Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame was launched as part of the 天堂视频 Sporting Club in 2011. The Hall of Fame seeks to recognise and celebrate the fantastic achievements of 天堂视频 affiliated performers and coaches.
Many 天堂视频 alumni have reached senior international level within their sport. Olympic and Paralympic medallists, World Champions, top sports coaches, leaders and practitioners are recognised within the Hall of Fame for their achievements.
Nominations for 2024 are now closed. We welcome submissions from alumni and friends to recognise the amazing successes of some of 天堂视频’s greatest sportspeople and nominations will reopen following the inductions for 2024.
2023 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Netball
- Over 100 caps for England having made her international career debut in 2001
- Captained the England Roses to a gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games - a historic moment for the game
- Led the team that clinched England鈥檚 first Fast5 Netball World Series title in 2017
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- Played 186 times for England and Great Britain after making her debut in 2008 aged 19
- She wrote her name into hockey folklore by saving all four penalties in the 2016 Olympic Games final
- Voted World鈥檚 Best Female Goalkeeper on three occasions
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- Laura has made more than 300 international appearances for Great Britain and England
- She is the first British field hockey player to win medals at three Olympic Games
- Statistically the greatest-ever hockey Olympian Great Britain has ever had
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Performance Support
- Had a highly successful 12-year-long stint at Manchester City FC
- Worked for the Senior Men鈥檚 England Football Team as a performance coach
- Senior Vice President of Player Performance for Madison Square Garden Sports
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Sports Leadership
- Worked for the Women鈥檚 Sport Foundation and UK Sport - made positive changes that have impacted women鈥檚 sport in the UK
- Worked with organisations such as the International Paralympic Committee, Irish Rugby Football Union, British Blind Sport, and the Premier League
- Played and coached international-level rugby and also rewrote curricula in her time as a PE teacher
2022 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby Sevens
- Vice-Captained the side at Rio 2016 that claimed silver
- Commonwealth Games bronze medal 2018
- Rugby World Cup silver 2018
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006 when she took almost two seconds off her 1500m personal best
- Silver in the 1500m at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009
- Two-time Olympic finalist
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- British Javelin record holder with a throw of 66.17m
- Bronze medal Beijing 2008
- Won 11 national titles and in 2014 captained the British Athletics team to their most successful European Championships
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Canoe Sprint
- Bronze in the K2 200m sprint at London 2012
- Silver in the K2 200m sprint at Rio 2016
- World Championship silver 013
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- Bronze London 2012
- Gold Rio 2016
- 186 caps for Great Britain
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Performance Support
- Founding member of Saracens Women - helped the club win the league, cup and sevens treble, three times
- She helped to facilitate the GB hockey squad preparation, selection, and decompression around four Olympic Games
- Emma has specialised in providing tailored athlete career opportunities with Olympic sponsors and companies across the UK
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Performance Support
- First full-time Sport Scientist to be hired into a major US professional sports league
- 25 years鈥� experience in sport science, athlete performance analysis and injury prevention
- Spent five seasons at the Oklahoma City Thunder as Director of Performance Science - in his first season there, the team made the NBA finals
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Sports Leadership
- 30 years鈥� experience in elite sport as an athlete, coach, manager, and director
- Chef de Mission for ParalympicsGB since 2014 - she has supported the preparation of British teams at two Olympic and ten Paralympic Games
- Won the Outstanding Contribution to Sport JL Manning Award at the British Sports Journalism Awards 2021
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Sports Leadership
- Recently been appointed CEO of UK Athletics, Jack is taking on his third Chief Executive post for a UK national governing body
- As CEO at British Swimming, he oversaw a hugely successful Team GB performance at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021
- When he was CEO at British Triathlon, they had their best ever results at the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics featuring the Brownlee brothers, Vicky Holland, and Non Stanford
2019 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby Union
- Played 87 times for Wales and six times for Great Britain
- Liza captained Saracens and the team took the first ever treble, winning Cup, League and Sevens titles in 1993
- Member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame 2018
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Sports Leadership
- Presided over Team GB and ParalympicGB鈥檚 performance at the London 2012 games
- Became Director of Women鈥檚 Football at The FA in January 2018
- Received a CBE for her services to sport in the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours list in 2003
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Tennis
- Physical Conditioning Specialist for tennis players
- Former Head Trainer to Andy Murray who made number two ranking under Jez's coaching
- Has presented the fitness element of the PCA coaching qualification
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby Union
- World Rugby Women鈥檚 Player of the Year in 2016
- Has played in three World Cups - on the winning side in 2014
- One of the first women to be awarded a full-time contract by the RFU
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- 432 international caps and 119 goals to his name
- Nominated for FIH world player of the year in 2018
- Has won nine bronze medals at EuroHockey, World League and Commonwealth levels
