Longlisted for the "William Hill" Sports Book of the Year Award. This is a unique insight into Team GB's intelligence and how they managed to continue the success founded in London 2012 for Rio 2016.
Owen Slot (Author)
Owen Slot is the Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Times. He has covered six summer Olympics and three winter Olympics. He has three times won Sports Reporter of the Year and three times won Sports Feature Writer of the Year. He has written five books: two romantic comedies, two children's novels, and was ghost-writer of Jonny, the autobiography of Jonny Wilkinson.
Simon Timson (Author)
Simon Timson led the successful development and delivery of Team GB's performance strategy throughout the Rio cycle, as Director of Performance at UK Sport. He has since become Performance Director for the LTA / British Tennis. Previously, Simon was Head of the England Cricket Development Programme when England became the No1 ranked nation, and Performance Director of British Skeleton, leading two medal-winning Olympic campaigns.
Chelsea Warr (Author)
Chelsea Warr is the Director of Performance at UK Sport. She pioneered Team GB's talent identification and development programme, that discovered Olympic champions like Helen Glover, Tom Daley and Lizzy Yarnold. She joined UK Sport in 2005, before which she was a physiologist with the Australian Institute of Sport and then Talent ID manager for British Swimming.
Longlisted for the "William Hill" Sports Book of the Year Award. This is a unique insight into Team GB's intelligence and how they managed to continue the success founded in London 2012 for Rio 2016.
Owen Slot (Author)
Owen Slot is the Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Times. He has covered six summer Olympics and three winter Olympics. He has three times won Sports Reporter of the Year and three times won Sports Feature Writer of the Year. He has written five books: two romantic comedies, two children's novels, and was ghost-writer of Jonny, the autobiography of Jonny Wilkinson.
Simon Timson (Author)
Simon Timson led the successful development and delivery of Team GB's performance strategy throughout the Rio cycle, as Director of Performance at UK Sport. He has since become Performance Director for the LTA / British Tennis. Previously, Simon was Head of the England Cricket Development Programme when England became the No1 ranked nation, and Performance Director of British Skeleton, leading two medal-winning Olympic campaigns.
Chelsea Warr (Author)
Chelsea Warr is the Director of Performance at UK Sport. She pioneered Team GB's talent identification and development programme, that discovered Olympic champions like Helen Glover, Tom Daley and Lizzy Yarnold. She joined UK Sport in 2005, before which she was a physiologist with the Australian Institute of Sport and then Talent ID manager for British Swimming.
The Inside Story of How Britain Became an Olympic Superpower
Owen Slot (Author)
Owen Slot is the Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Times. He has
covered six summer Olympics and three winter Olympics. He has three
times won Sports Reporter of the Year and three times won Sports
Feature Writer of the Year. He has written five books- two romantic
comedies, two children's novels, and was ghost-writer of Jonny, the
autobiography of Jonny Wilkinson.
Simon Timson (Author)
Simon Timson led the successful development and delivery of Team
GB's performance strategy throughout the Rio cycle, as Director of
Performance at UK Sport. He has since become Performance Director
for the LTA / British Tennis. Previously, Simon was Head of the
England Cricket Development Programme when England became the No1
ranked nation, and Performance Director of British Skeleton,
leading two medal-winning Olympic campaigns.
Chelsea Warr (Author)
Chelsea Warr is the Director of Performance at UK Sport. She
pioneered Team GB's talent identification and development
programme, that discovered Olympic champions like Helen Glover, Tom
Daley and Lizzy Yarnold. She joined UK Sport in 2005, before which
she was a physiologist with the Australian Institute of Sport and
then Talent ID manager for British Swimming.
A brilliant book. A must read for anyone involved in any high
performance business. The Talent Lab is a fascinating insight into
the success of Team GB in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Owen Slot gets
to go behind the scenes to show emphatically “what, why and how”
this was achieved. There is no doubt this will be a bestseller in
the UK but also worldwide as the rest try to find the secret to
Team GB’s amazing turnaround.
*Sir Clive Woodward*
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