THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT ALL

The Team

Acknowledgements

We extend our deepest thanks to the 20 athletes who so generously shared their experiences and without whom this research and exhibition would not be possible.

Research Team

Stephanie Coen, Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham (Academic Project Lead)

Victoria Downie, Performance Innovation Consultant, UK Sports Institute (UKSI Project Lead)

Joanne Parsons, Associate Professor, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba

Sheree Bekker, Associate Professor, Department for Health, University of Bath

Lucy Follett, Performance Innovation Consultant, UK Sports Institute 

Steve McCaig, Athlete Health Lead, UK Sports Institute

More than Medals applies the gendered environmental approach to ACL injury originally published by Joanne Parsons, Stephanie Coen, and Sheree Bekker in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. You can read their paper for free here.

Art & Design

Laura Evans-Hill, Lead Designer (Director, Nifty Fox Creative)

Simona Hodoňová, Lead Artist (Illustrator, Nifty Fox Creative)

Voice Actors

Patch Up and Go – Bu Kunene

Pandora’s Box – Char Brockes

Arrogant Wee Toe Rag – Olivia Caw

My Bag – Madeline Carter

Old Boys’ Club – Ria Fay

Additional thanks

Additional thanks goes to: the 6 sports staff who kindly contributed to pilot testing this exhibition; the UKSI Performance Innovation Team for extensive feedback at key developmental stages and ongoing support for this project; the UKSI Female Athlete Health & Performance Working Group for their input; the UKSI Female Athlete Steering Group for their guidance; and to Jasper Donelan and Faraz Khan from the University of Nottingham’s Digital Research Team for creating our collective data visualisation (as part of our ‘in-person’ adaptation of this online exhibition).

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