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Swimming
- Coached many athletes to international success, including Liam Tancock, James Gibson, Melanie Marshall and Caitlin McClatchey
- Head Coach for the 2016 Rio Olympic Team, his fourth Olympic staff appointment and his second as Head Coach
- Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 2018
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Between 1999 and 2005, he was the Technical Director and Head of Throws for UK Athletics
- At the Beijing Games in 2008, John was Deputy Chief for the Track and Field Team
- Former coach to Steve Backley, Michael Hill and Kelly Morgan
2018 inductees
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Swimming
- Over 40 years as a professional coach
- 11 of Ian's swimmers went to the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- For London 2012 Ian was a member of the team GB coaching staff
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Netball
- Karen played for England for 17 years
- Three-time Commonwealth Games bronze medalist
- Karen captained the team that won silver in the 2010 World Netball Series
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Has coached over 80 international athletes
- Recognised in the UK Sport Coaching Hall of Fame
- Won the British Milers Club Coach of the Year award twice
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Swimming
- Two bronze World Championship long course medals
- Three World Championship short course medals - two bronze and one silver
- Held the British record for the 100m, 200m, 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay
2017 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- London 2012 Olympics Bronze Medal
- Rio 2016 Olympics Gold Medal
- Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Hockey
- London 2012 Olympics Bronze Medal
- Head Coach of England and Great Britain Women鈥檚 Hockey teams (2005-2012)
- Performance Director for GB Hockey
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Sprint Kayaking
- Rio 2016 Olympics Gold and Silver Medals
- London 2012 Olympics Bronze Medal
- Awarded MBE in 2017 for services to canoeing
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Discus
- Athens 2004 Paralympics Gold Medal
- Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Paralympic Silver Medals
- 2 x World Record holder
2016 inductees
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- British 鈥楥oach of the Year鈥� in 1995.
- Coached 35 athletes to, or at, International level. / Coached 9 athletes to major championships, 5 of which won Gold Medals.
- Awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Physical Education Association, UK.
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Swimming
- Won medals at four consecutive FINA World Championships
- 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals
- Long course 50m Backstroke World Record holder
2015 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- 3 x London Marathon and New York Marathon winner
- Represented Great Britain for 20 years
- Women鈥檚 Marathon World Record holder
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Former British Athletics Federation鈥檚 Director of Coaching
- Former President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, Member of the IAAF Coaches Commission and Chair and architect of the IAAF Academy
- UK Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999 & UK Sporting Hero by Sport UK in 2001
2014 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Welsh International Rugby Union player 1961- 1967
- Captained Wales six times, winning 26 caps
- Triple Crown winner
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Capped for Wales in Rugby Union and Wales and Great Britain in Rugby League
- Four times Rugby League Championship winner
- Three times Challenge Cup winner
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- First Ceylonese athlete to win a medal for his country in an Olympic event
- London 1948 Olympic Silver medal in 400m hurdles
- Ceylon鈥檚 National Athletics Coach in 1958
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Netball
- 95 International caps
- Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal
- New Zealand 1999 World Championships Bronze Medal
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Swimming
- 1950 British Empire Games Bronze Medal
- Represented Great Britain and Scotland
- Commentated at the 1968 Mexico and 1972 Olympics
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Involved with 12 Olympics, World and European Athletics teams
- Director of Coaching for Uganda (1968-72)
- National Athletics Coach for Wales in 1974-1994
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Order of Canada in 1992 in recognition of his substantial contribution to sport
- Influential in the training of more than 800,000 coaches
- CBC Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Played over 350 games in a 12-year career for Oldham and later Whitehaven
- Appointed as England鈥檚 defensive coach in 1997-2006
- Helped England to become the number one ranked team in the World, and win the 2003 World Cup
2013 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
- 1983 she ran the fastest ever mile by a British woman
- 7th in the 1988 Seoul Olympics
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Athlete President of the Rugby Football League, 2010-11
- Eight England rugby union caps as well as five for Great Britain rugby league
- Rugby League Roll of Honour in 2005
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 26 Caps for Wales
- Inducted in the Welsh Hall of Fame in 2006
- Voted Wales鈥檚 greatest ever number 7
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- England 28 times between 1953 and 1959
- Captained England in the Five Nations Championship in 1959
- Grand Slam Winner 1957
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 22 Caps for Wales
- Wales Coach 1974-1979
- Won the Five Nations Championship four times (1975-1979)
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Badminton
- World Champion for mixed doubles in 2006
- 1998 Commonwealth two Gold Medals and one Bronze Medal
- 88 caps for England
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Coach of the British Olympic Team in 1952, 1956, and 1960
- Author of Mechanics of Athletics
- Conducted athletic courses in 14 countries
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Influential athletics coach during the 1920s and 1930s
