Margot Wells (née Wilkie, born 10 October 1952) is a Scottish elite sprint and fitness coach based in

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and a former Scottish champion sprinter.

Early career

Wells started her coaching career by helping her husband

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win an Olympic Gold and silver medal in the 100m and 200m respectively at the

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in 1980. In the run-up to the Games, she protected him from hate mail generated by the then Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan.

Career

In the early 1990s, she coached rugby players for the club London Scottish. She then took a break from coaching to raise the couple's two children, before returning to coach

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players

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and

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. She currently coaches a crop of England's top rugby and hockey players as well as up and coming athletes. Recently she has launched a new company, Wellfast – Margot Wells School of Speed, designed to teach aspiring coaches of all levels the intricacies of making a student faster. Her stable of sportsmen and women includes: *

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