The relaunch of EA Sporting Champions

the relaunch

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After a challenging period due to the pandemic, Everyone Active officially relaunched the Sporting Champions scheme in April 2022.

We’ve appointed a panel of Elite athletes to work alongside the scheme’s Ambassador, Colin Jackson CBE, with an aim of making sport more accessible within local communities.

The impressive line-up of Olympians and Paralympians includes Lutalo Muhammad, Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova, Richard Kilty, Lauren Steadman, Kadeena Cox and Maisie Summers-Newton whose experience and expertise will help to support athletes accepted on the scheme this year through oneto-one and group mentoring sessions.

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Great Britain’s legendary hurdler, multiple gold medallist and world record holder Colin Jackson CBE, is continuing to support the Sporting Champions scheme through his role as an Ambassador.

“I’m incredibly proud to be involved in a scheme that is so dedicated to supporting athletic talent from grassroots up.

“This year, I’ll be working alongside some truly talented Elite athletes to help rising sports stars reach their goals.

“The Sporting Champions scheme has helped thousands of up-and-coming athletes to achieve their sporting dreams and I can’t wait to see what this year’s intake go on to achieve.”

ELITE ATHLETES

LAUREN STEADMAN MBE Lauren is the reigning Paralympic triathlon champion in the women’s individual PTS5 race, a three-times world champion and a seven-times European champion.

LUTALO MUHAMMAD Lutalo is the most successful male in British taekwondo history, winning a bronze and silver medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively. He also won the gold medal in the -87kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.

MAISIE SUMMERS-NEWTON Maisie is a British Paralympic swimmer and double Paralympic champion and three-times world champion competing in S6 disability events.

JENNIFER AND JESSICA GADIROVA Jennifer and Jessica were part of Team GB’s bronze medal-winning gymnastics line-up at Tokyo 2022. The twins are aiming for Paris 2022 and have been selected to compete at the European Championships this year.

RICHARD KILTY A core member of the Team GB relay team, sprinter Richard Kilty is one of the few British athletes to have won medals in every major indoor and outdoor championships, including gold in both the Commonwealth Games and the European Athletics Championships as a relay runner and gold in the European and World Indoors as a 60 metre specialist.

KADEENA COX Competing in T38 para-athletics sprint events and C4 para-cycling events, Kadeena is a three-times Paralympian who also won gold medals in 2015 and 2017 at the World Para Athletic Championships.

Our Elite athletes and Sporting Champions have been busy attending open days and events across the country.

In July, Elite athlete Lutalo Muhammad joined in with the Herts School Games, inspiring and motivating the next generation of young sports stars.