David Jenkins (athlete)

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David Jenkins
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver 1972 Munich 4x400 metre relay
European Championships
Gold 1971 Helsinki 400 m
Gold 1974 Rome 4 x 400m
Silver 1974 Rome 400 m
European Cup
Gold 1975 Nice 400 m
Gold 1975 Nice 4 x 400 m
Silver 1973 Edinburgh 400 m
Bronze 1973 Edinburgh 4 x 400 m
Universiade
Bronze 1973 Moscow 400 m
Silver 1973 Moscow 4 x 400 m
Competitor for  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1978 Edmonton 4 x 100 m

David Andrew Jenkins (born 25 May 1952) in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago: British West Indies, the son of an oil refinery manager was a Scottish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.[1] Jenkins is a serial entrepreneur,[2][3] and inventor within the United States sports nutrition industry and is an international multi-patent holder. As President and Chief Executive Officer of NEXT Proteins, Inc., Jenkins is the creator of the world’s first carbonated protein drinks. This technology is embodied in six patents issued in the U.S.[4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as in more than 32 countries representing the majority of the world’s population.

Jenkins founded and incorporated NEXT Proteins, Inc., based in Carlsbad, California, in 1988.[10] Under his direction and with 100 percent personal funding, NEXT Proteins grew from a garage start up, with $50,000 in capital, to a leader in U.S. whey protein products.[2]

Jenkins was educated at Edinburgh Academy, where he excelled at sport. He started off as Scottish 100/200/400 Champion, followed by his first of 6 AAA's 400metre titles. Also In 1971, still aged only nineteen, Jenkins won the 400 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki

He went on to compete for Great Britain in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe and David Hemery.

In 1974 he won the silver medal on the 400 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Rome as well as the gold medal in the 4x 400 metre with his team mates Glen Cohen, William Hartley and Alan Pascoe.

In 1975 he was United States of America 400 metre champion, with his fastest time of his career 44.93 which was a British record at the time.

In 1978 he won a gold medal competing for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada in the 4 x 100 m relay, alongside Cameron Sharp, Allan Wells and Drew McMaster.

In 1980 he was U.K 400 metre champion.

In 1976 and 1980 Jenkins placed 7th on the 400 metre final at the Summer Olympics.

He later admitted to having taken performance-enhancing steroids during his athletics career.

In the 80s Jenkins together with Juan Javier Macklis set up a plant for the production of anabolic steroids in Mexico which they wanted to sell on the US market. Jenkins was arrested and in December 1988 found guilty by a US court of trafficking steroids worth around $100 million. He was sentenced to seven years in the Mojave Desert Prison, but was released after 9 months. In 1993 he set up a partnership with Dan Duchaine, a well known steroid guru, and founded Next Proteins, a company which produced dietary supplements for athletes and bodybuilders. When Duchaine died Jenkins became the chairman of Next Nutrition.[11]

Career

During the late 1970s, Jenkins began his commercial career as the sales director at Reebok International in Bolton Lancashire, England. There, he was involved in product development and testing. In addition, in the late 70s he met with and visited Paul Fireman, head of a U.S. sporting goods distributor, in Boston introducing him to Reebok and helping establish the then embryonic brand in the United States.[12]

During 1975, although ranked first in the world by U.S. Track & Field News[13] and while training for the 1976 Olympic Games, Jenkins began feeling pressure to uphold his high competitive standards and started using anabolic steroids. "It didn’t help" he said, noting that he finished seventh in the 400-meter race that year and in 1980. "I got hurt. I used too much. It was the beginning of selling my soul, really."[14]

In the 1980s Jenkins together with Juan Javier Macklis set up a plant for the production of anabolic steroids in Mexico which they wanted to sell on the U.S. market. In April 1987, Jenkins was arrested and pleaded guilty in December of that year for the trafficking of steroids worth around $100 million. He was sentenced by Judge J. Lawrence Irving in U.S. District Court San Diego.[15][16]

In 1988 Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in the Boron Federal Prison Camp in California’s Mojave Desert. He was released early after serving 10 months and 15 days, for good behavior.[17]

Admitting he "screwed up" by getting involved in the steroid-smuggling operation, Jenkins embarked on an honest path that led him to develop whey-based protein powders.[14] While out on bail, Jenkins wanted to prove to the court he could turn his life around. In 1988 Jenkins started his nutrition company and began working on a protein powder, convinced that its muscle-building properties could be marketed as a healthy, legal alternative to steroids.[18] This is when he created and launched Pro Optibol™.

Combining his engineering degree and manufacturing knowledge with his passion for sports, Jenkins went to work developing whey-based powders. He initially stored the whey protein supplement in his garage. The effectiveness was legendary and combined with astute marketing; Designer Whey® became a national success.[19]

Since the founding of NEXT Proteins, Inc. in 1988 Jenkins has developed the following products: Pro Optibol, Ultimate Orange, Designer Whey, Nextra Protein Crunch, Designer Whey Protein Blast, Detour Protein Energy Bars, Aria Women’s Protein Powder, and XAPP Carbonated Protein Drinks.

