Winning Margins in Performance Sport: How crucial is R&D?
Dr Scott Drawer, UK Sport
Keynote talk with drinks reception
Wednesday 21 January 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm
The Royal Society, 7 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG - map
The renaissance of British Olympic and Paralympic sport, as we know it today, is just over 10 years old. During this period, the British Olympic team has gone from winning 1 gold medal (Atlanta, 1996) to 19 gold medals (Beijing, 2008); the British Paralympic team from 4th to 2nd in what has become an ever competitive competition.
A critical component of this improvement in British sport has come from the development and application of new knowledge from various disciplines in science, medicine and engineering in performance sport. Yet, as we head towards the greatest opportunity of our sporting lifetime into a home Olympic and Paralympic Games, can R&D play a significant role in propelling British Sport to its most significant performance ever?
Speaker
Dr Scott Drawer heads up the Research and Innovation programmes at UK Sport. He is responsible for supporting sport in the delivery of novel and unique performance solutions. He has held this position for 5 years, having seen the programme deliver over 75 individual projects in the past cycle (2004-2008) in various sports and through various scientific disciplines.
Note: Peter Keen OBE, Director of Performance at UK Sport was scheduled to present with Dr Scott Drawer, but is now unable to attend.
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