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Richard Dunwoody
Transform team performance with Richard Dunwoody, speaker, mental resilience expert. Richard works with organisations to build high-performance teams and overcome challenges, delivering insights from his champion jockey career and extreme expeditions for MBE-recognised excellence.
Richard Dunwoody is a former three-time Champion Jockey with a distinguished career in horse racing. He is the only jockey of his generation to win the Big Three National Hunt races and holds the record for 1,874 race wins. In 1993, he was awarded an MBE for his contributions to the sport. Dunwoody has won the King George VI Chase four times and the Grand National twice, and he has been named Jump Jockey of the Year five times.
Outside of racing, Richard actively supports charities. In 2008, he and American explorer Doug Stoup completed a forty-eight-day trek to the South Pole to raise funds, marking the first successful completion of that route on foot in a decade. The following year, he walked the same mile 1,000 times for 1,000 consecutive hours to raise additional funds. In 2017, he undertook a 2,000-mile walk across Japan to support Sarcoma UK.
Richard's experiences in competitive sports and extreme conditions make him a compelling keynote speaker. He shares insights on ambition, mental resilience, and overcoming challenges, addressing achieving success, learning from mistakes, managing fear, and building high-performance teams.
To hire Richard Dunwoody as a speaker for your event, contact PepTalk for more information and assistance with the booking process.
Book Richard Dunwoody to inspire your team with his remarkable journey from champion jockey to charity adventurer. His insights on ambition, resilience, and teamwork will motivate your audience to overcome challenges and achieve success. Don’t miss the chance to learn from a true champion and engaging storyteller.
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Richard Dunwoody draws on first-hand accounts from his racing career and extreme endurance expeditions — including a 48-day trek to the South Pole and a 2,000-mile walk across Japan — to illustrate themes of mental resilience, managing fear, and high-performance under pressure.
Richard Dunwoody speaks on mental resilience, high performance, overcoming adversity, and lessons drawn from competitive sport and extreme endurance challenges. He is a three-time Champion Jockey and holds the record for 1,874 National Hunt race wins, having won the Grand National twice and the King George VI Chase four times.
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