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| Predecessor | Sports Council of Great Britain |
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| Formation | 6 January 1997; 28 years ago (1997-01-06) |
| Purpose | Investing into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK |
| Headquarters | London,WC1 |
Chair | Nick Webborn |
CEO | Sally Munday |
Parent organization | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Affiliations | British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association English Institute of Sport UK Anti-Doping The National Lottery |
| Staff | 90 |
| Website | uksport.gov.uk |
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from theNational Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in theUnited Kingdom.[1][2] It is an executivenon-departmental public body sponsored by theDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport.[2]
It was created in 1997, following a "rock bottom" showing at the1996 Summer Olympics whereTeam GB won justone solitary gold medal.[3] Team GB andParalympics GB went on to place third in the medal table atLondon 2012[4] and second in the table atRio 2016.[5]
UK Sport currently invests around £345m in summer Olympic and Paralympic sports[6] and £24m in winter Olympic and Paralympic sports.[7] These investments are spread over a four-year cycle ahead of the Tokyo and Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games respectively.
The investments are made through Athlete Performance Awards which are paid directly to the athlete and contribute to their living and sporting costs[8] and through central funding to sport National Governing Bodies to invest in coaches, facilities and sports science and medicine.[8]
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