- 1930 he was appointed Honorary Chief Coach of the British Universities team
- One-time English javelin champion
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Football
- Technical director of the Football Association between 1963 and 1983
- Author of the 1967, The FA Guide to Training and Coaching
- He taught Don Howe, Bobby Robson and Dave Sexton
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Rugby
- First coaching organiser of the Welsh Rugby Union
- Represented the Welsh Rugby Union on the International Rugby Board 1993 鈥� 1997
- Tournament director of the 1991 Rugby World Cup
- Type:
- Coach
- Sport:
- Football
- Director of the FA鈥檚 Blueprint for the Future of Football
- FA Director of Coaching in 1990
- Managed the Great Britain Olympic and England amateur international sides until 1974
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Football
- Goalkeeper for Blackpool FC (1959-1967) and Burnley FC (1970- 1972)
- 5 England Caps
- Manager and Coach for the Canadian World Cup and Olympic Teams
2012 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games for the 400m hurdles
- 1970 Commonwealth Gold Medal
- 1970鈥檚 Superstars television program regular
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Mountaineer
- The first Briton to climb up the south-west face of Mount Everest in 1975
- He has reached the highest peaks on all seven continents
- Lifetime Contribution Award at the Piolet d鈥橭r Awards in Chamonix in 2011
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 11 caps for Wales
- Assistant Manager and Coach on the 1966 Lions tour
- Worked in PE department at 天堂视频 from 1959-1968
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 281 caps for Leicester Tigers and 62 England caps
- Two-time European Cup winner
- 2003 Rugby World Cup Winner
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Olympic bronze medal at the Athens 2004
- Ranked World number 1 for four years in modern pentathlon
- Multiple World and European titles
2011 inductees
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Football
- More than 300 Caps for Arsenal and two caps for Scotland
- League Championship, FA Cup and European Fairs Cup
- Last amateur to play in the First Division of the Football League
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- Over 100 appearances for England and Great Britain
- Coached GB Men鈥檚 Hockey to win Olympic Gold in 1988
- Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1988
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Trampoline
- 11 times British Ladies Champion, Double European Ladies Champion in 1983,1993
- World Ladies Champion in 1984
- Represented Great Britain in Trampoline from 1976 鈥� 1998
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Played a key role in developing the team that won the World Cup in 2003
- Named European Player of the Year in 1989
- Eight international caps for England
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Part of the Gold winning Modern Pentathlon team at the 1976 Olympics
- British Modern Pentathlon Champion in 1976, 1977, and 1978
- Coached the British Team to Bronze medal success at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- Barcelona 1992 Olympics Bronze medal GB Captain
- 5 BUSA titles as a 天堂视频 player, 13 further titles as a coach
- Director of the Institute of Youth Sport 2001-2013
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Two Commonwealth Golds
- Former World Record Holder for 5000m
- Multiple British, European and World record breaker
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Hockey
- 62 England and 25 Great Britain caps during his career as an international player
- He improved GB and England鈥檚 World ranking from 11th to fourth
- The Longest ever serving GB and England men鈥檚 hockey coach
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Cricket
- 16,172 runs at 44.18 and 40 hundreds
- 17 test matches and 100 one-day internationals
- Highest score was an unbeaten 303
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby & Athletics
- 44 caps for Wales Rugby
- Welsh Sports Personality of the Year in 1954
- Silver in the 1948 London Olympics in the 4x100m relay
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Wheelchair Racing
- 16-year medal haul winning 11 Gold, four Silver and a Bronze
- Paralympics, World Championships and World Wheelchair Games medallist
- Won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times between 1992-2002
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 20 caps for Scotland, nine as captain
- 16 games on tour for The Lions
- Author of Improve Your Rugby 1967 and Total Rugby 1968
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Swimming
- Became the first Briton in 28 years to win a World title
- Gold and Bronze medal winner at the 2003 World Championships
- Held British and Commonwealth records in 50m and 100m breaststroke
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Welsh records in athletics at six distances and four British records in the steeplechase
- 1952 Helsinki Olympic Bronze Medal
- Co-founder of the London Marathon
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Welsh three-time Grand Slam winner
- 46 Caps for Wales
- Successful Rugby Journalist
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- 31 England Caps
- England Captain in 1975
- Co-founder of Cotton Traders in 1987
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Two Silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964
- Set the 400m hurdles British record in 1960
- English Schools intermediate title for Triple Jump in 1957
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Silver Medal at the Tokyo Olympics 1964
- Many medals including Gold and Silver at the 1962 European Championships
- Former British 400m record holder
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- 1990 World Athlete of the Year by the IAAF
- World top 10 from 1989-2002 and on three occasions has been world number one
- The only British track and field competitor to win medals at three Olympics
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Rugby
- Knighthood in 2004 for services to rugby
- England Rugby鈥檚 first full-time professional Head Coach in 1997
- 21 England caps, and toured twice with the British & Irish Lions in the 1980鈥檚
- Type:
- Athlete
- Sport:
- Athletics
- Back to back Olympic Gold medals in the 1500m in 1980 and 1984
- Silver medals in the 800m at both Moscow and Los Angeles Olympic Games
- Eight outdoor and three indoor world records