Who is Electro? Gladiators 2025 star and fitness coach
Electro has won several awards for bodybuilding - and now she's in the Gladiators arena.
Strength, speed and agility are a must if you're going to go far in Gladiators, and athlete Electro has it in spades.
As Gladiators returns for a new season, Electro and the line-up of Gladiators will be pulling out all the stops to shock and zap their opponents.
With a host of new games and challenges to play, will the competitors get the edge on this world-class athlete?
Read on to find out more about this unstoppable force in the new season.
Electro - Age, Instagram and stats
Real name: Jade Packer
Age: 25
From: Essex
Height: 5ft 8in
Bicep: 32cm
Instagram: @jade_packer
Who is Electro?
Electro started her athletic career as a sprinter, and has since branched out to sports modelling, fitness coaching and body building.
By the age of 12, she ranked in the top 10 fastest runners in the UK for 150m. Now, she's bringing her speed and agility to the arena.
She's also super strong and can squat 100kg – that’s the same as standing up while carrying 12 watermelons.
Asked why she wanted to be a Gladiator, Electro said of the reboot: "I wanted to become a Gladiator because throughout my fitness journey, I was inspired by watching other people be inspiring in sport.
"I believe it's a good opportunity for the new generation to see people who potentially look like them, or who they can relate to, and then get themselves into sport, wherever that may be, or just to realise that they can do things that they haven't imagined before."
She also thinks that her fellow Gladiators are going to be hard to beat.
"Absolutely! We are all athletes in our own right," she said. "As the show went on, we all got to grips more with the games and we knew exactly what we needed to put in. I was confident in my abilities.
"I think it's a lot to do with mindset as well and being able to know that you are an athlete – you can come into a situation which you can adapt to, you can change and be better in that situation. To have fun with it as well, which was a good thing for me."
Warning her competitors about what they're up against, Jade said of her alter ego: "I'm very competitive when I'm in the game, but then out of the game I can have a joke and laugh about it. I don't get too caught up on any losses."
Gladiators returns on Saturday 18th January at 5:50pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Authors
Charlotte Colombo is a Freelance Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, focussing on reality and competition shows. She previously worked at The Digital Fix, covering film and TV, and has an MA in Journalism.
Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.
