Sport-by-sport - Athletics
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| Chairman | Ed Warner | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive | Niels De Vos | |
| Performance Director | Neil Black |
Sport Profile
| Funding Award (2009-2013) | £25,148,000 |
| London 2012 Performance | 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze |
| Athletes on World Class Performance Programme | 91 |
| Past Performances | Olympic Games, Beijing, 2008: Gold (1) - Christine Ohuruogu (400m); Silver (2) - Phillips Idowu (Triple Jump), Germaine Mason (High Jump); Bronze (1) - Natasha Danvers (400mH) |
| Press Officer | Liz Birchall or Sophie Ashcroft |
| Press Officer tel | 0121 713 8400 / 07718 526 363 |
| Website | http://www.britishathletics.org.uk |
| National governing body | British Athletics |
"The funding made available to UK Athletics from the National Lottery, Exchequer and Team 2012 has enabled UKA to contract the best coaches and other support staff such as doctors, physiotherapists, nutritionists and so forth to help the athletes prepare. It has also enabled athletes to train in the best possible facilities on a daily basis and to go on training camps at various places in the world."
Charles Van Commenee, UK Athletics Head Coach
UK Athletics' funding from UK Sport was reduced for the London cycle, to encourage the sport to focus its resources on those with real medal potential for London 2012 and beyond, in line with UK Sport's 'no compromise' approach.
Charles Van Commenee was the man for this job, famous for his ruthless, but highly successful, approach to high performance sport; he joined the programme as Head Coach in February 2009.
Under Charles' reign British athletics has enjoyed some of its most successful championships of recent years, including their largest ever haul in the 76-year history of the European Championships in 2010 with 19 medals, best World Championships since 1999 with seven medals in 2011 and best ever Indoor World Championships, winning nine medals in March 2012.
Thanks to UK Sport's backing, UKA are able to provide athletes with comprehensive coaching, sports science and medical support at one of their two National Performance Centres in London (Lee Valley) and Loughborough (University), as well as their five regional centres in Bath, Birmingham, Brunel (London), Sheffield and Manchester. They also run a number of fully supported and staffed warm weather training camps through the year for athletes and their coaches.
Jessica Ennis' coach Toni Minichiello was one of the early beneficiaries of one of UK Sport's high performance coaching development programmes. Toni graduated from the Elite Coach programme in 2009; the programme had fostered in him the skills he needed to lead a multidisciplinary team of experts in performance analysis, conditioning and rehabilitation, who were crucial to Jessica's recovery from a serious foot injury in 2008 to World Championships glory in 2009.
Other coaches to have benefited from UK Sport's coaching development support include Mike McFarlane (Jodie Williams and women's relay) and Lloyd Cowan (Christine Ohuruogu and women's relay).
Did You Know?
UK Sport was a key partner to the successful bid to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2017. UK Sport will be backing the event with up to £7.5 million in National Lottery funding.
Selected athletes:
Abdulazeez Buhari
Adam Gemili
Alex Smith
Andrew Baddeley
Andrew Pozzi
Andrew Osagie
Andrew Turner
Brett Morse
Carl Myerscough
Christian Malcolm
Chris Thompson
Chris Tomlinson
Conrad Williams
Daniel Awde
Daniel Talbot
David Greene
David Webb
Dominic King
Dwain Chambers
Greg Rutherford
Jack Green
James Dasaolu
James Ellington
Lawrence Clarke
Lawrence Okoye
Lee Merrien
Luke Lennon-Ford
Mark Lewis-Francis
Martyn Rooney
Mervyn Luckwell
Michael Rimmer
Mohamed Farah
Nick McCormick
Nigel Levine
Phillips Idowu
Richard Buck
Robbie Grabarz
Rob Tobin
Ross Murray
Rhys Williams
Scott Overall
Simeon Williamson
Steven Lewis
Stuart Stokes
Abi Oyepitan
Anyika Onuora
Barbara Parker
Claire Hallissey
Christine Ohuruogu
Eilish McColgan
Eilidh Child
Emily Diamond
Gareth Warburton
Goldie Sayers
Hannah England
Holly Bleasdale
Jessica Ennis
Jo Pavey
Johanna Jackson
Kate Dennison
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Laura Weightman
Lee McConnell
Lisa Dobriskey
Louise Hazel
Lynsey Sharp
Mara Yamauchi
Marilyn Okoro
Margaret Adeoye
Nicola Sanders
Paula Radcliffe
Perri Shakes Drayton
Shana Cox
Shara Proctor
Sophie Hitchon
Tiffany Porter
Yamile Aldama
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Next major event
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European Team Athletics Championships 2013
Gateshead
- 22 - 23 June 2013
- Funding: Up to £143,000
