Listen "Richard Budgett | Olympian Doctor"
Episode Synopsis
Olympic Gold Medalist, and World Leader in Sports Medicine Dr Richard Budgett was the Medical and Scientific Director of the IOC from October 2012 to December 2024. Before that he was Chief Medical Officer for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2007 to 2012.Richard was Director of Medical Services for the British Olympic Association from 1994 to 2007 and Team GB Chief Medical Officer at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, Salt Lake City, Athens and Turin. He was team doctor to the Great Britain men’s rowing team from 2005 to 2008 and was Governing Body Medical Officer for the Great Britain Bobsleigh Association from 1990 to 2007 attending the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 and Lillehammer in 1994. He was a member of the IOC Medical Commission at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010.
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