Great Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic community have been celebrated in the King’s New Years Honours list to celebrate their services to sport and their successes at Paris 2024.
Hannah Cockroft who won her ninth gold medal at a Games in the summer was made a CBE alongside ParalympicsGB, chef de mission Penny Briscoe.
"It's been a big year with two golds and a silver medal at the World Championships in Japan in May, two gold medals at the Paralympics in Paris this summer, and a wedding - so it was a surprise to get my letter, but such a proud moment,” Cockroft told the PA news agency.
Olympians Helen Glover, Tom Pidcock and Duncan Scott, alongside Paralympians Lauren Rowles, Sammi Kinghorn, Tully Kearney, Erin Kennedy, Alice Tai and Jaco van Gass have all been recognised with an OBE.
Ellie Aldridge, Dina Asher-Smith, Sophie Capewell, Stephen Clegg, Dave Ellis, William Ellard, Emma Finucane, Jodie Grinham, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Katy Marchant and Bryony Page are among the recipients of an MBE.
"I am deeply honoured to be recognised in the King's New Year Honours list for services to athletics," Johnson-Thompson told the PA news agency.
"My small contribution has only been possible due to the huge contributions made by so many others in helping me to chase and achieve my dreams over the last 20 years."
Anita White, founder of International Working Group on Women and Sport which returned to the UK in 2022 has been awarded a CBE for services to women and to sport. Chair of Sport Northern Ireland and UK Sport board member George Lucas has been awarded an MBE for their services to tennis and to sports management and administration in Northern Ireland.
New Year Honours list for sport
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Penny Briscoe (Chef de mission, ParalympicsGB), for services to Paralympic sport
Hannah Cockroft (Paralympic track and field athlete), for services to athletics
Anita White (founder of International Working Group on Women and Sport and the Anita White Foundation, co-founder of Women in Sport), for services to women and to sport
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Helen Glover (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
Tully Kearney (Paralympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Erin Kennedy (Paralympic rower), for services to rowing and to breast cancer awareness
Sammi Kinghorn (Paralympic track and field athlete), for services to athletics
Tom Pidcock (Olympic cyclist),for services to cycling
Lauren Rowles (Paralympic rower), for services to rowing
Duncan Scott (Olympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Alice Tai (Paralympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Jaco van Gass (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Eleanor Aldridge (Olympic sailor), for services to sailing
Lola Anderson (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
Dina Asher-Smith (Olympic track and field athlete), for services to athletics
Sophie Capewell (Olympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Adrian Christy (Chief executive officer, Table Tennis England), for services to table tennis
Stephen Clegg (Paralympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Dimitri Coutya (Paralympic wheelchair fencer), for services to fencing
Emily Craig (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
William Ellard (Paralympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Dave Ellis (Paralympic triathlete), for services to Para-triathlon
Emma Finucane (Olympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Sabrina Fortune (Paralympic track and field athlete), for services to athletics
Fin Graham (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Imogen Grant (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
Jodie Grinham (Paralympic archer), for services to archery
Lauren Henry (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
Keely Hodgkinson (Olympic track and field athlete), for services to athletics
Jenny Holl (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Olympic heptathlete), for services to athletics
Lizzi Jordan (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Danni Khan (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling
George Lucas (Chair of Sport Northern Ireland), for services to tennis and to sports management and administration in Northern Ireland
Nathan MacQueen (Paralympic archer), for services to archery
Simon MacQueen (Director of strategy, Sport England), for services to sport
Katy Marchant (Olympic cyclist), for services to cycling
Poppy Maskill (Paralympic swimmer), for services to swimming
Stephen McGuire (Paralympic boccia player), for services to boccia and to young people
Stephen Neilson (Chair of British Handball), for services to handball
Bryony Page (Olympic trampoline gymnast), for services to trampoline gymnastics
Luke Pollard (Para-triathlete guide), for services to Para-triathlon
Derek Prentice (Great British Luge Association honorary vice-president), for services to luge
Hannah Scott (Olympic rower), for services to rowing
Gregg Stevenson (Paralympic rower), for services to rowing
Claire Taggart (Paralympic boccia player), for services to boccia
Amy Truesdale (Paralympic taekwondo athlete), for services to taekwondo
Sophie Unwin (Paralympic cyclist), for services to cycling