Minichiello banned from coaching for ‘gross breaches of trust’on August 9, 2022 at 11:06 am

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UK Athletics finds former coach Toni Minichiello committed “gross breaches of trust” and making sexual references and gestures to athletes.Breaking news

Minichello, who guided Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill to Olympic success, was suspended from coaching last year.

An adjudication panel has found Minichello:

  • made inappropriate sexual references and gestures to athletes.
  • failed to respect the athletes right to a private life by making intrusive enquiries and personal comments about their personal lives.
  • engaged in sexually physical behaviour, namely inappropriate and unwanted touching of athletes to whom he owed a duty of care.
  • engaged in inappropriate and sometimes aggressive behaviour, bullying and emotional abuse.

More to follow.

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