Endorsements from Olympic Athletes

David Hemery CBE

David Hemery is a coach, teacher, writer and performance consultant. He is also on the Executive of the British Olympic Association.

                                                                Every so often in elite sport, a single performance

                                                                dramatically raises the bar; records are not broken, they

                                                                are smashed. At the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico

                                                                City, David won Gold in the 400m hurdles. The fact that

                                                                his time of 48.12secs would almost certainly guarantee a

                                                                place in an Olympic final now, gives some indication of

                                                                the significance of his performance.

                                                                In 1972, an Olympic bronze in the 400m hurdles and a

                                                                silver in the 4x400m relay, called time on a distinguished

                                                                career on the track, but he continued in athletics, both in

                                                                the UK and the USA as a coach and consultant.

In 1998, when Athletics turned fully professional, David was elected

as the first president of UK Athletics, a post he held until 2002.

David has also written several books on performance, including

Sporting Excellence. He passionately believes that every child

and young person has unique qualities to offer and that within

each there is a spark of greatness; and in July 2005 his book

How to Help Children Find the Champion Within Themselves

will be published.

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