She was recently appointed as the President of British Taekwondo and is their non-executive director and the lead for the National Cadet Programme.

The cadet team have been going from strength-to-strength under the Beijing 2008 Olympic medallist's supervision, as the squad recently returned from a successful stint at the Cadet European Championships where Elias Asef and Tegan Paynter earned medals.

Stevenson said: "Though an incredibly difficult decision to reach, in order to be effective in my newly appointed role and to further develop the wider objectives for the sport, as a whole, I recognise that I need to prioritise this above my interest of coaching the development team athletes.

"Having returned to a programme where I have previously been the head coach, it is something that I am hugely passionate about.

"I will continue to work with the organisation on various projects, including international relations and will very much miss being hands-on/involved with the development of future senior athletes."

GB Taekwondo's development manager Steve Green said: "Sarah's departure is both a loss to the coaching team, as much as the wider development programme.

"On behalf of everyone, I would like to take the opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to Sarah for her time, energy and passion, not only did she add to our journey, but she had a significant input to the athletes within the squad.

"Her experience, competencies and humanity will be sorely missed."