The damming study highlights sexual harassment, abuse and comments and a lack of opportunities for female coaches.
A Leeds Beckett University report revealed that no female coach has been on a senior British Olympics programme team at a major international event for more than 10 years.
The review, commissioned by the Female Coaching Network, also outlined the discrimination that women coaches have suffered.
It said: “A recurrent and serious theme to emerge from the interviews was that many women spoke of negative encounters and working relationships with male coaches.
“Such behaviours towards women largely took the form of gendered microinvalidations such as not being listened to, spoken to, disrespected, or excluded entirely (‘pushed out’). Concerningly, there were also incidences of sexual harassment and degradation against women coaches perpetrated by male coaches.”
Exclusive: UK Athletics rocked by claims of sexist culture among top coaches
Reaction to report detailing lack of opportunities for female coaches - plus analysis of yet another issue for chief executive Joanna Coates
16 February 2021 • 6:30am
UK Athletics has been rocked by accusations of sexual harassment, abuse and degrading comments in a new report detailing the lack of opportunities for female coaches in the sport.
Athletics governing body has also been accused of overseeing an old boys network with alarming statistics revealing not a single female coach has been present on a senior British Olympic programme team at a major international event for more than 10 years.