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Richard Budgett
Full name Richard Gordon McBride Budgett Nationality
British Born (1959-03-20 ) 20 March 1959 (age 65)
Richard Gordon McBride Budgett
OBE (born 20 March 1959) is a
British Medical and Scientific Director of the International Olympic Committee. He won an Olympic
rowing gold medal in
coxed four at the
1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles . He was chief medical officer at the London
2012 Summer Olympics .
Rowing career
Budgett was born in 1959 in
Glasgow .
[1] 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 .
[2]
Budgett won the coxed pairs title with
Tom Cadoux-Hudson and
Adrian Ellison and the coxed fours title with Cadoux-Hudson, Steve King, Geraint Fuller and Ellison, rowing for Tyrian and
London University composites, at the
1982 National Rowing Championships .
[3]
Budgett was part of the British
coxed four that won the gold medal at the
1984 Los Angeles Olympics , alongside
Steve Redgrave ,
Martin Cross ,
Andy Holmes , and Adrian Ellison (cox).
[4]
Medical career
He next attended the
Winter Olympics in
1992 and
1994 as the doctor for the British bob-sleigh team. He was Chief Medical Officer to the British team for the
1998 ,
2002 and
2006 Winter Olympics , and led the Team GB HQ medical team at the
1996 ,
2000 ,
2004 and
2008 Summer Olympics . He was Chairman of the British Olympic Association Medical Committee, and Director of Medical Services at the British Olympic Medical Institute.
[5]
[6] He was appointed as CMO to the
2012 Games in February 2007.[
citation needed ]
He was appointed Medical and Scientific Director of the
International Olympic Committee in April 2012, to commence in the following October.
[6]
[7] He is currently part of The Prohibited List Expert Group of WADA (World Anti-doping Agency).
[8]
See also
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Richard Budgett" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016 .
^
"Notable Alumni , Queen Mary, University of London" . Archived from
the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2010 .
^
"Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15" . Times Digital Archives .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Great Britain Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016 .
^
Olympic Association – Director of Medical Services
^
a
b
News Item ,
ITV , 13 April 2012, accessed 31 March 2013.
^
News Item ,
British Rowing , 13 April 2012, accessed 31 March 2013.
^
"WADA Prohibited List Expert Group" . Retrieved 21 March 2020 .
External links
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1900 – final A :
Henri Bouckaert ,
Jean Cau ,
Émile Delchambre ,
Henri Hazebrouck ,
Charlot (cox) (
FRA )
1900 – final B :
Gustav Goßler ,
Oscar Goßler ,
Walther Katzenstein ,
Waldemar Tietgens ,
Carl Goßler (cox) (
GER )
1912 :
Albert Arnheiter ,
Hermann Wilker ,
Rudolf Fickeisen ,
Otto Fickeisen ,
Karl Leister (cox) (
GER )
1920 :
Willy Brüderlin ,
Max Rudolf ,
Paul Rudolf ,
Hans Walter ,
Paul Staub (cox) (
SUI )
1924 :
Émile Albrecht ,
Alfred Probst ,
Eugen Sigg ,
Hans Walter ,
Walter Loosli (cox),
Émile Lachapelle (cox) (
SUI )
1928 :
Valerio Perentin ,
Giliante D'Este ,
Nicolò Vittori ,
Giovanni Delise ,
Renato Petronio (cox) (
ITA )
1932 :
Hans Eller ,
Horst Hoeck ,
Walter Meyer ,
Joachim Spremberg ,
Carlheinz Neumann (cox) (
GER )
1936 :
Hans Maier ,
Walter Volle ,
Ernst Gaber ,
Paul Söllner ,
Fritz Bauer (cox) (
GER )
1948 :
Warren Westlund ,
Bob Martin ,
Bob Will ,
Gordy Giovanelli ,
Allen Morgan (cox) (
USA )
1952 :
Karel Mejta ,
Jiří Havlis ,
Jan Jindra ,
Stanislav Lusk ,
Miroslav Koranda (cox) (
TCH )
1956 :
Alberto Winkler ,
Romano Sgheiz ,
Angelo Vanzin ,
Franco Trincavelli ,
Ivo Stefanoni (cox) (
ITA )
1960 :
Gerd Cintl ,
Horst Effertz ,
Klaus Riekemann ,
Jürgen Litz ,
Michael Obst (cox) (
EUA )
1964 :
Peter Neusel ,
Bernhard Britting ,
Joachim Werner ,
Egbert Hirschfelder ,
Jürgen Oelke (cox) (
EUA )
1968 :
Dick Joyce ,
Ross Collinge ,
Dudley Storey ,
Warren Cole ,
Simon Dickie (cox) (
NZL )
1972 :
Peter Berger ,
Hans-Johann Färber ,
Gerhard Auer ,
Alois Bierl ,
Uwe Benter (cox) (
FRG )
1976 :
Vladimir Eshinov ,
Nikolay Ivanov ,
Mikhail Kuznetsov ,
Aleksandr Klepikov ,
Aleksandr Sema (heat 1),
Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) (
URS )
1980 :
Dieter Wendisch ,
Ullrich Dießner ,
Walter Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Andreas Gregor (cox) (
GDR )
1984 :
Martin Cross ,
Richard Budgett ,
Andy Holmes ,
Steve Redgrave ,
Adrian Ellison (cox) (
GBR )
1988 :
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Frank Klawonn ,
Hendrik Reiher (cox) (
GDR )
1992 :
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan ,
Dimitrie Popescu ,
Nicolae Țaga ,
Dumitru Răducanu (cox) (
ROU )
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