Malcolm Arnold is an

athletics coach A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a Coach (carriage), horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultima ...

working for UK Athletics and its predecessors since 1974. Currently, he is the National Event Coach for Hurdles and Senior Performance Coach for UK Athletics. He has attended every Olympic Games since Mexico City in 1968, 13 in all, as a coach to National Teams. He has been responsible for coaching athletes to more than 70 major medals over a 46-year coaching career. He retired on 31 December 2016.

Career

Born in

Northwich {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ...

, England on 4 April 1940. Graduate of

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

(1958–1961). Teacher of Physical Education, Marple Hall Grammar School 1961 - 1964. Head of Physical Education, Rodway School, Bristol, 1964 - 1968. Director of Coaching, Uganda 1968 - 1972. While Director of Coaching in Uganda, he moved John Akii-Bua from 110M hurdles to 400m hurdles. After finishing 4th in the 1970 Commonwealth Games and running the fastest season time in 1971, he was not a big favourite for the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in Munich, having limited competition experience. Nevertheless, he won the final there, running the inside lane, setting a world record time of 47.82 seconds. UK National Coach, Wales, 1974 - 1994. Director of Coaching and Development UK Athletics and Head Coach, UK Athletics 1994–1997. Head Coach Great Britain Team, Atlanta Olympic Games 1996. Head Coach, UK Athletics Regional Performance Centre at the University of Bath from 1998 to date. Since 1998, 14 athletes who have trained at the Bath Regional Performance Centre have won 41 medals at major championships at Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic levels. Contemplating retirement when Colin Jackson retired in 2003. he was persuaded by UK Athletics to continue working. Awarded the Mussabini Medal in 1999. He was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to athletics. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Education by the University of Bath in 2013. He was elected to the Loughborough University Hall of Fame in 2014. He retired on 31 December 2016, after 42 years continuous service with British Athletics and its predecessors.He was given a British Athletics Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2017.

Athletes coached

*Current:

Eilidh Child Eilidh Doyle (pronounced AY-lee ; née Child; born 20 February 1987) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in ...

. *Past: Lawrence Clarke,

Dai Greene David "Dai" Greene (born 11 April 1986) is a British hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, competing internationally for both Wales and Great Britain. In a 'golden' sixteen-month period between 2010 and 2011, Greene dominated the e ...

, John Akii-Bua (Olympic Champion 1972 and World Record holder 400 metres hurdles),

Dale Garland Dale Mark Paul Garland (born 13 October 1980) is a Guernsey born British athlete, educated at Elizabeth College (Guernsey), Elizabeth College, Guernsey. He competed in the 400m hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, 2007 World Athl ...

, Judith Ayaa, Silver Ayoo,

Ross Baillie Ross Baillie (26 September 1977 – 18 June 1999) was a Scottish track and field athlete, older brother of Commonwealth Silver medal winner Chris Baillie. Both his parents were also track and field athletes, father Hugh representing Great Brit ...

, Jason Gardener (2004 Olympic Champion), Paul Gray, Venissa Head, Karen Hough, Colin Jackson (World Record 60 metres hurdles, 110m hurdles and 200 metres hurdles), William Koskei,

Mark McKoy Mark Anthony McKoy (born December 10, 1961) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete. He won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He also won the 60 metres hurdles title at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Cha ...

(1992 Olympic champion),

Kay Morley-Brown Kay Morley-Brown (née Morley, born 5 March 1963) is a British former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Representing Wales, she won the 1990 Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles title, and went on to represent Great Britain ...

(Commonwealth gold), Amos Omolo,

Craig Pickering Dr Craig Keith Pickering (born 16 October 1986, in Crawley, West Sussex) is an English retired sprinter and bobsleigher. As a sprinter, he was based at the Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club; however, he also ran for the University ...

, Nigel Walker (Bronze medalist 60 metres World Championships 1987), Chris Baillie,

Tasha Danvers Tasha De'Anka Danvers (born 19 September 1977) is a British Olympic bronze medallist, who finished in third place in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was born in London to two athletes, Dorrett McKoy and Donald Danvers, ...

(Olympic Bronze medallist 2008), Andrew Pozzi (European 60 m hurdles champion 2017)

Quotes

Personal life

Arnold married Madelyn Morrissey and they had two children.

References

External links

Bio at Team BathBio at Debretts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Malcolm 1940 births Living people British athletics coaches British Olympic coaches Athletics in the United Kingdom TeamBath coaches Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Northwich Alumni of Loughborough College