National School Sport Champion
Dame Kelly Holmes is most famous for her double Olympic Gold win in Athens in 2004 where she scooped the gold in both the 800m and the 1500m event.
In 2006 Dame Kelly was appointment as the first National School Sport Champion a role which is backed by the Government as part of the PE & Sport Strategy for Young People and in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust and Norwich Union.
Dame Kelly attends a variety of sporting events, schools and conferences across the country in a bid to inspire and motivate young people to get involved in PE and school sport.
She has driven the GirlsActive programme, in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust and Norwich Union, which empowers teenage girls to actively engage in sports activities they choose. The programme helps address the decline in sporting participation amongst girls.
Click here to find out more about the PE & Sport Strategy for Young People.
Click here to find out more about GirlsActive.