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{{Infobox person
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Jennings coached other athletes to success before her retirement from coaching in 2006. At one time, Jennings was coaching four of the eight women in the 800m [[IAAF]] World Championship semi-final race in [[Paris]], 2003.
Besides Mutola, Jennings is best known for coaching [[Kelly Holmes]],<ref>IAAF.org, [http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=h/athcode=67889/index.html "IAAF Profile for Kelly Holmes"], "IAAF", 1996-2009</ref> from 2002–2005, to her infamous Double Gold at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]]. Holmes became Britain's first ever female, double gold medalist at the same Olympic Games. Using her three-part training program, which evolved to include physical, mental and emotional training, Jennings was able to successfully coach Holmes<ref>Owen Slot, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article401653.ece "How Kelly's heroes found the magic formula for gold"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, "The Sunday Times", Dec 11, 2004</ref> through the emotional weight Holmes gained after an athletics career plagued with injuries and illnesses.
A history-making career, Jennings became the first American woman to coach athletes at the elite level, bringing them to Gold, without ever competing in track and field herself in high school, college, or on the elite circuit.
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[[Category:The High School of Music & Art alumni]]
[[Category:Educators from New York City]]
[[Category:American women educators]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]
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