Duncan Scott, Helen Glover and Tom Pidcock have been awarded OBEs with a number of Team GB’s class of Paris 2024 recognised in the King’s New Years Honours List.
Eighteen Olympians have received honours for services to their sports on the back of stellar performances at the summer’s Games and beyond.
Leading the way are swimmer Scott, rower Glover and cyclist Pidcock.
Contributing to men’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold and winning 200m individual medley silver, Duncan Scott has now won eight Olympic medals in a tally bettered only by Sir Jason Kenny.
Receiving an OBE, mum-of-three Helen Glover is one of the most decorated British female rowers of all time and added to her Olympic haul with a silver medal in the women’s four in Paris.
Tom Pidcock delivered one of the moments of the Games from a British perspective by defending his men’s mountain bike cross-country title in dramatic fashion.
The Pidcock overtake 🤯
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Six of the Olympians receiving MBEs are from the rowing team.
Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw, Lauren Henry and Hannah Scott have been recognised after a thrilling victory in the women’s quadruple sculls.
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won the last-ever gold medal in women’s lightweight rowing and join their team-mates on the Honours List.
The women’s team sprint trio of Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant, who captured Olympic and World Championship gold in 2024, all receive MBEs.
Tessa Howard, who became an Olympian in women’s hockey, has been awarded an MBE for services to inclusive sportswear for women and girls having founded the non-profit Inclusive Sportswear CIC.
Also receiving the honour are trampolinist Bryony Page and kitesurfer Ellie Aldridge, who both made history with Olympic golds in Paris.
Three of the leading British track and field stars of the modern era can now add MBEs to their glittering list of achievements.
The fastest British woman of all time, Dina Asher-Smith won silver as part of the women’s 4x100m relay at the Games, her third Olympic medal.
The 29-year-old captured the sixth European gold of her career with 100m gold in Rome in June.
Two-time heptathlon world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson won an Olympic medal at the fourth attempt with silver in Paris and has been recognised with an MBE.
And BBC Sports Personality of the Year Keely Hodgkinson’s annus mirabilis has been rounded off with an MBE.
Chair of the British Olympic Association, Sir Hugh Robertson, said: “It is great to see so many Team GB athletes honoured for their achievements in Paris.
“Their outstanding performances lit up a wonderful sporting summer and played a key role in reenergising the Olympic movement.”