Athletics

Malcolm Arnold OBE

Former title: Head Coach of British Athletics Regional Performance Centre

Athletes Coached: Jason Gardener, Colin Jackson, Dai Greene, John Akii-Bua, Eilidh Child, Lawrence Clarke, Andy Pozzi

Biography:

Malcolm is one of the Britain’s most successful and respected athletics coaches, having coached athletes to a succession of medals on the biggest sporting stages.

Malcolm has coached at 12 Olympic Games – every one since Mexico City in 1968 – and his...

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Colin Bovell

Title: Head Track & Field Coach

Date and Place of Birth: 1972, Yeovil, England

Athletes Coached:
Damien Greaves (Olympian and World Championships), Dominic Girdler (Euro U20 Bronze medalist & AAA indoor gold medalist), Duncan Malins (GB U23 international & Indoors AAA’s Silver medalist), Nicky Robinson (World U18 & U20 Competitor and AAA’s U20 Champion), Nigel Levine (100m finalist at European Youth Olympic Festival 2005 and 8th...

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Rob Ellchuk

Title: Sprints Coach

Date and Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Canada

Athletes Coached:
Ben Rushgrove, Paul Blake, Katrina Hart, Sophie Kamlish, Phil Doorgachurn, Ian Allerton, Philip...

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James Hillier

Title: Athletics coach

Biography:
James started coaching in schools when he was at University in Birmingham as a summer job and found he had a real passion for it.

He started working with more elite athletes when studying for his Masters at College in America.

James helped the head track coach write sessions for...

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Ken Holmes

Title: Throws Coach

Athletes Coached: Alex van der Merwe

Biography:
Ken is the GB Teams Throws Coach, UKA Level 4 Throws Coach and a Scottish International for Javelin for the 6th Commonwealth Games.

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