Coach of Olympic Gold Medal Crew Appointed by Putney High
Paul Reedy made Director of Performance at the school
The winning table tennis team from Putney High school
Putney High School has appointed the coach of a gold medal winning Olympic crew as its Director of Performance.
Paul Reedy is currently with GB Rowing but will be taking up his new role in January.
He joins the school with an impressive pedigree in sport. He has worked with the GB rowing team since 2009 with numerous coaching successes at World and Olympic level including an Olympic gold medal at London 2012 with the Lightweight Women’s Double.
More recently he was the Lead Coach for Women’s sculling at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, guiding Vicky Thornley to a credible 4th place in the Women’s Single Scull – the highest place ever for GB in that event.
He is an experienced Tideway coach and, prior to his responsibilities with the GB team, was Chief Coach at London Rowing Club from 2001, overseeing a number of successes at Henley Royal Regatta. Mr Reedy also comes with a first-class rowing and sculling pedigree. As a rower himself, he is a two-time Olympian and an Olympic, World and Commonwealth medallist.
Mr Reedy’s appointment comes at a time when Putney High School has been named in the top 5 schools for sport nationally and most recently, as a top 20 school for cricket. His experience as a qualified physiotherapist and high-performance coach will add to the school’s strength and conditioning programmes and coaching development programmes .
Putney’s boat club continues to go from strength to strength including competing for the first time at Henley Royal Regatta this summer. Mr Reedy will work alongside Putney’s Head of Rowing, Ashley Carter, to continue to build on the school’s success in rowing at all levels.
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December 3, 2021