Publisher

Jenkins founded Xipe Press in 1996 and published the book Underground Bodyopus: Militant Weight Loss and Recomposition. The book was authored by Dan Duchaine.[20]

Business Development and Transactions

In September 2006, NEXT Proteins sold its protein bar business and factory in Minden, Nevada to Forward Foods. Forward Foods was formed by senior food industry executives, key managers of NEXT Proteins nutritional bar business, and New York private investment firm, Emigrant Capital, a subsidiary of Emigrant bank.[21]

During the Summer of 2008, NEXT Proteins entered into a license agreement with NBC to become the exclusive licensee to manufacture, distribute and sell protein powders in connection with NBC’s weight loss reality show The Biggest Loser to create branded The Biggest Loser Protein Powders.[22]

In 2011, Jenkins sold the Designer Whey business including the protein powders, bars, and shakes business to Designer Protein, LLC., a subsidiary of Athena Wellness Brands, LLC. Designer Protein, LLC. is a newly formed company that is backed by GarMark Partners, Northwood Ventures and Stockton Road Capital.[2]

Background, Education, and International Sport

David Jenkins attended the University of Edinburgh (1970–1973) where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Science Chemical Engineering as a British Petroleum Industrial Apprentice.[23] Thereafter, he attended Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, where he earned his postgraduate diploma in Business Management and Marketing (1974).[24]

Scottish documentary company, Pelicula Films, featured David Jenkins during his training in 1975 as he prepared for the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal, Quebec, CA). The film, The Long Sprint: Diary of an Olympic Athlete, follows Jenkins from his training, races and the Olympic Games heats. Jenkins qualified for the Olympic 400-meter finals but did not medal. The documentary film was directed by Michael Alexander and won the Gold Grand Prix Award in the British International Sport Film and Television Festival in 1977.[25] The film is available in the Scottish Screen Archive, the national film library.[26]

In 1976, Jenkins was awarded a Traveling Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. His project’s title was "Community Sport Participation and Provision" and the award enabled him to visit the United States and West Germany.[24]

In his youth, Jenkins was the European record holder at 400-meters for under 17 and under 19 years old. In 1969, he represented Great Britain’s senior open team in Hamburg, West Germany, winning the 400-meters at age 17 years four months.[11]

1971-1982

In 1975, Jenkins and his brother, Roger Jenkins, represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Finland at Crystal Palace, London as the UK’s #1 and #2 400-meter runners[27] according to "Athletics 75: A Birds Eye Yearbook", written by Ron Pickering. Jenkins’ international athletic career spanned three decades, 1969 through 1982 starting on cinder tracks, to synthetic tracks from hand timing to electronic timing. His notable achievements include:

  • British National 400 meter Record Holder 1971-1985
  • Held British and United Kingdom records for best performances 100-meters at 10.1 seconds [10.33], 200-meters at 20.3 seconds [20.66], 300-meters at 32.44 seconds, 400-meters at 44.93 seconds and 500-meters at 1:00.9 seconds.[27]
  • 1971 - Jenkins broke iconic Scottish Olympic sprint champion, Eric Liddell's, University of Edinburgh’s 400-meter record of 47.6 seconds (world and Olympic record Paris, France 1924). A record Liddell held from 1924 until 1971. Jenkins’ University record of 45.3 seconds (Europa Cup Semi-Final Oslo, Norway, 1973) remains today. Eric Liddell’s remarkable story has been the subject of several books and television documentaries, as well as the Oscar winning Film ‘Chariots of Fire’[28]
  • 1973-1977 David Hemery coached Jenkins. Hemery won Olympic gold (Mexico City 1968) and bronze (Munich, West Germany 1972) medals in the 400-meter hurdles. He also earned a silver medal while on the same 4x 400-meter relay team as Jenkins in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.[29] The Olympic silver medal 4X400 meter relay team included Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, Hemery and David Jenkins. Hemery went on to become President of United Kingdom Athletics from 1998-2002.[17]
  • 1974 Jenkins had the "greatest run of his life", according to the race announcer, when he won the 4x400m relay in the European Championships[30]
  • 1977 Participated in the first IAAF World Cup in Athletics in the 4×400-meter relay at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, West Germany. An international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations[citation needed]
  • 1977 Jubilee Games men’s 200-meter[citation needed]
  • 1978 Jenkins featured on a Sportscaster Card. The card includes a photo of Jenkins (front) and detailed historical data (back).[31]
  • 1982 European Championships 4x400–meter relay[32]

In 1998, former British 400-meter Olympic silver medalist Roger Black dedicated a chapter titled "The Jenkins Factor," in his autobiography How Long is the Course,[33] to Jenkins who was helping advise him in the final months of his 1996 Olympic preparation. Jenkins was credited with changing Black’s philosophy on sports and competition.[34]

Coaches

Jenkins’ first coach was Jake Young, then Head of Physical Education at The Edinburgh Academy.

