Where are they now? JENNIFER STOUTE

After setting up Stellar Athletics Management with ex-partner and British 200m record-holder John Regis and also been involved with founding the Driven Woman network, Jennifer Stoute’s first priority remains spending time with her two daughters, England Athletics under-15 indoor 200m champion Alicia, aged 14, and Renèe, 10.

“I typically wake up, take the girls to school and head to the office,” says Stoute. By “office”, she is referring to the management agency for athletes she co-founded with Regis in 2000. Stoute has identified and signed numerous athletes over the years and Stellar Athletics is part of the Stellar Group, which is one of the biggest football agencies, which carried out Real Madrid’s record signing deal of Gareth Bale. Stoute ensures the company takes care of the athletes and provides them with the service they require, as well as looking after her girls.

“It’s a lot of work,” she says. “Managing expectations of athletes is hard, as they face an emotional journey. I do the payments, deal with the financial side, organise travel, negotiate the commercial deals for the 64 athletes on our books. It makes you realise the hectic nature of track and field today.”

Together with Stoute and Regis, Ramon Clay runs the overseas department, dealing with the USA, Dave Scott is the negotiator as the sports agent and Cayley Thatcher is the office manager. “We each have our own role within the company,” says Stoute. “John is the hard-line businessman and I just kind of smooth things over.”

Indeed, Stoute sees her main “job” as that of being a mum, so she leaves the office at 4pm to be there as the girls finish school. Clearly she is doing a good job in her “mum” role, as Alicia is fast becoming one of the country’s top sprinters in her age group, having gone sub-25 for 200m indoors earlier this year, as well as remaining focused on her schoolwork as she approaches her GCSE years, while Renèe will be taking the 11-plus later this year.

“I will never be a sprinter again, but I do want to feel good. I appreciate a fit person and looking after yourself”

However, Stoute does not want …

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