Professor Greg Whyte OBE
Olympic Sport Scientist and celebrity trainer
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About Professor Greg Whyte
Professor Greg Whyte OBE is one of the UK’s foremost experts in sport, exercise science and human performance. An Olympian, sports scientist, author and coach, Greg has built an outstanding career helping elite athletes, celebrities and everyday people achieve extraordinary goals through the power of preparation, mindset and performance science.
Before becoming one of the country’s most recognised sports scientists, Greg represented Great Britain as a Modern Pentathlete for 14 years, competing at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games and representing his country at ten World Championships. His sporting achievements include World Championship and European Championship medals, establishing him as one of Britain’s leading multi-discipline athletes.
Following his competitive career, Greg moved into sports science and performance leadership, holding senior roles including Director of Research at the British Olympic Association and Director of Science and Research at the English Institute of Sport. He has worked with Team GB, Team England, Premiership football clubs, Formula One teams and countless elite athletes pursuing success at the highest level.
Greg is perhaps best known to the public for helping celebrities complete some of the UK’s most demanding charity challenges. His clients have included Eddie Izzard, whom he helped prepare to run 43 marathons in 51 days, David Walliams for his English Channel and Thames swims, and Cheryl Cole, Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Davina McCall, Dermot O’Leary, John Bishop and James Cracknell for a range of remarkable endurance feats.
Awarded an OBE in 2014 for services to sport, sport science and charity, Greg has become a trusted authority on performance, resilience, recovery and achieving ambitious goals. His keynote presentations demonstrate that success is rarely a matter of chance; it comes from having the right strategy, mindset, preparation and support network.
Insightful, engaging and highly motivating, Greg helps audiences understand how to turn ambitious goals into achievable outcomes, whether in sport, business or everyday life.
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Client Feedback
"Greg took on the brief extremely well, and related his presentation to challenges we all face in both business and sporting environments. He was very well received. I received comments that his presentation was extremely interesting, and could be related to on a personal level."
AstraZeneca
"Thanks so much again for sorting Greg Whyte for us – he really was brilliant and the delegates absolutely loved him. He went beyond the call of duty by sitting with our group and having lunch with them, after he had spoken for the best part of an hour – it’s not something we asked him to do – it was just his good nature. He was very polite and came to say goodbye to me, just a very down to earth and nice guy! All round a great success (as is the man himself!) So thanks for such a good recommendation."
Kyocera
"Greg Whyte was superb and I am going to pitch him again!"
Production Bureau Ltd
"How well did Greg meet your objectives? Very well. Tailored his presentation to focus on the team working aspect of and the importance of individual contributors to the overall team objective."
Roche Products
"Greg was excellent. His ability to mix the sessions with appropriate humour, emotion and key messages was welcomed hugely by our audience. To quote some members of our audience Greg was ‘Spine tingling’. Greg was very approachable and stayed post session to answer delegate’s questions. Greg also responded to each tweet that he received from delegates at our event – certainly more that we could have asked for."
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