Eilidh was Guest of Honour at our 4J Annual Awards in 2023 (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Eilidh joins Board after AGM approval (2018)
Eilidh Doyle believes working with our Board, Athletics Trust Scotland and our Coaching Focus Group allows her to pass on her athletics experience to the next generation.
The track legend joined our Board while still competing a few years ago and she now has a number of other roles to help drive forward our sport.
And Eilidh’s life after competition features in the next short documentary created for scottishathletics by Urbane Media.
‘Eilidh Doyle – Passing the Baton‘ is another superb video by Calum McCready as our most decorated mainstream track and field athlete talks about quitting competition, motherhood to two boys and giving something back to the sport she loves.
Keynote speaking engagements with our Young People’s Forum, 4J Awards Dinner and Club Conference have shone a light on the hurdler’s career change after hanging up the spikes.
And Eilidh feels passionately that we must draw on our top athletes to help educate and guide those now on the same pathway.
‘I was a PE teacher before I was a full-time athlete and, even when I was still competing, I was exploring different avenues to see was out there,’ recalled Eilidh in the film.
‘In my career as an athlete, I think I learned a lot and I experienced a lot. And it was trying to work out: ‘What did I learn and where would that be useful?’
‘I think that’s kind of where I’m useful in all my roles, because it’s somebody who’s been there and done that, who can give an athlete’s perspective on it.
‘I’m a member of the Board of Scottish Athletics. I also work with various coaches across the country.
‘As an athlete, you’re very much in your own bubble. Now that I’m out of that world, it’s nice to kind of understand what’s going on in the rest of athletics.’
scottishathletics recently posted a short series ‘Learning from our Olympians’ with video content from Laura Muir and Eilish McColgan and that chimes perfectly with what Eilidh wants to see.
‘There are lots of us out there, athletes who have been to so many championships and had success or not had success, but equally have really important life skills and lessons and experiences,’ she added.
‘They can share that with others. We can use our…
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