There are roughly 80 Athlete Reps in 22 sports currently, with each one giving their fellow elite sportspeople another avenue to support, representation and community.
In addition to helping to appoint and subsequently train representatives, the BEAA provides a recruitment pack, best practice guidance and job descriptions to the NGB, tailored to how the sport needs the role to work.
Gymnast Kelly Simm was an Athlete Rep from 2018 to 2024 and said it let her “make a difference to the team – not just on the competition floor.”
The role also provides career development and training on matters like mental health and safeguarding, benefitting the post-holder as well as the wider athlete community.
Archery
Jodie Grinham and Tom Hall
Badminton
Chloe Birch
Boccia
Claire Taggart and Patrick Wilson
Canoeing
Lewis Fletcher, Hope Gordon and Laura Sugar
Cycling
Crystal Lane-Wright, Jack Rootkin-Grey, Bethany Shriever and Benjamin Watson
Fencing
Gemma Collis, Will Deary, Piers Gilliver, Billy Shepherd and Katrina Smith Taylor
Gymnastics
Dominic Cunningham, Laura Gallagher, James Hall, Bryony Page and Kelly Simm
Handball
Naomi Bell, Maddie Edwards, Ollie Tyler and Reuben Wardle
Hockey
James Albery, David Ames, Fiona Crackles, Jacob Draper, Lily Owsley, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Sarah Robertson, Rupert Shipperley, Laura Unsworth, Zach Wallace and Jack Waller
Judo
Jack Hodgson, Emma Reid, Stuart McWatt and Lachlan Moorhead
Modern pentathlon
Jessica Varley
Para table tennis
Thomas Matthews and Martin Perry
Powerlifting
Louise Sugden
Rowing
Emily Craig, Emily Ford, Erin Kennedy, Benjamin Pritchard and James Rudkin
Sailing
Freya Black
Shooting
Issy Bailey, Mike Bargeron, Katie Gleeson, Lucy Hall, Freddie Killander and Tim Jeffery
Skeleton
Patrick Atkin, Jacob Salisbury, Freya Tarbit, Matt Weston
Taekwondo
Jonathan Bangura and Rebecca McGowan
Triathlon
Sam Dickinson, Vicky Holland, Harry Leleu, Alison Peasgood and Jack Willis
Wheelchair basketball
James MacSorley and Charlotte Moore
