Independent Schools continue to make a significant contribution to British Sport (28% of Team GB for Rio 2016 come from Independent Schools) - this is something that we should celebrate.
The final statistics in detail:
- 62 women have won medals for Team GB (2 won two medals), 22 of whom were educated at a UK independent school – 35%
- 73 men have won medals for Team GB (1 won 3 medals, 5 won 2 medals), 20 of whom were educated at UK independent schools (2 won 2 medals) – 27%
- 135 competitors have won medals for Team GB, 42 of whom were educated at UK independent schools – 31%
Gold Medals:
- Cycling
- Katie Archibald (Glasgow Academy) Team Pursuit (WR)
- Equestrian
- Nick Skelton (Bablake) Individual Showjumping
- Hockey
- Crista Cullen (Oakham)
- Alex Danson (Farnborough Hill)
- Maddie Hinch (King's, Taunton)
- Shona McCallin (Repton)
- Lily Owsley (Clifton College)
- Sam Queck (Birkenhead High - then GSA)
- Susannah Townsend (Sutton Valence)
- Georgie Twigg (Repton)
- Nicola White (Oldham Hulme Grammar)
- Rowing
- Helen Glover (Millfield) Coxless Pair
- Heather Stanning (Gordonstoun) Coxless Pair
- Constantine Louloudis (Eton) Coxless Four
- George Nash (Winchester) Coxless Four
- Tom Ransley (King's Canterbury) Eight
- William Satch (Shiplake) Eight
- Andrew Triggs-Hodge (Belmont Grosvenor) Eight
- Phelan Hill (Bedford) Eight
- Sailing
- Hannah Mills (Howell's, Llandaff) 470
- Triathlon
- Alistair Brownlee (Bradford Grammar)
Silver Medals
- Canoeing
- David Florence (Stewarts Melville) C2
- Equestrian
- Fiona Bigwood (Croydon High) Team Dressage
- Karl Hester (Elizabeth College, Guernsey) Team Dressage
- Rowing
- Victoria Thornley (Rydal Penrhos) Double Sculls
- Olivia Carnegie-Brown (Queen Anne's Caversham) Eight
- Katie Greves (Headington) Eight
- Frances Houghton (King's Canterbury) Eight
- Polly Swann (George Heriot's) Eight
- Zoe de Toledo (St Paul's) Eight
- Rugby Sevens
- Dan Bibby (Kirkham Grammar)
- Alex Davis (QEH Bristol)
- Ollie Lindsay Hague (Millfield)
- Tom Mitchell (Worth)
- James Rodwell (Berkhamsted)
- Marcus Watson (St George's Weybridge)
- Swimming
- James Guy (Millfield) 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Duncan Scott (Strathallan) 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- James Guy (Millfield) 4x100m Medley Relay
- Duncan Scott (Strathallan) 4x100m Medley Relay
- Triathlon
- Jonathan Brownlee (Bradford Grammar)
Bronze Medals
- Athletics
- Emily Diamond (Bristol Grammar) 4x400m Relay
- Diving
- Tom Daley (Plymouth College) Synchronised 10m Platform
- Gymanastics
- Amy Tinkler (Durham High) Floor [NB current pupil]
Looking Back to London 2012
- Why did pupils from Independent Schools win so many Olympic medals in London 2012?
- Independent Schools and Team GB Medallists in London 2012- The final Stats
My thanks to Georgina Belcher at the ISC for helping me with identifying the former schools of TeamGB.
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