Daley Thompson
Daley was simply the world's greatest decathlete, drawing on a competitive attitude and ability that was unparalleled. His exuberant character on and off the track was key to his success and popularity and made athletics front-page news. Daley Thompson claims more decathlon honours than anybody before or after him. He was the first person ever to hold the World, Olympic, Commonwealth and European titles at the same time, as well as the World Record.
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Debra Searle
At the age of 30, Debra Searle has achieved more than most people would dream of achieving in a lifetime - a first class honours degree, medals at World Championship level with the Great Britain Dragon Boat Team, entrepreneurial success with the launch of two limited companies, had her first book published, successfully rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, for which she received an MBE from the Queen and has sailed the Southern Ocean to name but a few.
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Duncan Goodhew
The twin misfortunes of losing his hair when he was ten years old and being dyslexic spurred Duncan Goodhew on to win Olympic Gold for the 100m breaststroke in Moscow. Duncan is an excellent corporate motivational speaker and after dinner speaker. Duncan captained Great Britain between 1978 and 1980, during which period he was undefeated throughout the world over 100 metres.
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Ian Rose
As a current Paralympic silver medallist and former World and European Champion, Ian Rose is highly self-motivated. Both in his sporting and vocational careers, he shows incredible will power to reach for goals and achieve a winning performance. Ian's sporting and work achievements are a benchmark for sales, marketing and management teams throughout the UK.
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Jim Lawless
At 36 years old, how do you go from an 11 1/2 stone, non-riding smoker in a suit to a 9 1/2 stone jockey sharing a weighing room with Frankie Dettori and making an impact upon one of the world's most dangerous sports? Achieving Peak Performance can seem impossible. Change is daunting. Self belief and energy are things that we could all do with more of! But how can you help the team get there?
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Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes is one of Britain's most recognizable and admired athletes. She has won Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medals, and added the ultimate sporting trophy to her cabinet at the Athens Olympic Games - Double Olympic Gold. Kelly, however is not only known for her medals and records, but is known for her gutsy, committed approach to her athletics and her ability to overcome injury and illness and still stay at the top of her discipline.
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Kriss Akabusi
Kriss is famous for his achievements in athletics where his greatest individual triumph was his Gold Medal in the 1990 European Championships when he also beat David Hemery's 22 year old British Record. He began his international athletic career in 1983 as a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay squad and will probably always be remembered for helping Britain clinch the Gold and beat the Americans in the World Championships 4 x 400 metre relay in Tokyo in 1991
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Lord Sebastian Coe
Lord Coe is Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Seb headed the British bid which finally triumphed over the favourites France in Singapore. Even Le Figaro described the double Olympic gold medallist as having achieved a remarkable feat in leading the London 2012 bid to victory.
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Marc Woods
Marc had his left leg amputated because of cancer when he was seventeen. The day after he had his stitches out he went swimming and within a year he was swimming quicker with one leg than he did when he had two. His dream was to simply be the best that he could be and just 18 months after he finished his chemotherapy he was selected to represent Great Britain.
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Rebecca Stephens
on each of the seven continents. She is an outstanding speaker on motivation and teamwork. Drawing from her experiences, she delivers inspirational talks to business audiences around the world on how to achieve absolutely the best performance, both as an individual and as a team.
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Roger Black
or fourteen years Roger Black represented Great Britain at the highest level in the world of athletics, both as an individual 400 metres runner and as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team. He won fifteen major Championship medals including European, Commonwealth and World Championship Gold medals.
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Sir Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward is Coach of the England Rugby Union World Cup Winning Team. England's historic 20-17 victory over Australia in the Rugby World Cup final has drawn praise from all quarters of the rugby world. Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson secured the game for England with a last-gasp drop goal in extra-time and in doing so sealed the nation's greatest sporting triumph since 1966.
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is probably the world's greatest living explorer. Author of Living Dangerously and Mind Over Matter, he is described as 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer' by the Guinness Book of Records. An ex SAS Officer and former lieutenant in the Royal Scots Grey, his other ventures include freefall parachuting onto Europe's largest glacier, surveying the length of the Nile, a 3,800 mile expedition along North America's most dangerous rivers.
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Sir Steve Redgrave
The 23rd September 2000 was guaranteed a special place in the history of the Olympic Games, when Britain's Sir Steve Redgrave won his fifth gold medal in five successive Games - Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney. Redgrave's feat is unique in the annals of Olympic endurance achievements and in the words of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, 'Raises Sir Steve Redgrave to the highest rank of Olympic participants.'
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Will Carling
From Sedbergh School and Durham University Will Carling was commissioned as lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Wales before moving on to a marketing post with Mobil Oil in 1988. In 1991 he founded and became managing director of Insights Ltd.
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