Gold-Medal Winning Olympic Speakers You Need For 2024

These gold medal-winning speakers bring the drama, discipline and drive of the Olympic and Paralympic Games straight to your event. Between the names on this list alone there are more than 40 Olympic and Paralympic gold medals, spanning rowing, hockey, track and field, cycling, boxing, wheelchair racing and swimming. Explore our full roster of athlete speakers or read on for some of Britain's most decorated sporting champions.

Gold Medal-Winning Olympic and Paralympic Speakers

Hannah Cockroft CBE

🥇 A multiple-time Paralympic wheelchair racing champion across London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Hannah Cockroft CBE is a world record-breaker renowned for performing under pressure. She offers PepTalks that build resilience, drive and determination in teams facing their own high-stakes moments.

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Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE

🥇 Team GB women's hockey captain and Olympic gold medallist, Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE now works as a peak performance mentor. She shares how she built team ethos and resilience, translating the leadership lessons of elite sport into practical takeaways for any organisation.

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Dame Katherine Grainger

🥇 Britain's most decorated female Olympian and a six-time World Rowing Champion, Dame Katherine Grainger has chaired UK Sport and holds a PhD. She combines athletic and academic achievement into a PepTalk on teamwork, motivation and communication.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins

🥇 The first Briton to win the Tour de France and an Olympic time-trial champion, Sir Bradley Wiggins holds eight Olympic medals across five Games, including a team pursuit gold. He brings decades at the top of road and track cycling to every talk.

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Jessica Ennis-Hill

🥇 One of British sport's most successful heptathletes, Jessica Ennis-Hill is a European, Olympic and three-time World champion. She shows teams how to set goals beyond belief, then go and achieve them.

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Pete Reed OBE

🥇 A three-time Olympic rowing gold medallist and former Royal Navy officer, Pete Reed OBE retired from competition to return to service, before a stroke left him paralysed below the chest. He speaks honestly about overcoming adversity, showing that resilience can be trained in anyone.

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Rebecca Romero MBE

🥇 A rare medallist in two different sports, rowing and cycling, Rebecca Romero MBE shares the no-compromise strategy behind her switch, drawing direct parallels between elite sport and business performance.

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

🥇 One of Britain's greatest Paralympians, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson won 11 golds across five Games and set more than 30 world records. She energises teams with lessons from the most extraordinary stage in sport.

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Audley Harrison

🥇 The first British boxer to win Olympic super-heavyweight gold, Audley Harrison shows teams how to pack a punch under pressure, drawing on the mindset that carried him to victory in the final against the odds.

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Jade Jones-Hall

🥇 A Paralympic triathlon gold medallist, Jade Jones-Hall has since completed a law degree and worked as a broadcaster. A self-assured, ambitious young athlete, she brings fresh energy to conversations about performance and determination.

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Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE

🥇 An Olympic hockey gold medallist across four Games, Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE is now an organisational psychologist helping sports teams and organisations understand the science of performance.

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Dame Denise Lewis DBE

🥇 An Olympic heptathlon champion, Dame Denise Lewis DBE is now a TV broadcaster and a prominent voice with Commonwealth Games England. She shares the secrets of elite success, with her gold medal-winning performance still one of British athletics' most watched moments.

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James Cracknell OBE

🥇 A two-time Olympic rowing gold medallist and six-time World Champion, James Cracknell OBE has since taken on gruelling endurance challenges documented across several books and TV series. He teaches teams how to master adaptability under extreme pressure.

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Linford Christie OBE

🥇 The only British athlete to win 100 metres gold at all four major championships, Linford Christie OBE was the first European to run a sub-ten-second 100m. Now a coach, he brings the speed and focus of a sprinter to every PepTalk.

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Mark Hunter MBE

🥇 An Olympic gold and silver medallist in rowing who competed across several Games, Mark Hunter MBE draws on the good, the bad and the ugly of his journey. He speaks on teamwork, communication and attention to detail under pressure.

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Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE

🥇 A four-time Olympic rowing gold medallist and ten-time World Champion, Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE won three of his golds alongside Steve Redgrave. Now a sports broadcaster, he shows teams the power of practice and persistence.

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Victoria Pendleton CBE

🥇 A double Olympic cycling gold medallist and Commonwealth and European champion, Victoria Pendleton CBE returned after retirement to race as a jockey. She brings a story of perseverance and reinvention to every event.

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Libby Clegg

🥇 A distinguished Paralympic sprinter with two golds, two silvers and numerous world, European and Commonwealth titles, Libby Clegg has excelled despite Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy, a condition that severely limits her vision. She shares the secrets of perseverance and how to build a more accessible workforce.

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