Sports Management October 2016 issue 127

Page 53

OLYMPIC SPORTS 53 Modern Pentathlon

Sailing

Shooting

TOTAL SPENT: Rio 2016

TOTAL SPENT: Rio 2016

TOTAL SPENT: Rio 2016

£6,972,174 - 0 medals Target medals: 1-2

£25,504,055 - 3 medals Target medals: 3-6

£3,950,888 - 2 medals Target medals: 1-2

Avg. Cost per medal: N/A Beijing total £5,920,000 London total £6,288,000

Avg. Cost per medal: £8,501,351 Beijing total £22,292,000 London total £22,942,700

Avg. Cost per medal: £1,975,444 Beijing total £5,056,000 London total £2,461,866

Team GB sent four athletes to Rio 2016

 Gold:

 Bronze:

and none came back with anything other

1. Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark - Sailing (470)

1. Steven Scott - shooting (double trap)

than top 10 finishes – the best being

2. Giles Scott - sailing

2. Ed Ling - shooting (men’s trap)

Kate French who finished sixth.

 Silver:

Sport England’s elite funding:

Sport England’s elite funding:

1. Nick Dempsey - sailing (RS:X, windsurfing)

Two thirds (£600,000) of the £900,000 funding given to Pentathlon GB has gone towards developing the talent pathway.

Sport England’s elite funding:

£1m over the current cycle – with £220,000 going into talent programmes.

TOTAL SPENT: Rio 2016

£32,622,862 - 5 medals Target medals: 6-8 Avg. Cost per medal: £6,524,572 Beijing total £26,042,000 London total £27,287,600  Gold: 1. Team GB - rowing (men’s eight) 2. Helen Glover & Heather Stanning - rowing

JACK GRUBER / USA TODAY SPORTS / PRESS ASSOCIATION

Rowing

Royal Yachting Association will receive £9.3m during the current cycle, with £3.5m going to support the development of young talented sailors.

(coxless pair) 3. Team GB - rowing (coxless fours)  Silver: 1. Team GB - rowing (women’s eight) 2. Katherine Grainger & Vicky Thornley rowing (women’s double sculls)

Sport England’s elite funding: Sport England invests around £3m a year in British Rowing and funding has been earmarked for providing additional locations for talent support, offering more intensive support to rowers with the greatest potential to progress to world class level, and enhancing the domestic competition programme to align with world class selection.

 Helen Glover (left) and Heather Stanning (right) took gold for GB in the rowing (coxless pairs)


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