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2024 New Year Honours List recognises 29 individuals

Published 2 January 2024

The Olympic and Paralympic high-performance sport community has been celebrated as the world welcomed a new calendar year. 29 individuals from across the community have been recognised in the 2024 New Year Honours list; an opportunity to say thank you for the extraordinary service of the recipients across sport.

The list of achievements from across the UK, for services to sports, national and international governing bodies, and major events, through dedication to initiatives such as social impact, governance, medicine, and performance has been exemplary.

Among those in receipt of awards were current and former Great Britain athletes, including Olympic hockey goalkeeper, Maddie Hinch; Olympic race walker, Tom Bosworth; Becky and Ellie Downie, Olympic gymnasts; and former Olympic rower Miriam Luke, for services to their sport.

Alongside athletes that have contributed to the success of major events by their amazing performances on the field of play during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 tournament include, Millie Bright, Mary Earps and Lauren Hemp.

A special mention also to, Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield, former Leeds Rhinos, England and Great Britain rugby league players, who have been recognised for their work, creating awareness of motor neurone disease (MND). Sinfield completed his third running challenge in December 2023, having raised over £5 million for various MND charities since 2020. He finished his second challenge at the RLWC2021 final, entering the pitch in front of a sell-out Old Trafford crowd in November 2022.

A massive congratulations to all those recognised from everyone at UK Sport.



List of recipients from Olympic and Paralympic sports, UK major events and high-performance partners:


Knight Grand Cross

Sir Bill Beaumont (World Rugby chair and former England captain), for services to rugby union and charity


Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Stuart Broad (former England cricketer), for services to cricket

Rob Burrow (former Leeds and England rugby league player), for services to motor neurone disease awareness

Kevin Sinfield (former Leeds and England rugby league player), for services to motor neurone disease awareness


Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)


Millie Bright (England and Chelsea footballer), for services to football

Maddie Hinch (GB Olympic champion hockey goalkeeper), for services to hockey

Ralph Rimmer (former Rugby Football League chief executive), for services to rugby league

Marcus Trescothick (former England cricketer and Professional Cricketers' Association mental health ambassador), for services to mental ill health

Rob Wainwright (former Scotland international rugby union player and Doddie Aid founder), for voluntary and charitable services to the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation

Christine Windmill (Tennis Scotland honorary vice-president), for services to tennis


Members of the Order of the British Empire

Lynda Bennett, for services to hockey in Wales

Tom Bosworth (Olympic race walker), for services to race walking

Christopher Bryant (Director of Tournaments and Events, Football Association), for services to sport

Robert Christie (Scotland Paralympic Lawn Bowls head coach), for services to lawn bowls

Francis Donnelly, for services to Disability Sport and to the community in Northern Ireland

Becky Downie (Olympic gymnast), for services to gymnasts and gymnastics

Ellie Downie (former Olympic gymnast), for services to gymnasts and gymnastics

Mary Earps (England and Manchester United goalkeeper), for services to football

David Finlay, for services to Olympic Wrestling in Northern Ireland

Lauren Hemp (England and Manchester City forward), for service to football

Ian Hewitt (former All England Lawn Tennis Club chair), for services to tennis and charity

Stuart Hogg (former Scotland international rugby union player), for services to rugby union

Helen Housby (England international netball player), for services to netball

Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (GB Olympians Association chair), for services to athletics

Miriam Luke (Henley Rowing Club president and Olympic silver medallist), for services to women's rowing

Robert McVeigh, for services to the Commonwealth Games in Northern Ireland

Elinor Middlemiss (Scotland Commonwealth Games chef de mission), for services to sport

Alison Moffitt-Robinson (Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games chef de mission), For services to Sports Management and Development in Northern Ireland


Medal of the order of the British Empire

Bronwin Carter (Paralympic coach and 11 times weightlifting world champion) for services to sport

 


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