Jennifer Elaine "Jenny" Stoute (born 16 April 1965) is English former sprinter. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where she won a bronze medal in the 4x400 metres relay. She also appeared as Rebel in the ITV show Gladiators from 1996 to 1999.
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| Birth name | Jennifer Elaine Stoute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1965 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics (sprinting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Essex Ladies Athletic Club Chafford Hundred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editStoute was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England to Barbadian parents. She first came to international attention, when she reached the 200 metres final representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she pulled up injured and failed to finish.[1][2] In 1988, at the Olympic Games, she was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay quartet that finished sixth in the final. In 1989, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the European Indoor Championships.
In January 1990, representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, Stoute was fourth in the 200 metres final, just one one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medalist Pauline Davis. She also finished fifth in the 400 metres final before winning two relay medals, silver in the 4 × 100 m and gold in the 4 × 400 m, along with Angela Piggford, Linda Keough and Sally Gunnell.[3][4][5] At the 1990 European Championships in Split she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, along with Pat Beckford, Keough and Gunnell. At the 1991 World Championships, she again succumbed to injury pulling up in her 200m quarter-final and forcing her out of the relay.
The peak of Stoute's career came in 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, where she ran her lifetime best in the 200 metres of 22.73 secs[6] to reach the semi-finals, before going on to earn a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay along with Phylis Smith, Sandra Douglas and Sally Gunnell. She competed at the 1993 World Championships, where she reached the quarter-finals of the 200 metres. After two years struggling with injuries, she finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 1996 British Olympic trials in Birmingham, failing to earn selection. Her final major Competition was the 1997 World Indoor Championships.
From 1996 - 1999 she appeared as "Rebel" in the TV show Gladiators. She also returned for the 2008 revival and appeared in two Legend specials.
Stoute has two daughters, both born in Bromley, Greater London: Alicia Jazmin (born 2001) and Renee Stefani (born 2005).
References
edit- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "UK All-Time Lists: Women - Track (60-600)".
External links
edit- Jennifer Stoute at IMDb
- Jennifer Stoute at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jenny Stoute". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
