build up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harland won the third World Cup event of 2007, which was Harland's first event of the year. However, she suffered an injury prior to the Games and failed to qualify. She retired at the close of the 2008 season. During her professional career, she maintained a top five ranking worldwide between 2001 and 2008. Sports administration Harland moved into sports administration after retirement. She was named on the Mission 2012 panel by UK Sport in 2011. As of 2013, she is working for the British Olympic Association. On 20 May 2020, she was announced as Team GB's Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 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. References General Specific External links 1978 births Living people British female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Canterbury Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Alumni of Loughborough University Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Team Bath pentathletes Members of the Order of the British Empire