, Holland is tall and weighs . She didn't begin competing in triathlon until her second year at
Loughborough University when she was approached by
British Triathlon. In the
San Diego leg of the ITU Triathlon World Cup, in May 2012, Holland placed fifth in an event that was won by Jenkins, with fellow British competitor
Liz Blatchford finishing 16th. Later the same month at the Madrid event Holland finished seventh, again beating Blatchford who placed tenth. Holland was selected ahead of Blatchford to represent
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the
women's triathlon alongside
Helen Jenkins and
Lucy Hall. The event took place in
Hyde Park with the swim being held in the
Serpentine. The cycle involved athletes leaving the park via
Queen Mother's Gate, travelling through
Wellington Arch, down
Constitution Hill and on to
Birdcage Walk in front of
Buckingham Palace before returning to the park to complete the event with a four-lap run around the Serpentine. Holland completed the course in two hours, two minutes, and 55 seconds, 26th in the field. In 2012 and 2014, Holland became World Champion as part of the British Mixed Team Relay squad, and on 24 July 2014, Vicki secured her first major individual medal, with Bronze at the Commonwealth Games. Holland took gold in the mixed triathlon team relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the Brownlee brothers,
Alistair and
Jonathan, and
Jodie Stimpson. In April 2015 Holland took her first victory in the
World Triathlon Series when she won the Cape Town round of the
2015 Series. She followed this up with a second World Series victory in Edmonton and third place in the Grand Final in Chicago which gave her fourth position overall for the year and qualification for the British Olympic team in Rio 2016. In 2021 Holland completed an all British podium, at
Super League Triathlon, London, alongside
Jess Learmonth and
Georgia Taylor-Brown. At the
2024 Paris Olympics, she was part of the BBC commentary team for the Triathlon events. ==References==