UK Sport
UK Sport is the nation’s high-performance sports agency powered by DCMS and The National Lottery.
UK Sport is the nation’s high-performance sports agency powered by DCMS and The National Lottery. Their mission is to inspire the nation and work in partnership to lead Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK to world class success.
Their strategic investment and direction has enabled Great Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes to achieve their full medal winning potential with over 860 Olympic and Paralympic medals won since 1997!
UK Sport’s other responsibilities include bidding for and staging major sporting events, increasing sporting influence internationally, and promoting the highest standards of governance, sporting conduct, ethics and diversity in society.
UK Sport invested over £40m of National Lottery funding in support of a £150m programme to host major international sporting events in the UK from 2013-2023.
For more information visit the UK Sport website.
Funded projects
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Menna Fitzpatrick & Jen Kehoe
Menna and Jen are Great Britain's most successful winter Paralympians this year! Despite having only 5% of her vision, Menna, with her guide Jen, won four medals at the 2018 winter Paralympic Games in alpine skiing.
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Mahama Cho
Mahama has excelled at Taekwondo, winning silver at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. Off the mat, Mahama spends time visiting local schools - a keen advocate for anti-bullying, he speaks of his experience adapting to life in the UK at the age of 8.
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Katie Archibald
Katie is a National Lottery funded athlete and has already a multiple World and European cycling champion, in both individual and team events.