Stephen Park (sports executive)

Last updated

Stephen Mackenzie Park CBE (born 24 February 1968) is a Scottish yachtsman and the performance director of British Cycling.

Contents

Early life and education

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stephen Park grew up in Helensburgh, where he attended Hermitage Primary and Hermitage Academy schools provided by Argyll and Bute Council. He completed a BA degree at the Scottish School of Physical Education, part of the University of Strathclyde Faculty of Education. He later completed a Diploma in Management Studies at Newcastle University and an MSc at Loughborough University.

Career

He worked with the British Sailing Team for the Royal Yachting Association from 1997-2016. Appointed as Olympic Manager in 2001, he led the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams to the Games in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.

He was appointed performance director of British Cycling in December 2016. [1]

Park was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to sailing and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [2]

Related Research Articles

Katherine Grainger British rower

Dame Katherine Jane Grainger is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020, and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.

Charles Lamb Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington, is a British businessman and broadcaster, and the chairman of Global Radio, 2 Sisters Food Group, ISS and Advisory chairman at Moelis & Company. Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000, executive chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004, chief executive of ITV plc from its formation in 2004 until 2007, and chairman of the music company EMI. He was chairman of Endemol, a non-executive director of Tesco plc and Virgin Media. In March 2012, he was appointed by Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party. He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.

Lee Pearson British Paralympic equestrian

Sir David Lee Pearson is a 14-times Paralympic Games gold medallist, having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. Over the course of his career he has won 30 gold medals at European, World and Paralympic level.

Dave Brailsford British cycling coach

Sir David John Brailsford is a British cycling coach. He was formerly performance director of British Cycling and is currently general manager of UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.

John Halstead Hardman Moore CBE FBA FRSE is an economic theorist. He was appointed George Watson's and Daniel Stewart's Chair of Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics in 2000. In 2018 he was appointed the David Hume University Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, in 1983, he was appointed to the London School of Economics, where in 1990 he became Professor of Economic Theory, a position he still holds.

Sir Craig Collins ReedieGBE is a Scottish sports administrator, noteworthy as the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, a former chairman of the British Olympic Association (1992–2005) and a vice-president of, and a serving representative on, the International Olympic Committee.

Jason Kenny British track cyclist

Sir Jason Francis Kenny, is an English former track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete. His wife, Laura Kenny, holds the same records on the female side, and together they are the most successful married couple in Summer Olympic history where both spouses have won at least one gold medal. Kenny's seven Olympic gold medals place him joint 15th by reference to gold medals won in the Summer Olympic games since 1896.

Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, is a British sports administrator who was chairman of UK Sport between 2003 and 2013.

Steve Chapman (chemist) Australian teacher and chemist

Steven Kenneth Chapman is Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Previously he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Gordon Matheson CBE is a former Scottish Labour Party politician and a former leader of Glasgow City Council.

Dame Elan Closs Stephens is a Welsh educator and Wales' representative on the BBC Board. She specialises in cultural and broadcasting policy. She also serves as a non-executive director of the Welsh Government's Board, led by the Permanent Secretary. She is Pro Chancellor of Aberystwyth University.

Laura Kenny British cyclist

Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny is a British track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history. Her husband, Jason Kenny, holds the same records on the male side, and together they are the most successful married couple in Olympic history where both spouses have won at least one gold medal.

The New Year Honours 2013 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.

Robert John Allison is a British academic.

Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger

Raminder Singh Ranger, Baron Ranger, is a British businessman, and the founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company. He is also chairman and managing director of Sea Air and Land Forwarding Ltd.

The 2017 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours were awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were announced on 30 December 2016.

Elizabeth Mary Nicholl is a British sports administrator and former netball player. She served as chief executive of UK Sport from 2010–19, and is the current president of World Netball.

Peter Keen CBE is a former cyclist, coach, and now performance director.

Jonathan Mark England OBE is a British sports administrator. He was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to Sport.

Richard Thompson (Royal Navy officer) British naval officer

Vice-Admiral Richard Charles Thompson, is a senior Royal Navy officer.

References

  1. British Cycling
  2. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.