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Olympic athletes for Great Britain

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Sebastian Coe
British athlete and politician (born 1956)
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
British athlete, politician, Cabinet minister, life peer and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1889–1982)
Mo Farah
British track and field athlete
Roger Bannister
English physician and athlete (1929–2018)
Jessica Ennis-Hill
British heptathlete
Jonathan Edwards
British triple jumper (born 1966)
Paula Radcliffe
English long-distance runner
Linford Christie
English athlete, Olympic medalist
Keely Hodgkinson
English athlete specialising in the 800 metres, born 2002
Kelly Holmes
British middle distance athlete and Olympic gold medallist
Dina Asher-Smith
British sprinter
Colin Jackson
Welsh athlete and sports commentator
Mary Rand
British track and field athlete and Olympic champion (1940-2026)
Greg Rutherford
British long jumper
Christine Ohuruogu
British female 400m Olympic sprinter
Daley Thompson
British decathlete
Fatima Whitbread
British athlete; former javelin thrower
Laura Muir
British middle- and long-distance runner
Harold Abrahams
British sprinter (1899–1978)
Eric Liddell
Scottish athlete, sprinter, Olympian, Protestant missionary (1902-1945)
Josh Kerr
British middle-distance runner
Denise Lewis
British athlete
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
British heptathlete
Dwain Chambers
English sprint athlete
Zharnel Hughes
British sprinter of Anguillan descent
Steve Ovett
former middle distance runner
Ann Packer
Olympic gold medallist
Sally Gunnell
British former track and field athlete
Launceston Elliot
Scottish weightlifter (1874–1930)
Fiona May
British-born Italian long jumper
Mary Peters
British pentathlete
David Hemery
British hurdler
Charles Gmelin
British athlete and olympian (1872-1950)
Zola Budd
South African competitive runner
Matthew Hudson-Smith
British sprint athlete
Allan Wells
British sprinter
Tessa Sanderson
British javelin thrower (born 1956)
Phillips Idowu
British triple jumper
Steve Cram
British middle distance runner
George S. Robertson
British tennis player (1872–1967)
Alfred Tysoe
British athlete (1874-1901)
Albert Hill
British athlete
Holly Bradshaw
British pole vaulter
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
English athlete, sports official, and Conservative Party politician (1905-1981)
Adam Gemili
Sprint athlete; footballer (born 1993)
Kelly Sotherton
Welsh athletics (sport) competitor
Arnold Jackson
Athletics competitor, army officer, and lawyer (1891-1972)
Germaine Mason
Jamaican-born Olympic high jumper
Roger Black
British sprinter
Tommy Hampson
British athlete (1907-1965)
Daryll Neita
British female sprinter
Charles Bennett
British athlete (1870–1948)
Yamilé Aldama
Cuban-born triple jumper, represented Cuba until 2003, Sudan from 2004 to 2010, then Great Britain
Guy Butler
athletics competitor (1899-1981)
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
British Olympic high jumper (1920–2014)
Ken Matthews
British athlete (1934–2019)
Dorothy Hyman
British athlete
Godfrey Rampling
English army officer and Olympic medalist (1909–2009)
Godfrey Brown
athletics competitor (1915–1995)
Percy Hodge
British athlete (1890–1967)