John Herbert (athlete)
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | Meadows, Nottingham | 20 April 1962||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics /Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
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John Alun Adolphus Herbert (born 20 April 1962) is an English former sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a
Since retired from sport he moved into art and media, working with broadcaster ITV and Art of the Olympians, among others.
He was born in
Athletics career
Herbert competed in
Bobsleigh career
Herbert switched to
Coaching career
Herbert served as an athletics coach for the jumping events at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. He was coach to Olympic silver medallist until 2008 and coached Jade Johnson until 2012.
Herbert was able to transfer his success in athletics into coaching. He is currently National Event coach for Jumps; he was also Great Britain U23 team manager until 2011. As a coach, John has mentored many outstanding British athletes including Phillips Idowu whom he coached from 1998 to 2008.[5]
Film, Media and Art career
Herbert has worked for a multitude of media organisations including creative departments at the BBC and as Creative Director at Meridian Broadcasting, part of ITV Network. He now divides his time between philanthropic works and athletics coaching. He is a graduate of the Central School of Art and Design. In 2017, Herbert became involved with the Art of the Olympians.
References
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Idowu and Herbert Part Ways. Athletics Weekly (2008-04-24). Retrieved on 2009-01-28.
- 1983 IAAF World Championships in Athletics triple jump results
- 1984 Summer Olympics athletics triple jump results
- 1988 Summer Olympics athletics triple jump results
- 1994 Winter Olympics bobsleigh four-man results
- British Olympic Association profile
- The Olympian Winter 2005 issue featuring Herbert[permanent dead link]
External links
- John Herbert at World Athletics
- John Herbert at Olympedia
- John Herbert at Team GB