Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows have shared the BBC Sports activities Character Coach of the 12 months award after guiding Keely Hodgkinson to Olympic gold at Paris 2024.
With the assistance of Painter and Meadows, Hodgkinson, 22, secured her first world 800m title within the French capital in August.
Hodgkinson additionally retained her European title and have become the sixth-fastest lady in historical past over the two-lap occasion with a brand new British document of 1 minute 54.61 seconds.
Painter and Meadows’ Manchester-based M11 Monitor Membership produced two additional Olympic medals for Group GB in Paris, as Georgia Bell claimed 1500m bronze and Lewis Davey received bronze as a part of the lads’s 4x400m relay group.
Painter beforehand coached Meadows, who received world 800m and 4x400m relay bronze medals in 2009, and world indoor 800m silver in 2010.
They married in 2006.
Painter mentioned: “To begin with it’s an honour to get the microphone as Jenny usually does all of the speaking.
“It’s onerous sufficient standing out in Wigan as a coach, as you’ve gotten Matt Peet at Wigan Warriors, you’ve gotten Shaun Wane and Andy Farrell – it’s nice to do one of the best you possibly can.”
Meadows mentioned: “I’ve obtained to say Trevor’s management is good. He actually includes that tradition and enjoyable. It’s onerous work every day.”
Collectively they led Hodgkinson to Olympic silver as a teen on her Video games debut in Tokyo three years in the past, earlier than the Leigh athlete received consecutive world silvers in 2022 and 2023.
She adopted that up with Olympic gold by dominating the ultimate and delivering the gold she and her group had been working in the direction of.
The joint award was introduced to Painter and Meadows by London 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill and Kelly Holmes – winner of 800m and 1500m gold at Athens 2004.
