Simon Rea

Simon Rea is a lecturer and writer in Sport and Fitness at the Open University.  Since joining the OU in 2007, Simon has written study guides on sport psychology, physiology, biomechanics and most recently nutrition. Previously, he worked as a personal trainer and ran his own personal training company. 

Simon is particularly interested in current issues in sport, such as cheating, and the role of politics and sport.

Simon has been interested in the Olympics since, at the age of nine, he watched the 1976 Games in Montreal, on a grainy black and white television. His Olympic claim to fame is that he ran against Olympic champion Alan Wells at an open meeting in 1987 -  Alan won, despite being well advanced in years! 

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