Margot Wells

Who is Margot Wells?

Margot Wells was a successful sprinter and Scottish 100/100 hurdles champion. She is based in Guildford, Surrey where she is an elite sprint and fitness coach.

Wells started her coaching career by helping her husband Allan Wells win an Olympic Gold and silver medal in the 100m and 200m respectively at the Moscow Olympics 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.

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 London Wasps players Danny Cipriani and Thom Evans.

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, that is designed to teach aspiring coaches of all levels the intricacies of making a student faster.

Her stable of sportsmen and women includes:

Danny Cipriani - England and Wasps Fly Half

Andy Gomarsall - England and Harlequins Scrum Half

James Haskell - England and Wasps Back Row

Paul Sackey - England and Wasps Winger