Hitchon was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended Ivy Bank Business and Enterprise College.
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This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw, Shirley Webb, Zoe Derham, Carys Parry, Sophie Hitchon and Sarah Holt.