100 Notable alumni of
Loughborough University
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Loughborough University is 379th in the world, 136th in Europe, and 32nd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Loughborough University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sebastian Coe
- Occupations
- politicianmiddle-distance runnerautobiographerathletics competitor
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Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA, often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
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Jill Scott
- Occupations
- association football player
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Jill Louise Scott MBE is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. The FIFA technical report into the 2011 Women's World Cup described Scott as one of England's four outstanding players; " energetic, ball-winning midfielder who organises the team well, works hard at both ends of the pitch and can change her team's angle of attack."
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Paula Radcliffe
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- long-distance runner
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Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE is a British former long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), the 2002 Chicago Marathon winner and the 2005 World Champion in the Marathon from Helsinki. She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei.
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Mary Earps
- Occupations
- association football player
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Mary Alexandra Earps MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team. At the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, she served as the vice captain for England, and received the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper of the tournament. Earps was announced the winner of 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
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Ore Oduba
- Occupations
- presenterjournalisttelevision presenter
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Ore Oduba is a British television and radio presenter who has also worked as an actor. From 2008 until 2013, he presented the CBBC news programme Newsround. In 2018 he hosted the game show And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief. In 2019 he began his musical theatre career, starring in the UK tour of Grease. He also appeared alongside Jason Manford in Curtains the Musical. Oduba made his West End debut in January 2020. However, he is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2016.
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Lolly Adefope
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- stand-up comedianactorcomedian
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Ololade "Lolly" Adefope is an English stand-up comedian and actress, specialising in character comedy. She is known for playing the role of Fran in the Hulu comedy series Shrill, and as Kitty, the ghost of a Georgian noblewoman in the BBC comedy Ghosts, for which she was nominated for a National Comedy Award in 2021.
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David Hunt
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- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
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David Hunt is an English actor, producer, and director who has worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His best known U.S. film role is Harlan Rook, in the 1988 action film The Dead Pool, the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry series. He has also had guest roles on the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond as Ray's nemesis neighbor, Bill Parker. He also appeared in the recurring role of Darren McCarthy during season 6 of 24. Back in the UK, Hunt was in the 1991 award-winning period drama, The Black Velvet Gown, as well as being a regular cast member of the series Beck for the BBC.
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Karen Carney
- Occupations
- association football player
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Karen Julia Carney OBE is an English sports journalist and former professional footballer who played as a winger and midfielder. Carney has been a regular broadcaster for live football on Sky Sports, ITV and Amazon Prime, including Women's Super League and men's Premier League matches since 2019. She is also a sports columnist for BBC Sport, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Television, and The Guardian.
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Tracy Brabin
- Occupations
- screenwriterpoliticianactor
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Tracy Lynn Brabin is a British politician who has been the Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021 under the Labour and Co-operative banner.
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Michael Fabricant
- Occupations
- politician
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Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his defeat in 2024.
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Monty Panesar
- Occupations
- cricketer
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Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007. In English county cricket, he last played for Northamptonshire in 2016, and has previously played for Northamptonshire until 2009, Sussex from 2010 to 2013 and Essex from 2013 to 2015. He has also played for the Lions in South Africa.
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Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Occupations
- politiciantelevision presenterathletics competitor
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Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson,, known as Tanni Grey-Thompson, is a Welsh life peeress, television presenter and former wheelchair racer.
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Tobias Ellwood
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- politicianarmy soldier
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Lieutenant Colonel Tobias Martin Ellwood VR is a former British Conservative Party politician and soldier who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East from 2005 to 2024. He chaired the Defence Select Committee from 2020 to 2023, and was Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel at the Ministry of Defence from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his political career, Ellwood served in the Royal Green Jackets and reached the rank of captain. He transferred to the Army Reserve and has gone on to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 77th Brigade.
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Colin McFarlane
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- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
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Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is known for his roles in film and television including Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander. McFarlane's voice roles include JJ in Bob the Builder, Bulgy and Beresford in Thomas & Friends and PC Malcolm Williams in Fireman Sam. He was the voice of The Cube in the ITV game show.
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Sam Billings
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- association football playercricketer
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Samuel William Billings is an English professional cricketer. Billings is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Pembury in Kent and has played for Kent County Cricket Club sides since he was eight years old, making his senior debut for the First XI in 2011. In October 2017 he was appointed as the vice-captain of the team before being appointed as captain in January 2018, replacing Sam Northeast. He served as the club's captain until the end of the 2023 season when he resigned, although he retained the captaincy of the club's Twenty20 cricket side.
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Ross Edgley
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- swimmeropen water swimmermodelwater polo player
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Ross Edgley is a British athlete, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author. He holds multiple world records, but is perhaps most recognised for completing the World's Longest Staged Sea Swim in 2018, when he became the first person in history to swim 1,780 miles (2,860 km) around Great Britain, in 157 days (voted Performance of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association.) In 2024, he also became the first person in history to simultaneously hold official Guinness World Records for long-distance swimming in the sea and river when he broke the record for the longest non-stop, continuous river swim down the Yukon River (318 miles/510km).
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Rabiu Kwankwaso
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- politician
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Mohammed Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE FNIQS is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kano state from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003, he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background, from 2003 to 2007, under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015, serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kano Central Senatorial District.
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Casey Stoney
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
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Casey Jean Stoney MBE is an English professional football manager and former player who currently serves as the head coach of the Canada women's national soccer team.
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Clive Woodward
- Occupations
- rugby union player
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Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBE is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing the test series 3–0. He is currently a pundit for ITV Sport, working on their coverage of the Six Nations and Rugby World Cup.
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Bob Wilson
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- association football playersports commentator
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Robert Primrose Wilson OBE is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster / anchorman.
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Philip Serrell
- Occupations
- writerauctioneertelevision presenter
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Philip Martyn Serrell is an English auctioneer, antiques expert and television presenter who appears as regular presenter on BBC TV antiques programmes such as Bargain Hunt and Flog It!. He began his career as a livestock trade auctioneer, but he became a chartered surveyor in 1988 to analyse antiques. Serrell has also participated in musical charity events, performing as a singer with The Celebs.
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Antonio Navarro Wolff
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- university teacherpoliticianpartisansanitary engineer
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Antonio José Navarro Wolff is an engineer, a former combatant and a Colombian politician.
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Dario Gradi
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football manager
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Dario Gradi is an Italian-English former football player, coach and manager. He was associated for more than 36 years with Crewe Alexandra, where he was variously manager, director of football and director of the Academy, until October 2019.
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Dany Chamoun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dany Chamoun was a prominent Lebanese politician. A Maronite Christian, the younger son of former President Camille Chamoun and brother of Dory Chamoun, Chamoun was also a politician in his own right. He was murdered on October 21, 1990 at age 56, along with his family.
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Jeanette Kwakye
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Jeanette Boahemaa Kwakye MBE is a British broadcaster and retired sprinter.
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Jake Wightman
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Jake Wightman is a British middle-distance runner who primarily competes in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships, the first global gold in a middle distance event for a British male since Seb Coe's 1500 m title at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. At the European Athletics Championships, Wightman earned a bronze in 2018 and a silver for the 800 metres in 2022. He won bronze medals at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Rob Smedley
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- engineer
- Biography
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Robert Smedley is a British automotive engineer who works for the Formula One Group after many years working within the Williams, Ferrari and Jordan Formula One teams.
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Daniel Bennett
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Daniel Mark Bennett is a former professional footballer. Mainly a centre-back, Bennett is a versatile player who is a strong reader of the game, allowing him to make crucial interceptions despite not being blessed with great pace; he is also known for his trademark long-range free kicks.
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Lim Swee Say
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- politicianbadminton executive and administrator
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Lim Swee Say is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress between 2005 and 2015, Minister for Manpower between 2015 and 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2004 and 2015, Second Minister for National Development between 2004 and 2005, and Minister for the Environment between 2000 and 2004.
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Nick Knight
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- cricketer
- Biography
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Nicholas Verity Knight is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer. A left-handed opening batsman and a fine fielder, Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup.
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Ben Kay
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Benedict James Kay MBE is an English retired international rugby union footballer who played second row forward for Leicester Tigers, England and the British & Irish Lions.
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Martyn Rooney
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- athletics competitorsprinter
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Martyn Joseph Rooney is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 4×400 metres relay. A mainstay on the anchor leg of the Great Britain and England 4 x 400 metre relay teams, at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal with the Great Britain relay team, and bronze in the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
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Ben Ryan
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- rugby union player
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Ben Ryan CF is an English sports coach who is best known for coaching the Fiji sevens team to a gold medal in sevens rugby at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is currently Performance Director at EPL association football club Brentford.
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Lesley Paterson
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- screenwriterfilm producertriathlete
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Lesley Paterson is a Scottish triathlete, author, screenwriter and film producer.
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Rajiv Ouseph
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- badminton playerOlympic competitor
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Theratil Rajiv Ouseph is a former international badminton player from England who has represented both England and Great Britain. A long-time English and British No.1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achievement was becoming the European Men's Singles Champion, winning the title in 2017.
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Claire Rafferty
- Occupations
- association football player
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Claire Lauren Rafferty is an English pundit and retired professional footballer. She made over 100 appearances as a left back or left winger for Chelsea in the FA WSL and also spent time at Millwall Lionesses and West Ham United. Rafferty also represented England internationally and played at the 2012 Olympics for Great Britain.
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Beth Potter
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- triathlete
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Beth Potter is a multiple World Champion Scottish triathlete and long distance runner competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Weert, Netherlands. In 2022, she won individual bronze at the 2022 World Triathlon Sprint Championships, and silver with Team Great Britain in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. In 2023, she won the Elite championship in the World Triathlon Championship Series, becoming the sixth British women's world champion.
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Malcolm Sayer
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- engineercar designermilitary flight engineer
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Malcolm Sayer was a British aircraft engineer during wartime and later automotive aerodynamist. His most notable aerodynamic work was the engineering body development of the E-Type Jaguar and early style guidelines for Jaguar XJS. He spent the last twenty years of his life working at Jaguar Cars and was one of the first engineers to apply principles of aircraft streamlining and aerodynamic function to cars.
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WillNE
- Years
- 1996-.. (age 29)
- Occupations
- association football playertelevision producerYouTuber
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William Jonathan Lenney, better known as WillNE, is an English YouTuber and internet personality based in Newcastle. Lenney's content is noted for both his videos focusing around internet culture and his practical jokes, such as getting a variety of YouTubers to collaboratively sing the song "All Star" without their knowledge, and fooling several media organisations into thinking he was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Lenney's style of content was described by Vice Media in 2018 as designed for "teenagers hyper-literate on internet culture." In January 2024, Lenney became a co-owner of Quadrant Esports, a content creation and apparel brand founded by Lando Norris.
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Michael Landy
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- artistconceptual artistphotographerdraftspersoninstallation artist
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Michael Landy CBE RA is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project (2010) at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008, Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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David Moorcroft
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- long-distance runnermiddle-distance runner
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David Robert Moorcroft OBE DL is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1983 and promoted to an Officer (OBE) in 1999, in both cases for services to athletics. In March 2023, he was appointed a Deputy lieutenant of the West Midlands.
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John Dawes
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- rugby union player
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Sydney John Dawes OBE was a Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach. He captained London Welsh, Wales, the 1971 British Lions and the Barbarians. He is credited with being a major influence in these teams' success, and in the attractive, attacking, free-flowing rugby they played. Dawes also had considerable success as a coach with Wales, and coached the 1977 British Lions. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1972 New Year Honours List for services as Lions captain.
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Vicky Holland
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- triathlete
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Vicky Holland is a British former triathlete who was part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team. Holland was the 2018 World Triathlon champion, the fourth British woman to win the title. She was also the first female triathlete to win an Olympic medal for Great Britain, a bronze in 2016, holding off housemate, compatriot and fellow world champion Non Stanford.
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Chris Read
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- cricketer
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Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English former cricketer who was the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He played for the England cricket team in 15 Tests and 36 ODIs. He was a wicket-keeper.
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Goldie Sayers
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- javelin thrower
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Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers is a British former javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, England. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new British record in the javelin at 65.05 m (213 ft 5 in), thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since javelins were redesigned in 1999. Sayers set the record when competing for her university, Loughborough, at the Loughborough International match. She cemented this achievement at the Norwich Union Glasgow Grand Prix on 3 June 2007 where she beat a top-class international field in rainy conditions with a throw of 63.59 m. Defeated rivals included European champion and Olympic silver medallist Steffi Nerius and world champion Barbora Špotáková.
