Jennifer Stoute
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.
Personal bests
- 100 m : 11.64 s, 3rd August 1990, Birmingham
- 200 m: 22.73 s, 3rd August 1992, Barcelona
- Hall: 23.50 s, February 19, 1989 The Hague
- 400 m: 51.53 s, 12 August 1989, Birmingham
Web links
- Jennifer Stoute in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on The Power of Ten
- Jennifer Stoute in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- Jump up ↑ Gladiators Zone: Rebel, Jennifer Stoute
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stoute, Jennifer |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoute, Jennifer Elaine; Stoute, Jenny |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sprinter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradford |