The British athletics group is mourning the sudden demise of Olympian and Commonwealth Video games medallist John Nuttall, who suffered a coronary heart assault on Thursday in Doha, Qatar, surrounded by his household.
Everybody at UKA is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our former colleague John Nuttall.
Our ideas are very a lot together with his household and shut associates at the moment.
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) November 10, 2023
Nuttall, 56, was a father of two and step-dad to British file holder Eilish McColgan. He represented Nice Britain on the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the IAAF World Championships in 1993 and 1995, and World Cross Nation Championships on 5 events.
Nuttall gained his first medal for Group GB within the males’s 5,000m on the 1994 Commonwealth Video games in Victoria, B.C., profitable bronze. He ended his profession with PBs of seven:36.40 for 3,000m and 13:16.70 for five,000m.
Following Nuttall’s casual retirement in 1998, he labored as an endurance coach with UK Athletics earlier than becoming a member of the Aspire Academy in Qatar in 2013, working alongside his spouse, Liz McColgan, who gained a silver medal within the ladies’s 10,000m on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
UK Athletics (UKA) launched a press release Friday, expressing grief for the lack of the longtime athlete and coach: “Everybody at UKA is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our former colleague John Nuttall. His loss is felt deeply by associates and colleagues right here at UKA who labored alongside and knew John. Our ideas are very a lot together with his household and shut associates at the moment.”
Nuttall’s stepdaughter, Eilish McColgan, shared on social media: “It’s exhausting to search out the phrases proper now. Our household suffered an enormous loss yesterday with the sudden passing of my stepfather John. We’ve spent the final six weeks right here in Doha, with my mum and John, and so his passing has been an enormous shock. We’re nonetheless making an attempt to course of it.
