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Olympic athlete & LGBTQ+ advocate

Tom Bosworth

Olympic racewalker, LGBTQ+ inclusion advocate, and mental health in sport speaker. Tom Bosworth OBE equips organisations with strategies for diversity, wellbeing, and belonging. Eurosport commentator at Paris 2024, Commonwealth Games medallist, and Stonewall and Sport England ambassador.

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Tom Bosworth, Speaker | Olympic Race Walker and Advocate
Tom Bosworth

Tom Bosworth

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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£2k–5k

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Tom Bosworth's biography

At a glance

  • Two-time Olympic race walker
  • Three world records
  • LGBTQ+ and mental health advocate
Tom Bosworth, OBE, is a two-time Olympic racewalker and triple world record-holding athlete. He was Captain of England Athletics for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he secured a silver medal. In 2015, Tom became the first openly gay track and field athlete representing Team GB and has since campaigned for equality and inclusivity for the LGBTQ+ community. He is also a champion of mental well-being in sports following his battle with depression. Away from the track, Tom has appeared on broadcast channels such as Eurosport and the BBC, including as a guest commentator and as a guest on ITV’s The Celebrity Chase. In 2022, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham marked Tom’s last international race appearance, and he crossed the line to a standing ovation from 27,000 people. Later that year, Sky Sports featured his marriage to his long-term partner Harry. Tom has vast experience speaking on his experiences and ways sport can improve to make a truly welcoming environment for all, having spoken to the Culture, Media and Sport parliamentary committee, met with the Chairman of the FA to discuss homophobia in football, addressed National Governing Bodies on behalf of Sport England, and spoken at Wembley for Stonewall. At Paris 2024, Tom worked at the Olympic Games as an athletics co-commentator for Eurosport, hosting TikTok’s official Olympic content, and at the Paralympic Games as a stadium announcer for CTV.

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Goal Setting and Workplace Well-being: Lessons from Elite Sport
Drawing on his 13-year international race walking career, Tom Bosworth MBE explores the parallels between elite sport and workplace well-being. He discusses the discipline of setting and resetting ambitious goals, the leadership skills honed from captaining England Athletics, and the importance of fostering a healthy, inclusive work environment. Attendees will learn strategies for effective goal setting, improving workplace well-being, and fostering resilience in both professional and personal settings.

Why we recommend booking Tom

Book Tom Bosworth MBE to inspire your team with his remarkable journey as a double Olympian and advocate for LGBT rights and mental health. His powerful insights on resilience, inclusivity, and the transformative power of sport will motivate and engage your audience, fostering a culture of support and equality.

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What is Tom Bosworth's speaking style like?
Tom Bosworth MBE draws on his 13-year international race walking career to structure talks around direct parallels between elite sport performance and workplace practice, using his own experiences of goal setting, captaining England Athletics, and managing depression as concrete reference points for lessons in resilience, inclusion, and well-being.

What topics does Tom Bosworth specialise in?
Tom Bosworth MBE speaks on goal setting, workplace well-being, resilience, and LGBTQ+ inclusion and mental health in sport. He is a two-time Olympic race walker and triple world record holder who captained England Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning silver, and has addressed the Culture, Media and Sport parliamentary committee and spoken at Wembley for Stonewall.

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