Motivational Speakers

Female Sports Speakers

We work on events and conferences globally, connecting organisations from across sectors to high-impact thought-leaders and subject matter experts. We hand-pick the most inspirational speakers from the world of sport, Olympics and Paralympics for keynotes, after dinner, facilitating and Q&A.

SAVED SPEAKERS

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Belinda Parmar OBE

Diversity campaigner, AI expert, CEO of The Empathy Business and Non-Executive Director for the Ministry of Defence.

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Alex Scott MBE

Alex is a a former professional footballer, pundit and lead Presenter on BBC’s Football Focus.

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Hannah MacLeod MBE

Hannah MacLeod MBE is a double Olympic medallist with the record-breaking Great Britain Women’s hockey team.

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Chelsea Roffey

The first and only woman to have officiated in an Australian Football League Grand Final.

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Claire Cashmore

Claire was born without a left forearm and has gone on to win 4 bronze, 3 silver, and 1 gold medal in the Paralympic games.

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Sarah Stevenson Jennings MBE

Speaker, Athlete, Olympian, Mum & Olympic medallist and former Taekwondo World Champion

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Jill Scott MBE

Former Professional England Footballer and England's second-most capped player.

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Dame Katherine Grainger DBE

Dame Katherine Grainger DBE is Britain’s most decorated female Olympian.

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Ellie Simmonds OBE

Ellie is a five time Paralympic champion and the youngest person to receive and MBE.

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Penny Mallory

Former WRC and National Rally champion, TV presenter, mental toughness expert and team performance coach.

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Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE

Helen was part of the GB hockey team that beat The Netherlands in the Rio 2016 Olympics

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Beth Tweddle MBE

Asymmetric Bars and World Floor Champion, Beth is only the fifth person in history to reach the top in 2 separate disciplines

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Helen Skelton

Helen Skelton is a hugely popular CBBC & BBC TV Presenter, World Record breaking Adventurer, Author and Charity Ambassador.

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Chemmy Alcott

Chemmy Alcott is a World-Class Skier, TV Sports Pundit, Event Host and fiercely determined Sportswoman.

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Susie Wolff MBE

Former professional racing driver, Susie Wolff, is a motorsport executive and entrepreneur.

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Rebecca Adlington OBE

Double Olympic Champion & one of Britain’s highest profile and most popular female athletes.

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Rebecca Romero MBE

Rebecca Romero MBE is one of only two women to have ever won Olympic medals in two different sports and the only Briton to do so.

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova, tennis player extraordinaire, took women's tennis to a new level with her speed, determination and agility.

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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill DBE

One of Britain’s most successful sportswomen, Dame Jessica was undoubtedly one of the stars of the London 2012 Olympics.

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Amazin LeThi

Amazin's journey from homelessness to becoming one of the most visible & influential LGBTQ+ activists in the world is truly inspiring.

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Helen Glover OBE

One of Great Britain’s most successful rowers.

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Dame Denise Lewis DBE

Denise Lewis OBE is a former gold medal winning Olympic Heptathlete, TV Presenter and President of Commonwealth Games England.

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Sophie Radcliffe

Adventurer, endurance athlete, blogger and speaker who believes everyone has the capacity to achieve something extraordinary.

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Victoria Thornley

Victoria Thornley is an Olympic silver medallist, three time Olympian and history maker in the sport of rowing.

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Mimi Anderson

Endurance athlete, author, motivational speaker and multiple Guinness World Record holder.

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Anna Hemmings MBE

Anna Hemmings MBE, OLY is best known as Britain’s most successful female marathon kayaker, a 2-time Olympian and 6-time World Champion.

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Stef Reid MBE

World champion, paralympian and speaker specialising in high performance and diversity and inclusion.

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Sally Gunnell OBE

Sally has a special place in the nation’s hearts as one of Britain’s most popular sportswomen.

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Anna McNuff

Anna McNuff is an endurance athlete and adventurer.

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Bianca Miller-Cole

Successful entrepreneur, former contestant on The Apprentice and “face” of the My 365 Microsoft Office business campaign.

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Rachel Colenso

South African born Rachel Colenso believes wholeheartedly that people can achieve the seemingly impossible if they put their mind to it.

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Katharine Merry

One of Britain’s most outstanding female athletes, now turned broadcaster in radio and television.

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Sharron Davies MBE

One of the UK’s most popular sportswomen & presenters having burst onto the international swimming scene as a 13 year old Olympian in 1976.

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Jenny Meadows

Jenny has made a name for herself as one of Britain's leading female athletes, representing Britain since 2000.

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Crista Cullen

Crista is part of the GB women's hockey team, winning Gold in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games & GB Hockey Player of the Year 2016.

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Sir Chris Hoy MBE

Olympic hero Chris Hoy is a multiple World Champion track cyclist and winner of six Olympic gold medals.

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Charlotte Edwards MBE

Arguably England’s most recognisable Female Cricketer, Charlotte Edwards MBE has led the Women’s team as Captain since 2006.

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Maria Conceição

The first Portuguese woman to summit Everest and trek to the North and South Pole.

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Karen Darke

Somewhat an expert in overcoming challenges, Karen finds much of her inspiration through outdoor adventure

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL

Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete and acknowledged as one of the most courageous sportswomen of her generation.

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Dr Kristen Holmes PhD

Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist at WHOOP.

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Vicki Anstey

Leading wellbeing expert, TEDx speaker, coach and mentor. Entrepreneur turned adventurer and 2x World Record holder.

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Cath Bishop

Former Olympic rower & leadership speaker.

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Donna Fraser OBE

Donna Fraser is a 4 time Team GB Olympian with Equality, Diversity & Inclusion expertise in sport organisations and businesses.

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Victoria Pendleton CBE

Great Britain’s most successful female cyclist of all time and one of the highest profile sports women in the country.

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Dee Caffari MBE

Dee Caffari is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions.

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Olympic Heptathlete

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Helena Lucas MBE

British sailing’s golden girl, Helena Lucas MBE made history claiming 2.4mR Paralympic gold

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Martine Wright MBE

She lost both legs in the Circle line bombing, yet she considers herself a lucky woman with a whole new life of opportunities

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Diane Modahl MBE

As one of Britain’s most successful middle distance runners, she held both the British and Commonwealth record for the 800m.

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Maggie Alphonsi MBE

Former Womens England Rugby World Cup Winner

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Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE

Captain of the gold medal-winning Team GB women’s hockey team.

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Amy Truesdale

The pioneer of Para Taekwondo Amy Truesdale has made history and achieved a bronze medal in Para Taekwondo at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

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Laura Siddall

Laura is a world-class, highly driven Professional Triathlete, three-time Ironman Champion and multiple 70.3/half distance Champion.

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Kelda Wood

A former GB Para-Canoeist & Founder of the wellbeing charity Climbing Out, who became the first adaptive person to solo row any ocean.

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