Athlete
profiles

Meet the champions. Athletes have proven leadership qualities, positive mind-set and communications skills. They know how to achieve their goals and apply resilience during the highs and lows of competitive sport and life. They bring this to our young people with winning results.

It’s definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity to work with elite athletes. You have to take these opportunities when you see them. I’m grateful that I got the chance to meet them, it’s been amazing for me. Not many people have this opportunity so it’s great.

Young Person

 

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Adam - Whitehead

Olympic swimmer Adam Whitehead spent ten years at the top and won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2002.

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anna - turney

A snowboarding accident left Anna paralysed, but Anna took up monoskiing and competed in two Paralympics.

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Beccy - Muzerie

Beccy only took up rowing at the age of 19, yet went on to represent Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Ben - Fletcher

Ben started judo at the age of five which began a love affair with the sport which took him all the way to Rio 2016.

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Charlotte - hartley

Charlotte is a former International hockey player who represented England in the 2006 Commonwealths, winning bronze.

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Claire - Bennett

Claire has represented Great Britain from the age of 14 and was a gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Fencing Games.

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dani - christmas

Dani competed for GB in athletics before transitioning to road cycling where once again she competed for Great Britain.

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DAVID - hill

David’s international swimming career spanned 12 years, including being the youngest athlete at the 2004 Paralympics.

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fontaine - wright

Fontaine was England's no.1 singles player for almost 5 years, and competed at European and World Championships.

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gabby - marshall

Gabriella started playing netball aged four and earned her first senior England Roses netball cap in 2017.

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hannah - beharry

Hannah was one of the first women to box for Britain and was two time British champion.

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harry - Baker

Harry has played in seven major tournaments across nine years for the England Cerebral Palsy team.

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henry - cookey

Henry started training in Olympic Taekwondo in 2009 and won a Commonwealth bronze medal in 2014.

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jack - RUTTER

Jack recovered from an unprovoked assault to captain Team GB at the Paralympic football tournament in Rio.

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james - kirton

James represented Great Britain for over six years, reaching Olympic, World and European level.

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jenna - downing

In the last 10 years Jenna has travelled across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US to compete.

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Jenny - wallwork

Jenny is a former professional badminton player who won Commonwealth silver and bronze medals.

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jordan - hart

Jordan is 15 times Welsh national badminton champion and has competed at World and Commonwealth Games.

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kelvin - batey

Kelvin has been been a BMX racer all his life, starting at the age of six before getting involved with racing nationally.

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laura - gallagher

Laura has competed as a trampoline gymnast for Team GB for 16 years, winning numerous medals along the way.

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