Stanley has worked with world triple jump record holder Jonathan Edwards, among others, in addition to head coaching positions with national governing bodies.
One of Britain’s most famous and respected trainers, Peter Stanley, has died at the age of 70 after a short illness.
Stanley has worked with athletes such as triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards and former British long jump record holder Chris Tomlinson during his coaching career.
Such successes led to him appointed Head of UK Athletics and Combined Eventsa position he held from 2014 until his retirement from coaching in 2020. Having previously worked as a national coaching mentor, he led the England team at the Commonwealth Games and was UKA’s head of coaching and development.
Peter Stanley (Mark Shearman)
In 2018 he was awarded the UK Coaching Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2019 he received the prestigious Ron Pickering Memorial Award for services to athletics at the British Athletics Writers’ Awards in London.
Although best known as the man who guided Edwards to his world triple jump record and Olympic and world titles, Stanley also coached Tomlinson and Brazil’s Jadele Gregorio, the 2007 world triple jump silver medalist, among others.
Peter Stanley with Chris Tomlinson (Mark Shearman)
Stanley was born in Devon and worked as an engineer. “I think being a civil engineer helped,” he once said of his track and field training. “I tend to look at things in terms of straight lines and angles, and in terms of strength conservation and maximum burst of energy.”
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UKA said in a statement: “He will be remembered and loved by his friends at UKA for the warmth, kindness and respect in his dealings with everyone in the sport.”
Peter Stanley (Mark Shearman)
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