Our Athlete Mentors

Through our programmes, the Youth Sport Trust is deploying some of Britain’s most successful world class athletes into schools to inspire young people and improve thousands of lives all across the UK.

The Athlete Mentors can help to tackle declining emotional wellbeing and resilience in young people and attitudes to learning.

Schools can work with our athletes in many ways, either by getting involved in one of our highly successful programmes or by arranging a visit to your school for an event or specific mentoring.

A list of current Youth Sport Trust Athlete Mentors is available below. If you are interested in purchasing an Athlete Mentor visit for your school please go here.

North East

Amanda

Coulson

A former professional boxer who in 2011 became Great British Champion and has won a silver medal three times in the European Union Championships.

North West

Ayaz

Bhuta

Wheelchair rugby player

Brogan

Crowley

Skeleton racer

Neil

Danns

A former professional skateboarder who became British Skateboard Champion twice as well as European Skateboard Champion.

Jenna

Downing

A world champion inline skater who has also been British Champion ten times.

Danny

Elliott

Footballer

Courtney

Fry

A former professional boxer who has competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He also won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and is a European Silver Medallist.

Charlotte

Hartley

A former professional hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Junior Olympics.

Robyn

Love

Wheelchair basketball and tennis player

Amy

Truesdale

Taekwondo

Yorkshire and Humber

Alexandra

Bell

800m Runner

Paul

Broadbent

A former professional rugby league player who was a World Cup finalist and Challenge Cup winner.

Antony

Cotterill

A professional wheelchair tennis player who competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He is also a Doubles Masters World Champion and French Open double winner.

Rachael

Mackenzie

A former professional boxer and Thai boxer who is also an ABA England Boxing Silver Medallist and World Thai Boxing Champion.

Jenny

Wallwork

A former professional badminton player who is a Commonwealth silver and bronze medallist and European silver and bronze medallist.

Adam

Whitehead

A former breaststroke swimmer, he is a past Commonwealth and European champion, whilst he also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

East Midlands

Kelvin

Batey

BMX Racer

Claire

Cashmore

A World Champion Parathriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer who has won medals in every Paralympic Games since 2004.

Yasmin

Clarke

A former professional tennis player who competed at Junior Wimbledon in 2005/2006. She now coaches tennis to people of all ages and abilities in Derbyshire.

Lewis

Fletcher

Canoe sprint athlete

Sam

Ruddock

A British record holder in athletics. He represented Team GB at London 2012 for sprinting and in the 2016 Paralympic Games for shot put.

Jade

Windley

A former professional tennis player who has won 19 professional tennis titles, ranked at British number 5 and competed at Wimbledon in 2013.

West Midlands

Ama

Agbeze

Netballer

Soumeya

Anane

Tennis Player

Mel

Clarke

A professional archer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal at London 2012. She is also a multiple World Record holder.

Tom

Davis

A professional Judoka who has been both a British Champion and Commonwealth Champion.

Amelia

Kellyman

Skeleton racer

Anna

Turney

Paralympic Skier

East of England

Steve

Frew

A former professional gymnast who won Scotland’s first ever gymnastics Commonwealth gold medal in 2002. He also was a Ninja Warrior UK finalist in 2017.

Sophie

Mckinna

Shot Putter

Alistair

Patrick-Heselton

A former professional footballer for QPR and Paralympic footballer who competed at London 2012 and was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame.

Jordan

Thomas

Karate

London

Hannah

Beharry

Boxer

Noah

Dembele

Canoe Sprinter

Montell

Douglas

A former professional sprinter who now competes in bobsleigh for Team GB. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and previously held a British Record.

Lorn

Mayers

Shot Putter

Tim

Prendergast

A Paralympian who has won two silver medals and a gold medal in T13 middle distance running while representing New Zealand.

Alexander

Slabinsky

A former professional tennis player who ranked as British number 4 and competed in five Grand Slam events, including Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

Bianca

Williams

Sprinter

South East

Lesley

Owusu

A former professional sprinter who has been a World Master Champion, Multiple Indoor Champion and British Champion.

Aaron

Phipps

Wheelchair Basketball player

Anna

Popescu

Tennis player

Jessica

Weeks

A former British number two women's tennis player and the winner of 25 career titles. She now has her own business which supports athletes and young people.

South West

Kate

Ager

A former Paralympic swimmer who won silver and bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships.

Amelia

Coltman

Skeleton racer

David

Hill

A Paralympic swimmer and Parathriathlete who has competed in two Paralympic Games in two sports. He is also a World and European Medallist and British Champion.

Louise

Hunt

A professional wheelchair tennis player who has competed in two Paralympic Games and twice at Wimbledon. She has ranked in the top 10 world rankings in singles and doubles.

Jennie

Roberts

Windsurfer

Vernon

Samuels

A former triple jumper who has competed in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships and was ranked number 1 GB indoor Triple Jumper.

Lucy

Shuker

Wheelchair tennis player

Chris

Skelley

Judo

Annie

Vernon

A former professional rower who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also a World Championships Gold Medallist.

Scotland

Eilidh

Doyle

400m hurdler

Laura

Pilkington

Swimmer

Wales

Louis

Gray

Footballer

Tom

Haffield

A former professional swimmer who has competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is a Commonwealth and British Record Holder.

Liz

Johnson

A former professional swimmer who is Paralympic gold, silver and bronze medallist. She is also a triple World Championships gold medallist.