Your athletes funded by you

Thanks to the unique contribution of National Lottery players our athletes are being given World Class support as they prepare for London 2012 and beyond. A proportion of Good Causes money raised by The National Lottery is targeted at our most talented athletes and has helped to land 437 Olympic and Paralympic Games gold medals since lottery funding began.

This support offers athletes coaching, training and competition support, medical and scientific services, and access to the best facilities that the UK (and often the world) has to offer. Furthermore succeeding in elite sports requires a full-time commitment from our athletes, so lottery funding contributes towards living costs too

More than 1,400 lottery backed athletes

Find out more about just some of over 1,400 athletes that our players help to support by checking out the athlete biographies. From multiple gold medalists to up and coming hopefuls the support of National Lottery players will help to put the UK on the podium in 2012 and beyond.

Find out more about UK Sport , the lead body for high performance sport in the UK, and responsible for distributing lottery funding to support elite sport.