IT IS FAIR to say Greg Rutherford did not initially enjoy the same fame as Britain’s two other individual track and field champions from London 2012. However, his time on one of TV’s most popular shows, Strictly Come Dancing, has seen his popularity soar and the recent release of his autobiography is great timing.
Unexpected tells the story of his upbringing as a child of Jehovah’s Witness parents and how he rebelled as a young teen by staying out all night, smoking, drinking and stealing, and how his sporting talent helped him overcome bullying.
When it comes to his athletics career, the book is no less revealing. He explains how he ended his relationship with his first coach, Tom McNab, to whom his parents paid £200 a month in the early days. As for those championships in Kaunas, he admits his eyes were opened by the amount of drinking and bedroom hopping right, left and centre at the athletes’ farewell party.
Ghost-written by Guardian writer Sean Ingle, Unexpected also elaborates on his relationship with rival Chris Tomlinson and former UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee, who told him he was not good enough to be coached by Dan Pfaff and would never win anything. It relates how he was once denied from jumping at the British Grand Prix because of a disagreement with UKA and mentions what he sees as the federation’s inconsistencies when it comes to his treatment versus that of Ennis-Hill and Farah.
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