Jennifer Stoute

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Jennifer Stoute ( Jennifer Elaine "Jenny" Stoute ; born April 16, 1965 in Bradford ) is a former British sprinter .

At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 she was sixth in the 4 x 400 meters relay with the British team. The following year she was fourth over 200 m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in The Hague .

In 1990, starting for England , she was fourth over 200 m and fifth over 400 m at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland . With the English relay she won silver in the 4-by-100-meter relay and gold in the 4-by-400-meter relay. At the European Athletics Championships in Split , she won bronze with the British team in the 4 x 400 meter relay.

At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 , she reached the quarter-finals over 200 m. The following year she won bronze in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the Olympic Games in Barcelona ( Phylis Smith , Sandra Douglas , Stoute, Sally Gunnell ; 3: 24.23 min) behind the relay teams of the United Team and the United States . Over 200 m she came into the semifinals.

An injury in the hamstring muscles led to the end of her career in high-performance sport in 1993. From 1996 to 1999 she appeared as a rebel on the British TV show Gladiators . In 2000 she took part in stunts for the film Gladiator .

Jennifer Stoute is married to her sprinter colleague John Regis and has two daughters.

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  1. Jump up ↑ Gladiators Zone: Rebel, Jennifer Stoute
personal data
SURNAME Stoute, Jennifer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoute, Jennifer Elaine; Stoute, Jenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford