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| Predecessor | Sports Council of Great Britain |
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| Formation | 6 January 1997 |
| Purpose | Investing into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK |
| Headquarters | London, WC1 |
Chair | Dame Katherine Grainger |
CEO | Sally Munday |
Parent organization | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Affiliations | British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association English Institute of Sport UK Anti-Doping The National Lottery |
| Staff | 90 |
| Website | uksport.gov.uk |
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.[2]
It was created in 1997, following a "rock bottom" showing at the 1996 Summer Olympics where Team GB won just one solitary gold medal.[3] Team GB and Paralympics GB went on to place third in the medal table at London 2012[4] and second in the table at Rio 2016.[5]
- ^ "About us". UK Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b "UK Sport". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (24 July 2012). "London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "London 2012: Team GB finish third in Olympic medal table". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: How did Team GB make history?". BBC Sport. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.