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Marie Wattel
- Enrolled in Loughborough University
- Studied in 2017-2021
- Occupations
- swimmersportsperson
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Marie Wattel is a French swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won the silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 56.14 seconds.
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Ivaylo Kalfin
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Ivaylo Georgiev Kalfin is a Bulgarian politician. A three-term deputy, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2009 in the Stanishev Cabinet. Kalfin was a Member of European Parliament between 2009 and 2014. Between 7 November 2014 and May 2016 he served as Deputy Prime-Minister of Bulgaria, and Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the Second Borisov Cabinet.
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Ama Agbeze
- Occupations
- netballer
- Biography
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Ama Agbeze MBE is an England netball international. She was captain when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019 she received an MBE for her services to netball. She was also a member of the England team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. As of 2020, Agbeze has played for at least sixteen different club teams in England, Australia and New Zealand.
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Liam Tancock
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Liam John Tancock is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He specialised in backstroke and individual medley events. He is a three-time world champion and a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and held the world record in the 50-metre backstroke (long course) for almost a decade.
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Nirj Deva
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya, known as Nirj Deva, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for South East England from 1999 to 2019. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons from 1992 to 1997, for the seat of Brentford and Isleworth.
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Liam Heath
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
- Biography
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Liam Heath is a British sprint canoeist. He is the most successful British canoeist at the Olympics with a total of four medals; he won a gold medal in the individual 200m kayak sprint event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the 2020 Olympics, as well as a silver in the men's double with Jon Schofield in 2016. and a bronze at the 2012 London Olympics in the K-2 200 with Schofield.
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Henry Pyrgos
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Henry Benjamin Pyrgos is a former Scotland international rugby union player and now coach. He is an Assistant Coach at Boroughmuir. He previously played for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship; and is a centurion for Glasgow Warriors, winning the Pro12 title with the club in 2015.
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Laura Unsworth
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Laura Roper is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for East Grinstead and the England and Great Britain national teams.
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Mihir Bose
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Mihir Bose is a British Indian journalist and author. He writes a weekly "Big Sports Interview" for the London Evening Standard, and also writes and broadcasts on sport and social and historical issues for several outlets including the BBC, the Financial Times and Sunday Times. He was the BBC Sports Editor until 4 August 2009.
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Steve Matchett
- Occupations
- sports journalist
- Biography
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Steve Matchett is a commentator for American TV network Fox Sports on its Formula E programming. He formerly co-hosted live Formula One practices, qualifying sessions, and races alongside David Hobbs and Bob Varsha.
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Hannah Macleod
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Hannah Louise Macleod is an English field hockey player.
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Bandar M Hajjar
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Bandar Al Hajjar is a Saudi Arabian economist and former Hajj minister. He was removed from post over 2015 Hajj stampede.
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Laura Marsh
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Laura Alexandra Marsh is an English former cricketer. Born in Pembury, Kent, she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She played county cricket for Kent Women, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006. She was part of the England team that retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008 and in England in 2009. She was also part of teams that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2017. In December 2019, Marsh announced her retirement from international cricket, and announced her retirement from all forms of the game in August 2020. In April 2022, she became interim head coach of Sunrisers for the 2022 season.
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Giselle Ansley
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Giselle Anne Ansley is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HGC and the England and Great Britain national teams.
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Adrian Bailey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adrian Edward Bailey is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West from 2000, when he won the seat at a by-election in November 2000 until he stood down at the general election in 2019. He was the Chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 2010–2015.
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Joanne Jackson
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Joanne Amy Jackson is an English freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She was born in Northallerton and went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire.
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Zachary Test
- Occupations
- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Zachary "Zack" Test is a retired American rugby union player who played for the United States national rugby sevens team. With 143 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Test led all U.S. players in tries scored until Perry Baker broke his record in early 2018. He is the current head coach of the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR).
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Barbara Slater
- Occupations
- artistic gymnasttelevision producer
- Biography
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Barbara Jane Slater, CBE is a former English sports producer, who was BBC Director of Sport for 15 years before retiring in March 2024. She was also an ex-Olympic gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
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Dan Kelly
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Daniel Kelly is an English professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby. His usual position is centre. Born in Manchester, England, Kelly represented Ireland Under 20s, before being capped for the England national team in 2021.
