Stanley worked with world triple jump record-holder Jonathan Edwards, among others, in addition to holding top coaching positions at national governing bodies
Peter Stanley, one of Britain’s best-known and highly regarded coaches, has died aged 70 following a short illness.
Stanley worked with athletes such as world triple jump record-holder Jonathan Edwards and former British long jump record-holder Chris Tomlinson during his coaching career.
Such successes led him to be appointed head of field and combined events at UK Athletics, a post he held from 2014 until retiring from coaching in 2020. Earlier he had worked as a national coach mentor, he was England team leader at the Commonwealth Games and was the head of coaching and development at UKA.
Peter Stanley (Mark Shearman)
In 2018 he was awarded the UK Coaching Lifetime Achievement award and in 2019 received the prestigious Ron Pickering Memorial Award for Services to Athletics as part of 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 Brazilian Jadel Gregorio, the 2007 world triple jump silver medallist, among others.
Peter Stanley with Chris Tomlinson (Mark Shearman)
Stanley was born in Devon and worked as a civil engineer. “I suppose being a civil engineer has helped,” he once said about his athletics coaching. “I tend to look at things in straight lines and angles – and in terms of conservation of power and maximum explosion 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 across the sport.”
Peter Stanley (Mark Shearman)
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