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Loughborough, GB

Research & Innovation Consultant (Sport Science) providing expertise from elite sport in injury surveillance / performance analysis and related areas. Lead on several projects helping schools, clubs, and NGBs understand their data and make meaningful decisions.

Freelance project manager working with a number of clients across a range of industries. Responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects and ensuring their success.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Training ocean rowing crews in the UK to prepare them for Barcelona - Ibiza Ocean Rowing Races, scrutineering all boats, running safety equipment briefs, and assisting teams with navigation and route planning. During the races providing 24/7 safety cover on board the safety yacht, including night watches and tender driving

Helping ocean row crews train and prepare for upcoming ocean rows.Experience/Qualifications:- 2018 Pacific Ocean Row (2 x Guinness WRs)- 2022 Round GB Row (terminated after ~400 miles due to injury)- Helped train over 15 NOMAN Ocean Row Crews- RYA Coastal Skipper (with 1000+ logged sailing miles at sea)- RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Theory- ICC - International.

Skipper of The Great British Row mixed pairs ocean rowing boat attempting to row around Great Britain nonstop and unsupported. Row terminated after 400 miles due to concussion injury.

Founder and 1/3 of the all female Pacific Terrific Ocean Rowing Crew. Rowed 2400 miles unsupported from Monterey, California to Waikiki, Hawaii, and set two Guinness World Records as the first crew of 3 (male or female) to row the mid Pacific Ocean and the youngest crew of 3 to row any of the world's oceans. The expedition was purely human-powered, with.

Led the implementation of the Athlete Health Intelligence work stream as a core service to sports within the EIS in the newly created Athlete Health Department. Role involves the continued design and development of athlete health tools, combined with the monitoring of biometric and wellness variables and the analysis of injury & illness data across all.

Working within the EIS Research & Innovation team to better understand athlete health across the high performance system. Role involves the design and development of athlete health tools, combined with the monitoring of biometric and wellness variables and the analysis of injury & illness data.

Development, implementation and delivery of an Injury and Illness surveillance system to Paralympic sports. Analysis of squad and individual athlete Injury and Illness data across the high performance Paralympic sports.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Performance Analyst for the Loughborough Lightning Super League Netball Team.

One year full-time Sport Science internship, working with Australia's elite athletes across a wide spectrum of sports in the areas of Physiology, Performance Analysis, Biomechanics and Strength & Conditioning.- Performance Analyst with NSW Swifts Super League Netball Team- ASCA Strength & Conditioning Coach Qualifications- Experienced in using software.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Sport And Exercise Science

Activities and Societies: Loughborough 1st Snowboard Team - Loughborough University Snowsports Club Modules Studied: Research Project.

Master Of Science (Msc), Dance Science

Research Project: Fit to Dance 3: Hip Hop. Survey into the Injury Prevalence and Well-Being of Hip Hop Dancers in the UK. Modules Studied.

Education record