Richard Budgett
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1984 Los Angeles | coxed fours |
Dr Richard Gordon McBride Budgett OBE (born Glasgow, 20 March 1959) is the Medical and Scientific Director of the International Olympic Committee and was a British Olympic rower and chief medical officer to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London.
He studied medicine at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, where he was a member of the Hermes Club, and the Middlesex Hospital University of London and read his MSc in Sports Medicine at Queen Mary College, University of London,[1]
Dr. Budgett was part of the British coxed four that won the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, alongside Steven Redgrave, Martin Cross, Andy Holmes, and Adrian Ellison.
He next attended the Winter Olympics in 1992 and 1994 as the doctor for the British Bobsleigh Team. He was Chief Medical Officer to the British team for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Winter games, and led the Team GB HQ medical team at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He was Chairman of the British Olympic Association Medical Committee, and Director of Medical Services at the British Olympic Medical Institute.[2][3]
He was appointed as CMO to the 2012 games in February 2007.
He was appointed Medical and Scientific Director of the International Olympic Committee in April 2012, to commence in the following October.[4][3]
He is married to Sue Moore and has three children.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/alumninetwork/notablealumni/#olympian
- ↑ Olympic Association - Director of Medical Services
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 News Item, ITV, 13 Apr 2012, accessed 31 Mar 2013.
- ↑ News Item, British Rowing, 13 Apr 2012, accessed 31 Mar 2013.
External links
- Interview 1 April 2007 BBC News Accessed 20 July 2009
- olympics.org.uk
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