Sir Clive Woodward, the British Olympic Association's Director of Elite Performance today met with someof the UK's most promising young athletes as they begin a process that aims to give them the full Olympic Games experience first hand.
The BOA's British Olympic Ambition scheme, supported by Proud Partner of London 2012 Lloyds TSB, aims to focus on athletes and coaches who have the potential to compete at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The programme is designed to give athletes an experience that replicates the environment that an Olympian competing in London 2012 would experience, with the ultimate aim of delivering a London 2012 legacy to the future performance of Team GB.
During the Programme, athletes and coaches will visited Team GB’s Preparation Camp at Loughborough University, where they took part in kitting out and experienced a multi-sport preparation environment. The participants will now travel to London where they will visit the Olympic Village, watch two Olympic competition sessions and experience the atmosphere at Team GB House in Westfield Stratford City.
Sir Clive Woodward meets the first athletes to be selected for Team GB's Olympic Ambition programme
02 Jul
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The BOA's Director of Elite Performance meets aspiring athletes at Team GB's Preparation Camp at Loughborough University
The first athletes named to participate in the Team GB Ambition Programme are all members of either the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes programme and as part of Lloyds Banking Group in Scotland, the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes programme which together have supported and funded some of the most talented emerging British athletes over the past few years. In partnership with the charity SportsAid, Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland have helped over 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls during the toughest stages of their sporting careers.
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IV Calum Irvine, Bank of Scotland Local Hero, Cross-Country Skier, aged 18
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IV Chantelle Cameron, Lloyds TSB Local Hero, Boxing, aged 21
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IV Daniel Goodfellow, Lloyds TSB Local Hero, Diving, aged 15
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IV Eddie Graver, Lloyds TSB Local Hero, Pistol Shooter, aged 18
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IV Hasna Hakim, Lloyds TSB Local Hero, Swimmer, aged 13
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IV Sarah Winckless, 3 Times Olympian & Olympic Ambition Programme Lead
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IV Sir Clive Woodward
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