Derek Evely has taken a career path unique in Olympic sport. As an athletics coach, he has coached professionally at all levels along the developmental continuum and is widely regarded as a foremost expert in both youth development training / programming and elite training methodology.
As a coach he has produced three World Junior Championship medalists, two of them hammer throwers, both of whom went on to become Olympic Medalists. He was the development coach for Dylan Armstrong (Beijing Olympic Shot Put Bronze Medalist), Gary Reed (World Championships Silver Medalist, 800m) and Sophie Hitchon (2016 Olympic Hammer Throw Bronze Medalist).
He has coached numerous national age class, junior and senior record holders, including Sultana Frizell, the current Canadian Record Holder in the women’s hammer throw. From 1998 - 2012 has was a national team coach for both Britain and Canada to every major championship on the global calendar including the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships, European Championships, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games.
He was the British Throws Coach for the 2012 Olympic Team as well as the Loughborough High Performance Training Centre Director for British Athletics leading into the 2012 Games where he coached the youngest athlete on the British Athletics Team, Hammer Thrower Hitchon, to her first Olympic final.
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