Lizzie Simmonds
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🏊♀️ Double Olympian 🇬🇧 Chair, Team GB Athletes' Commission 🗣 Blogger, Speaker & Mentor 📧 Views are my own
Bristol, England
Joined June 2009
“The moment we start to professionalise drug use in sport, we open the door to normalising it.”. The Enhanced Games isn’t scientific progress – it’s a spectacle that trades athlete wellbeing for artificial hype. Clean sport matters. Here’s why 👇.
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A new shadow has fallen over elite sport with the arrival of the Enhanced Games – a competition that openly permits, even glorifies, the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Its backers claim…
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Birthday weekend. Ft frosty trails, triple chocolate cake, roast dinners and wintery walks 🥰
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Interested in coach development, mentoring or talent development?. Kev is one of the best in the biz - ping him a DM to find out more 👇💥.
A bit of news!.From the 1st January, due to insurmountable personal circumstances, I will be working part-time for British Swimming. British Swimming have been excellent in helping me find solutions to overcome issues with these circumstances but…. .
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RT @TeamGB: 🙌 "It's been a journey but I’m seeing the light now." . @BlackSwimAssoc has been named @LottoGoodCauses Project of the Year!….
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"He's fluffed it". Some thoughts about Harry Kane, failure and ownership ⚽️💭.
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There has been a lot of noise on social media about England’s performance at the weekend, and some of the lessons relating to leadership and high performance sport. For me, one of the most powerful…
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Happy 10th birthday @WomenSportTrust - excited to see what the next 10 years holds! 🥳🙌.
Happy Birthday us!. This month Women’s Sport Trust celebrates our ten-year anniversary. Quite a milestone for us, and what a decade it’s been for women’s sport….1/9
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It continues to be a huge privilege to Chair this group of Olympians, all passionate about athlete representation within elite sport. Excited to welcome our new members and continue supporting Team GB’s journey towards Paris 2024 and Milan Cortina 2026. #athletevoice #oneteamgb.
Six athletes have been elected as the newest members of the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) Athletes’ Commission. Congratulations @Airozuru, @AlexDanson15, @Lloyd_Wallace, @NonStanford, @Kristian_Thomas and @georgietwigg.
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Best of luck to all the amazing young athletes nominated for the @TeamSportsAid One-to-Watch Awards this evening 🤩🤩🤩.
SportsAid is delighted to reveal the 🔟 talented young athletes on the shortlist for the One-to-Watch Award 2022 🏆. The annual award shines a spotlight on the incredible achievements of Britain’s brightest sporting prospects 👏. ▶️ . #CelebrateTheNext
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🗣 Calling all @TeamGB Olympians. 🙋♀️ Do you think the athlete voice should sit at the heart of Olympic sport? If so, we want to hear from you!. ⏰ Applications for this year’s Athletes’ Commission election close at midnight tonight. 👀 Last chance to get involved before Paris 24!.
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Super proud to have led @TeamGB at the EYOF in Slovakia this summer. Such an inspiring group of passionate, hard-working young athletes. I can’t wait to see how your stories unfold over the next few years 🙌. 🤸♂️🏊♀️🚴🥋🏸. #oneteamgb #eyof.
▶️ Inside EYOF. This summer Team GB's squad of 40 young athletes competed at the 2022 summer European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 🇸🇰. Watch how the competition unfolded now 👇.
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RT @TeamGB: Former Team GB gymnast @Kristian_Thomas is running the #LondonMarathon this Sunday on behalf of the British Gymnastics Foundati….
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🗣 Calling all @TeamGB Olympians from 2010 onwards!. 🇬🇧 Applications are now open for the 2022 Athletes’ Commission election. If you have a passion for Olympic sport then we want to hear from you…. 📩 Check your emails for details or reach out with any questions. #athletevoice.
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The most reassuring constant. A beacon of hope and positivity. A truly extraordinary lady. It was an honour to have met you. Rest in peace Ma’am 🤍
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RT @theJeremyVine: What a poignant moment. Both the same age, talking about trees, laughing about a sundial. Thanks to @itvnews and @jay….
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Monday back at work and I’m dreaming of last week’s adventuring 💭
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