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UK Sport

Government sport agency

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name	UK Sport
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image	UK Sport logo.png
size	140px
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predecessor	Sports Council of Great Britain
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purpose	Investing into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK
headquarters	London,
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leader_title	Chair
leader_name	Nick Webborn
leader_title2	CEO
leader_name2	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
num_staff	90
website	uksport.gov.uk

Note

a UK Government's organisation

British Paralympic Association English Institute of Sport UK Anti-Doping The National Lottery 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. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

It was created in 1997, following a "rock bottom" showing at the 1996 Summer Olympics where Team GB won just one solitary gold medal. Team GB and Paralympics GB went on to place third in the medal table at London 2012 and second in the table at Rio 2016.

Funding

UK Sport currently invests around £345m in summer Olympic and Paralympic sports and £24m in winter Olympic and Paralympic sports. These investments are spread over a four-year cycle ahead of the Tokyo and Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games respectively.

The investments are made through Athlete Performance Awards which are paid directly to the athlete and contribute to their living and sporting costs and through central funding to sport National Governing Bodies to invest in coaches, facilities and sports science and medicine.

References

"About us". UK Sport.
"UK Sport". GOV.UK.
Gibson, Owen. (2012-07-24). "London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta".
(2012-08-12). "London 2012: Team GB finish third in Olympic medal table". BBC Sport.
(2016-08-22). "Rio Olympics 2016: How did Team GB make history?". BBC Sport.
"Goal set for Tokyo 2020 as investment figures are announced {{!}} UK Sport".
"UK Sport targets more inspirational Winter Olympic and Paralympic success with Beijing investments {{!}} UK Sport".
"How UK Sport funding works {{!}} UK Sport".

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