aviva World Championships Trials 3000m steeplechase

Major Championships Record
Olympic Games 1500m – 2000 9th sf 1500m, 2008 6th 3000m steeplechase
World Championships – 1999 11th 1500m, 2001 9th sf 1500m, 2005 10th 1500m, 2007 6th h 3000m steeplechase,
2009 9th h2 3000m steeplechase
European Championships – 2002 6th 1500m, 2006 11th 1500m
Commonwealth Games – 1998 11th 1500m, 2002 3rd 1500m, 2006 4th 1500m

Other noteworthy performances
2000 – 1st European Cup 1500m
2004 – 27th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2005 – 4th European Indoor Championships 1500m
2006 – 29th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2007 – 4th European Indoor Championships 1500m
2007 – 22nd European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2008 – 9th World Indoor Championships 3000m, 22nd European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2009 – 5th European Team Championships 3000m steeplechase

Helen Clitheroe was born in Preston and is a member of Preston Harriers and is coached by John Nuttall. One of the stalwarts of the British team, Clitheroe represented Great Britain at the World Cross Country Championships for eight consecutive years, starting in 1998 and her best performance was finishing 19th in the discontinued short-course race in 2004. Having primarily found success over 1500m, Clitheroe has made the successful transition to the steeplechase, setting a national record in the heats of the 2008 Olympic Games.

In 2009 although over five seconds outside her British record pb, she was still number one in the Power of Ten by a massive 16 seconds.

2011 European indoor 3000m champion 2011 Manchester 10k winner 31.45