REIGNING UK 200m recordholder and the first Briton to break 20 seconds over the distance may have retired from athletics 16 years ago, but John Regis remains an integral part in the burgeoning careers of future stars of the track.
Although he took his time believing in his own potential as a precocious teenage sprinter – and still rates his relay gold in the 1991 World Championships 4x400m as his greatest achievement rather than individual glory – he is brimming with positive belief in his own protégés now he is in the athlete management industry at Stellar Athletics.
The 49-year-old three-time Olympian set up the business with his ex-partner and fellow GB sprinter Jennifer Stoute when he hung up his spikes 16 years ago.
However, it wasn’t a straightforward path to his current role managing the professional lives of world-class athletes including Lynsey Sharp, Serita Solomon, Eilish McColgan, Laura Muir, Shara Proctor and Desiree Henry to name but a few on the company’s roll call.
He explains how he arrived in his current position, saying: “Way back in 2000, I was hoping to make my fourth Olympic team, but I was finding training hard,” he says.
“The combination of posting a 21.21 result in Hungary behind four athletes who were normally behind me by some distance, and the fact I didn’t feel the buzz or the drive anymore, led to me retiring the day after that race,” he addds.
“I went on to try bobsleigh and made the GB squad, before realising the cold is way too cold for me! I then worked with the BBC and during my last five months there, I set up Stellar Athletics with the Stellar Group, a sports management agency, which gave me an insight into managing the careers of professional sports men and women.”
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