Olympics and Athletics

Ade Adepitan

TV presenter and Olympic wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan is an inspiring motivational and sporting conference and keynote speaker.

Alastair McKean

Rowing made its Paralympic games debut for the 2008 Olympics this September, which highlighted Alastair Mckean’s most recent of so many successes; being selected for the LTA coxed four in Adaptive Rowing and winning a bronze medal.

Beth Tweddle MBE

Beth Tweddle began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven and was named in the British Junior national team in 1994.

Brendan Foster MBE

Brendan Foster’s athletics career saw him compete in the 1970 Commonwealth Championships in Edinburgh (15,000m), the 1974 European Championships (5,000m) and the 1978 Commonwealth Championships in Edmonton (10,000m).

Colin Jackson

Colin Jackson has won 19 international titles throughout an illustrious career.

Daley Thompson MBE OBE CBE

Daley Thompson, was the first person ever to hold the World, Olympic, Commonwealth and European titles at the same time, as well as the World Record and was unbeaten in competition for 9 years.

Dame Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes is one of Britain’s most recognisable and admired athletes.

Dame Mary Peters

Mary Peters is best known for her triumphant athletics career, when during the years 1961-1974 she represented Northern Ireland and Great Britain winning many accolades during these times, her most famous being the Pentathlon Gold World Record in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Dean Macey

Dean Macey, the "Dean Machine", is undoubtedly one of the biggest personalities in British sport.

Denise Lewis OBE

Denise Lewis was inspired to become an Olympian at just eight years old as she watched the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and the seeds of ambition were planted.

Derek Redmond

A career that brought gold medals at World, European and Commonwealth levels and also saw more than its fair share of bad luck and heartache, most famously during the Barcelona Olympics when his hamstring snapped during the semi finals.

Frank Dick OBE

Renowned as one of the country’s best and most consistently inspiring motivational speakers,Dr.

Geoff Capes

Geoff Capes is a former British shot putt champion, and former two-time winner of the World’s Strongest Man title.

Goldie Sayer

Goldie Sayers first came to prominence when setting national junior records and winning national titles in 2001.

Graham Bell

Graham Bell is a former five times Olympic skier, TV presenter, adventurer and journalist and is regarded as one of the finest Downhill skiers the UK has ever produced.

Heather Fell

Heather has established herself as one of Britain’s top modern pentathletes.

Iwan Thomas

Iwan is without doubt one of the finest 400m runners that Britain has ever seen.

James Cracknell

Winning Gold in Athens in one of the most heart stopping races in history, James Cracknell is now confirmed as one of the most successful and inspiring athletes of the modern era.

Jason Gardener MBE

31 year old Jason is one of the UK and Europe’s all time great sprinters and was awarded an MBE in 2005 for his services to athletics.

Joanna Parker

Joanna Parker is an International table tennis star.

John Regis

John enjoyed a hugely successful athletics career that saw him become the first ever British sprinter to break the 20 second barrier for the 200m and set a British record for the distance that remains to this day.

Jonathon Edwards CBE

Jonathan Edwards is widely regarded as the finest triple jumper of all time.

Kriss Akabusi MBE

In a notable athletics career Kriss won three medals at the Summer Olympics and three World Championship medals, amongst others.

Leon Taylor

Leon Taylor is an experienced speaker to a variety of audiences from business leaders to school children, his inspiring and entertaining message has been enjoyed by thousands of people.

Lord Sebastian Coe

Lord Sebastian Coe set twelve world records at four distances, two of which he still holds.

Mark Eccleston

In 1986, at the age of 16, Mark Eccleston had an accident in which he broke his neck and severed his spinal cord.

Mette Bloch

Mette Bloch was a world class athlete now she is a world class motivator to businesses and organisations teaching her ᾿Winning Mentality᾿ and ᾿Team Building᾿ skills.

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is quite simply one of the greatest athletes on the planet.

Roger Black MBE

For fourteen years Roger represented Great Britain at the highest level in the world of athletics, both as an individual 400 metres runner and a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.

Sally Gunnell OBE

Sally started out in athletics as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete before turning to the sprints and hurdling and is the only woman to have held the European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic 400 metre hurdles titles at the same time.

Simon Jackson MBE

Simon is Great Britain’s most successful judo player of all time amassing an incredible 3 Paralympic, 3 World and 16 European gold medals throughout his astonishing 20 year career.

Steve Backley OBE

Steve Backley was a firm fixture in the national athletics team for over fifteen years and is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games.

Steve Cram MBE

Steve is one of the UK’s most well known sporting individuals.

Steve Ovett OBE

Steven Ovett OBE, Olympic Gold medallist over 800m, is one of the greatest British athletes ever, heralding from the golden era of British athletics.

Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is Britain’s best-known Paralympic athlete, having performed at world-class level for the past twenty years, in distances ranging from 100m to the marathon.

Tessa Sanderson

During her 26 years competing for Great Britain Tessa was voted Sports Personality of the Year and Athlete of the Year 3 times by the Athletics Writers Association.