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Paula Dunn, performance pioneer
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One of the leading British sprinters of the 1980s and 1990s, Paula Dunn went on to be a ground breaking leader in athletics, when she was appointed as Paralympics Head Coach at UK Athletics. It made her the first British woman to hold a Head Coach post in the sport. After taking over the role from Peter Eriksson in 2012, whom she served as no2, she led Team GB athletics to their greatest ever medal haul at Rio 2016. It was from a glittering sprints career, winning Commonwealth and European medals from a very different era to today where she developed her work ethic. In this episode Paula discusses her own career and competing against the East Germans, Flo Jo and representing Team GB at the Olympics with support almost non-existent in a largely amateur era. On to her role in performance sport, including across three Paralympic Games.
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