Sky Andrew

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SMWW Soccer conference speakers and Faculty Matt Martin (left) and Sky Andrew (right) in 2020.

Sky Andrew
Full nameSkylet Andrew
NationalityFlag of England.svg  England Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1962-03-31) 31 March 1962 (age 62)
Upton Park, London, England
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Paris Team

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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Biography

Andrew 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

He 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

While 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. [8]

Honors

Andrew won a Barclays Bank "Man of Merit Award" in 2002, and was named the BEA Entrepreneur of The Year in 2003.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Skylet Andrew". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 "CTTC 1989-1991 - Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation". comtab.webs.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Sky Andrew". skyandrew.com. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Skylet Andrew". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Ask Sky Andrew transcript". BBC Sport. 10 January 2002. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 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.
  8. ↑ "Sky Andrew | SMWW Mentor | London, United Kingdom". www.sportsmanagementworldwide.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.


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