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Joanne Harten
- Occupations
- netballer
- Biography
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Joanne Elizabeth Harten MBE is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also sits on the board of the Australian Netball Players’ Association.
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Lizzie Simmonds
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Elizabeth Clare Simmonds is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World Aquatics Championships, and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She specialises in backstroke events, and is a former European champion in the 200-metre backstroke.
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Rosalind Gill
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Enrolled in Loughborough University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- sociologist
- Biography
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Rosalind Clair Gill FBA is a British sociologist and feminist cultural theorist. She is currently Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at City, University of London. Gill is author or editor of ten books, and numerous articles and chapters, and her work has been translated into Chinese, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.
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Lisa Dobriskey
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Lisa Jane Dobriskey is a retired English middle distance runner. She was the Commonwealth Games champion in the 1500 m in 2006 and won a silver medal in the same distance at the 2009 World Championships.
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Nassib Lahoud
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Nassib Lahoud was a Lebanese political figure. He held various posts including Member of parliament, Ambassador to the United States of America, and Minister of State (without portfolio). He was also head of the Democratic Renewal Movement and a leading figure in the March 14 coalition, which nominated him as their presidential candidate when they held the parliamentary majority in 2008. His election was vetoed by Hezbollah and its allies, who refused to attend parliament and threatened not to recognise any president who was not the product of a consensus agreement between Lebanese political forces. President Michel Suleiman was elected to the post on 25 May 2008.
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Sophie Bradley-Auckland
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sophie Elizabeth Bradley-Auckland is an English former international football defender who played for Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, Lincoln Ladies, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Liverpool, and, Sheffield United.
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Lee McConnell
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Lee McConnell is a retired Scottish athlete, who competed in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles having started her career as a high jumper. She is a three-time Olympian who represented Great Britain in 2004, 2008 and 2012. With 12 medals from major championships, McConnell is the third most decorated Scottish track and field athlete of all-time (after Eilidh Doyle with 19 medals and Laura Muir with 13).
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Jemma Rose
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jemma Helen Rose is a former English footballer who plays for FA Women's National League South club Plymouth Argyle as a central defender. She has represented England, making her debut at senior level in November 2015. Rose was named the FA Women's Young Player of the Year in 2011.
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Guy Learmonth
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Guy Learmonth is a Scottish and Great British athlete specialising in the 800 metres. His PB currently stands as 1:44.73 and he is the 3rd fastest Scottish 800m athlete of all time. Learmonth reached the final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 European Indoor Championships, finishing 6th in both. He was named the GB&NI captain for the European Indoor Championships in 2019. Guy has broken the Scottish 800m Junior Record 9 times and holds the English AAA U20 Indoor & BUCS Championship records.
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Caitlin McClatchey
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Caitlin McClatchey is a British former swimmer. Representing Scotland, she won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in the 200 metres freestyle and 400 metres freestyle. Representing Great Britain, she won bronze medals in the 400 m freestyle at the 2005 World Championships and 2006 European Championships. She has also competed at three Olympic Games and reached the Olympic 200 m freestyle final in 2008 and 2012. She is a former British record holder in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m Freestyle.
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Nira Chamberlain
- Occupations
- mathematician
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Nira Cyril Chamberlain OBE CMath is a British mathematician based in Birmingham, UK. He is a Principal Consultant at AtkinsRéalis.
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Jodie Swallow
- Occupations
- triathlete
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Jodie Ann Swallow is a British triathlete and former swimmer from Brentwood, Essex.
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Henry Pollock
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Henry Pollock is an English rugby union player who plays for Northampton Saints and the English national team.
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Fraser Balmain
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Fraser John Balmain is an English professional rugby union player who plays prop forward for Saracens in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Gloucester and Leicester Tigers.
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William Sharman
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- bobsledderathletics competitor
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William "Will" Sharman is a British athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He started his career as a junior high jumper and decathlete, but focused entirely on hurdling after a shoulder injury. He made his international debut for Great Britain at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and went on to compete at the 2007 Summer Universiade. Sharman came to prominence in 2009, after he significantly improved upon his previous personal best and finished fourth in the 110 metres hurdles final at the 2009 World Championships. This would be the first of three consecutive appearances in the World Championship final, he's since finished fifth in both the 2011 and 2013 finals.
