Dame Sarah Storey DBE

Dame Sarah Storey grew up in Cheshire where she first aspired to become an athlete. Facing a host of challenges at a young age including being bullied at school, an eating disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and disability discrimination from a coach in her University town, she didn't let this deter her from reaching her goals.

Known as Britain's Greatest Paralympian, Sarah has won more medals than any other athlete to compete for Great Britain. Having competed across 8 Paralympic Games and across two sports, she has accumulated an incredible 28 Paralympic medals.

Between 1992 and 2005, Sarah competed for the Britain Para-Swim Team. However, having been forced to take a break from the water due to a series of painful ear infections, she found her second passion, cycling. Much of her conditioning training in 2005 had to be undertaken on a bike and by the end of the year, she had smashed the world record for the Paracycling 3,000m Individual Pursuit.

Sarah topped the London 2012 Paralympic Games medal table with 4 Golds across 4 events before taking a break to have her first child but had already returned to competing in 2014 by achieving a world record at the 2014 World Track Championships. This incredible comeback set the stage for her 7th Paralympic Games in Rio, winning a stage of the Tour de Bretagne, an additional 4 Para-Cycling World titles, a bronze in the National Time Trial Championships and the able-bodied National Points Race title. A little over a year after the Rio Games she gave birth to her second child and returned to competition just 9 months later, winning another 2 Gold medals at the 2018 Road World Championships. As a mum of 2 in her 40s, Dame Sarah continues to compete at elite level and rewrite expectations.

In addition to her illustrious sporting career, Sarah set up her own cycling team, taking it to UCI level in 2016, has a Sports Science Degree and has been a volunteer coach for over 20 years. Sarah has travelled the world as an ambassador for sport, was awarded the MBE in the 1998 New Years Honours List and then received an OBE in the 2009 New Years Honours List for her services to disabled sports. As further recognition of her Para-sport career, Sarah was made a Dame in the 2013 New Year’s Honours list. Throughout her career she has also been nominated for many prestigious awards including the Laureus World Sports Award and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2012, 2016 and 2021.

Sarah shares her secrets to success, passion and ability to look for the positives from challenging situations, in keynote speeches at events worldwide. She is a captivating and articulate keynote speaker who can deliver both motivational and after-dinner speeches. Her firm belief in continually challenging herself inspires audiences of all demographics, from young people just beginning a sporting career to corporate audiences looking to improve team morale and smash upcoming targets. Drawing on her previous experiences her honest and engaging approach is always a hit with clients as is her ability to adapt her style to suit different audiences. She is always happy to adapt the duration, content and messages of her talks to complement the theme of individual events

Her incredible successes make her a sought-after athlete for mentoring opportunities, endorsements, public appearances and corporate keynotes and events.