The incident took place on Tuesday (March 22) at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, where UK Athletics are based.

The 41-year-old Jeska is is accused of stabbing Ralph Knibbs, the head of human resources and welfare at UK Athletics, and wounding two others with intent.

They have been named by the Birmingham Mail as Tim Begley and Kevan Taylor, the governing body's accountant and operations director respectively.

According to West Midlands Police, officers were called to the Stadium at just before 10.30am on Tuesday after reports that a man had been stabbed.

Knibbs, 51, is reported to be in a stable condition in hospital.

Jeska entered no plea and made no application for bail when she appeared before Birmingham magistrates yesterday.

The court heard she was found carrying a 12 centimetre kitchen knife, a 13cm kitchen knife and a bread knife. 

Jeska, the British fell running champion in 2012, was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on April 25.

Knibbs was formerly one of England's top rugby players. 

He played 436 times for Bristol, scoring 123 tries between 1982 and 1996.

Knibbs represented England at under-23 and sevens level but turned down the chance to go on tour with England to South Africa in 1984 because he opposed apartheid. 

He also ruled himself out of the 1988 England tour of Australia and Fiji due to work commitments, making him one of the only players to ever turn down England twice. 

In 2007 he was named in The Sunday Times top ten centres of all time.

Knibbs had joined UK Athletics in July 2011.