From 1970-1973 and again in 1980 Jenkins was coached by the then Scottish National Coach, John Anderson John Anderson (Scottish TV Referee)

The Edinburgh Academy’s Academical’s Club

Jenkins is U.S. Representative for The Edinburgh Academy’s Academical Club.[35]

References

  1. ↑ David Jenkins Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at. Sports-reference.com (1952-05-25). Retrieved on 2011-11-08.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Staff. "Partnership Capital Growth Facilitates NEXT Proteins Deal" BEVNET, 26 April 2011 http://www.bevnet.com/news/newswire/2011/partnership-capital-growth-facilitates-next-proteins-deal/
  3. ↑ "Forward Foods Acquires Detour Protein Bars", NutraceuticalsWorld.com, 1 November 2006 http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/issues/2006-11/view_industry-news/forward-foods-acquires-detour-protein-bars-2006-11-01-00-00-00
  4. ↑ United States Patent: 7205018 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=8&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David&RS=IN/Jenkins-David
  5. ↑ United States Patent: 7799363 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=3&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David-A.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David-A&RS=IN/Jenkins-David-A
  6. ↑ United States Patent: 7794770 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=4&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David-A.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David-A&RS=IN/Jenkins-David-A
  7. ↑ United States Patent: 7842326 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=2&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David-A.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David-A&RS=IN/Jenkins-David-A
  8. ↑ United States Patent: 7897192 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=3&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David&RS=IN/Jenkins-David
  9. ↑ United States Patent: 7906160 - http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=Jenkins-David-A.INNM.&OS=IN/Jenkins-David-A&RS=IN/Jenkins-David-A
  10. ↑ http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Alessandro Donati: World Traffic in Doping Substances. WADA, February 2007, p. 30, (Pdf, 542 KB)
  12. ↑ http://www.spoke.com/info/p10nXpj/DavidJenkins
  13. ↑ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/03-m400Rank.pdf
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Jonathan Eig. "Olympic Runner Goes for Protein Gold --- Snack Chip Gives Athlete Lead Over Food Giants and Helps Redeem Tarnished Career" The Wall Street Journal, 27 March 2000
  15. ↑ http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/great-edinburgh-scandals/Illegal-steroidsShamed-Olympian-was-brains.5018295.jp.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (14 December 1998). "Drugs in sport: The former cheat who prospered". The Independent (London). 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 d. Michael Alexander. "LONG SPRINT: Diary of an Olympic Athlete" Pelicula Film, 1975 http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=3920
  18. ↑ Duncan Mackay. "Sportsmen who went to jail" The Observer, 3 February 2002 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,642508,00.html
  19. ↑ Steve Cram. "Jenkins shows Jones that cheats can prosper" The Guardian, 14 January 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jan/15/athletics.sport2
  20. ↑ Daniel Duchaine (1996). Underground Bodyopus: Militant Weight Loss and Recomposition. XIPE Press. ISBN 0-9653107-0-1. 
  21. ↑ "Forward Foods Acquires Detour Protein Bars", NutraceuticalsWorld.com, 1 November 2006 http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/issues/2006-11/view_industry-news/forward-foods-acquires-detour-protein-bars-2006-11-01-00-00-00/
  22. ↑ http://www.designerwhey.com/the-biggest-loser-pr.htm
  23. ↑ Mike Rowbottom. Drugs in sport: The former cheat who prospered, The Independent, 14 December 1998
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 David Jenkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, designer whey. Spoke. Retrieved on 2011-11-08.
  25. ↑ Michael Alexander. LONG SPRINT: Diary of an Olympic Athlete. Pelicula Film, 1975
  26. ↑ Business Search – Business Entities – Business Programs. Kepler.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved on 2011-11-08.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Ron Pickering "Athletics 75: A Birds Eye Yearbook"
  28. ↑ http://alumni.eusu.ed.ac.uk/index.php?s=content&p=HallOfFame
  29. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?index=4&playnext=1&v=Jobe3AOEsvo&list=PL845DB72AB3B9C6AE
  30. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29x4nIrjsUU
  31. ↑ http://www.runningpast.com/sportscasters.htm
  32. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82AQeF23804
  33. ↑ ISBN 0-233-99644-3 Special:BookSources/0233996443
  34. ↑ Roger Black. "How Long is the Course?" Andre Deutsch Publishing, 1 April 1998.
  35. ↑ The edinburgh academical club online. Accie.org. Retrieved on 2011-11-08.
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