Jack Maitland

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E-mail:jack (at) thetriathloncoach.com

Coaching qualifications

• BTA level 3 coach

Coaching & Relevant Experience

• Head Coach at the British Triathlon High Performance Centre at Leeds Metropolitan University
• Manager of the World Class programme throughout the North of England

Coach Biog

Jack runs a comprehensive programme of sessions for members of the student triathlon club and for World Class athletes who are based in the vicinity of the centre. He also holding regular training camps ensuring that athletes are supported locally. In addition to his BTA responsibilities Jack continues to coach a number of TheTriathlonCoach.com athletes at all levels from novice to elite and at all distances from sprint to Ironman.

As an athlete Jack competed internationally from 1976 when he first represented Scotland as a junior orienteer. He competed for Scotland and GB as a senior before switching to mountain-racing where he enjoyed further success. Highlights of his mountain-racing career were winning the British Fell-running Championships in 1986 and winning both the Everest marathon and the Mount Cameroon race in 1989.

In 1990 he competed in the Commonwealth Games triathlon and he then represented GB 16 times at elite level and won 2 World age-group titles before retiring in 2002 to concentrate on coaching.

Some of the Athletes currently coached by Jack:

Helen Lawrence - World University triathlon champion, 5th Salford World Cup 2005, Represented GB as an elite at the European and World Triathlon Championships and the World Duathlon Championships in 2005.

Rachel Horn - GB Elite Long Distance athlete - British Champion 2003-2005, 4th European Champs. 2003 + 2004, Top 30 Hawaii Ironman 2003.

Philip Graves - GB Youth Triathlon Champion.

Chris Mawer - GB age-group triathlon champion Women 50-54.