Skylet Andrew[1] (born 31 March 1962), often known as Sky Andrew, is an English former Olympian who won three gold medals at the 1989 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships[2] and was the first Black British sports agent.[3]
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| Full name | Skylet Andrew | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  England  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1962 Upton Park, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editAndrew was born in Upton Park, London, to a London Transport bus driver father, and a mother who worked in an East End pie factory.[4]
Table tennis
editHe represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the doubles event with Des Douglas[1][5] and won 3 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship gold medals in 1989 .[2][4] Andrew retired from competitive table tennis after the 1994 European Championships.[6]
Sports agent
editWhile training at Lilleshall Hall in his youth, Andrew met young footballer Sol Campbell, with whom he struck up a friendship.[7]
After retiring from table tennis, Andrew wanted to get into show business, but ended up becoming an agent, representing acting clients including Martine McCutcheon.[7]
In the mid-1990s at Campbell's suggestion, he became the first licensed Black British football agent, engineering Campbell's move from Tottenham Hotspur to Arsenal.[7] Andrew has since represented Jermaine Pennant, David Ginola, Frank Bruno, Jay Bothroyd and Jermain Defoe. His TV and film clients include Nathalie Emmanuel, Sarah-Jane Mee, and Natalie Sawyer.
In September 2016, in a deal with football agency Platinum One Group, Sky Andrew moved his football business across.
Currently he is also a "Soccer Agent" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide, founded and run by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.[8]
Honors
editAndrew won a Barclays Bank "Man of Merit Award" in 2002, and was named the BEA Entrepreneur of The Year in 2003.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Skylet Andrew". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ a b "CTTC 1989-1991 - Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation". comtab.webs.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Sky Andrew". skyandrew.com. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ "Skylet Andrew". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ "Ask Sky Andrew transcript". BBC Sport. 10 January 2002. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ a b c Smith, Paul (1 July 2001). "Football: SOL REACHED FOR SKY AND STRUCK GOLD; Former table tennis". Sunday Mirror. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ "Sky Andrew | SMWW Mentor | London, United Kingdom". www.sportsmanagementworldwide.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
External links
edit- Personal website
- Skylet Andrew Archived 3 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at the British Olympic Association
- Skylet Andrew Management Website
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