Georgina Harland

Georgina Claire Seccombe (née Harland; born 14 April 1978) is a former modern pentathlete from Great Britain. Having been a reserve for the British team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was chosen for the team proper for the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece, winning the bronze medal in the women's individual event. She retired from professional sport at the end of 2008 due to a career ending injury ahead of the 2008 Games.

Early life Georgina Harland was involved in sport from an early age, having taken up riding with The Pony Club, swimming with the City of Canterbury Swimming Club and cross-country running for Great Britain. She was educated at Wellesley House School and Benenden School both of which are in Kent. Whilst at Loughborough University she began competing in modern pentathlon.

Career Harland was chosen as a non-travelling reserve for the 2000 Summer Olympics, with Steph Cook and Kate Allenby taking the two British spots in the women's modern pentathlon. hoping to emulate the gold medal victory of Steph Cook in the previous Olympics. She said that the shooting event was her worst out of the five events. After finishing the showjumping as the fourth event, she moved up to fourteenth overall. She mounted a comeback in the final event, the cross-country, and completed the race over thirty seconds faster than anyone else, moving her up to third place and winning the bronze medal. and needed to overtake twelve athletes during the race. However, she suffered an injury prior to the Games and failed to qualify. She retired at the close of the 2008 season.

Sports administration Harland moved into sports administration after retirement. As of 2013, she is working for the British Olympic Association.

Harland was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to Olympic sport.

Personal life Harland married Charlie Seccombe, a former hockey coach at Reading and Director of GB&I - Dyson Professional, on 27 August 2011 in Canterbury, Kent.