Toni Minichiello

Toni Minichiello (born 1966) is an athletics coach/commentator and coach to British athletics champion Jessica Ennis-Hill until her retirement. The pair met at the Don Valley athletics stadium when Ennis was at a summer holiday camp as a teenager. Since then Ennis has gone on to win numerous athletic medals, including the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games..

Minichiello was born in Sheffield to Italian parents who were originally from Avellino, near Naples. They had originally met and married in Bedford before moving to Sheffield, where Minichiello's father was a steelworker. Toni Minichiello was formerly married to bobsledder Nicola Minichiello.[1]

Minichiello has been coach to Jessica Ennis since she was 13 years old.[2]

Awards

Minichiello won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award in 2012 after guiding Ennis to Olympic gold in the Heptathlon at the London 2012 Olympic games.

He also won the Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards.[2]

References

Turnbull, Simon (30 July 2011). "Meet Minichiello: The big man behind Ennis's grand plan". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
Jim White (21 November 2012). "Meet Toni Minichiello, the man who coached Jessica Ennis to Olympic gold". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/04/jessica-ennis-hill-coach-toni-minichiello-british-athletics

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/jessica-ennis-hill-coach-toni-minichiello-2890055

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[1] Turnbull, Simon (30 July 2011). "Meet Minichiello: The big man behind Ennis's grand plan". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[telegraph2012-2] Jim White (21 November 2012). "Meet Toni Minichiello, the man who coached Jessica Ennis to Olympic gold". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2017.