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David Hibbert
- Occupations
- association football player
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David John Hibbert is an English former footballer who played as a forward; he is now working as a coach at Stoke City.
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Dani Christmas
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- sport cyclistmiddle-distance runner
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Danielle Christmas is a British former racing cyclist and middle-distance runner, who last rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Drops–Le Col. she is currently a commentator on Eurosport for womens cycling, and also a DS (Director Sportife) for the Canyon Sram womens professional cycling team
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Tony Diprose
- Occupations
- rugby union coachrugby union player
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Tony Diprose is a former English rugby union footballer. He played at number 8.
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Kirstie Gordon
- Occupations
- cricketer
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Kirstie Louise Gordon is a Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze and Trent Rockets as a slow-left arm orthodox bowler. She played for Scotland from 2012 to 2017, before switching nationality to England for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She has previously played for Nottinghamshire, Loughborough Lightning, Birmingham Phoenix and Otago.
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Nanna Vainio
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitor
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Nanna Vainio is a right handed Finnish badminton player who lives in Espoo in Finland. Since 2009 she has been the Finnish singles champion several times.
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Kate Haywood
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Kate Emma Haywood is an English former elite swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and represented England in the Commonwealth Games. She competed predominantly as a breaststroke swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. She retired from competitive swimming following the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Matthew Gotrel
- Occupations
- sailorrower
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Matthew Anthony William Gotrel is a British rower.
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Ken Jones
- Occupations
- athletics competitorrugby union player
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Kenneth Jeffrey Jones OBE was a Welsh sprinter and record breaking Welsh international rugby union footballer. He played for both Wales and the British Isles. He is best known in Wales for his contribution to Welsh rugby, but most notably for his winning try against the All Blacks in 1953.
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Jon Schofield
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- kayakercanoeist
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Jon Schofield is a British canoeist. He partnered with Liam Heath in the men's kayak double 200m sprint event, and they have won a bronze in K-2 200 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event. They have also won gold at the European Championships three times as well as silver and bronze medals at the World Championships.
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Sam Ruddock
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Samuel Ruddock is a Paralympic track cycling athlete who represented Great Britain in the F35 classification in the 100 metres and shot put events, for athletes with cerebral palsy. He is the British Record holder for the F35 Shot Put and the C1 Kilometere Time Trial, specialising in the track sprint events, preparing for his third Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020.
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Jessica Turner
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Jessica Ann Turner is an English athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
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Paul Bomani
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Paul Lazaro Bomani was a Tanzanian politician and ambassador to the United States and Mexico.
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Fiona Pennie
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
- Biography
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Fiona Pennie-Douglas is a former British slalom canoeist who competed internationally from 1997 until 2021. She lives in Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire.
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Robert Blair
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitor
- Biography
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Robert Blair is a Scottish badminton player.
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George Hendy
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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George Hendy is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a full-back for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints.
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Claire Allan
- Occupations
- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
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Claire Louise Allan is an English rugby union player. She represented England at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and Great Britain in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Carole Tongue
- Occupations
- politician
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Carole Tongue, FRSA is a former Member of the European Parliament for London East (from 1984 to 1999) and Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (from 1989 to 1991).
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Sadia Kabeya
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Sadia Kabeya is an English rugby union player. She plays for England internationally and Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s.
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Michael Swift
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Michael Swift is an English former rugby union player. Swift played rugby professionally for 17 years and spent most of his career with Irish provincial team Connacht. He retired from playing in 2015. Though he originally played both as a flanker and a lock, Swift played almost exclusively in the second row later in his career.
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Amanda Barr
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr is an English women's football striker. She scored ten goals in 39 appearances for England after making her international debut in 2001. Barr spearheaded the England attack at the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, hosted in her native North West. In domestic football, she played for several different clubs at senior level from 1999 to 2012.
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Bill Bedford
- Occupations
- fighter pilot
- Biography
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Alfred William Bedford OBE AFC FRAeS was a British test pilot and pioneered the development of V/STOL aircraft.
