British Athletics have announced that Steve Cram has joined the British Athletics Endurance Programme.
The former 1500m world record holder will become key advisor under the guidance of the British Athletics Head of Endurance Barry Fudge. Working alongside marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, his role will be to help guide and mentor athletes and coaches.
It’s an exciting time for the British Athletics Endurance Programme and it’s great to be part of it,” said Cram when speaking to British Athletics.
“Barry, Alberto, Paula and the team have been making good progress over the last six months and everything is on track for success as we head towards Rio 2016 and London 2017.”
Fudge added: “I am delighted Steve has joined the British Athletics Endurance Programme. Steve brings a massive amount of experience both as an athlete and more recently as a coach.
“He will provide coach mentorship and technical expertise within the programme. This is a further addition to a number of changes made in the last six months as we work towards our long term vision of British endurance running being successful on the Olympic and world stages in order to inspire and motivate runners of all abilities.”
Cram was nicknamed “The Jarrow Arrow” during his time as an athlete and set world records over the 1500m, 2000m and the mile during a 19-day period in 1985.
He won the silver medal defend Lord Sebastian Coe at the 1984 Olympics in the 1500m as well as taking gold in the same event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships and the 1982 and 1986 European Championships. Cram also won 1500m gold at the Commonwealth Games in both 1982 and 1986 as well as also taking the gold in the 800m in 1986.
