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UK New Year and Birthday Honours for Athletics
72 people have received a UK honour for Athletics in the Birthday and New Year Honours of King Charles III and, before him, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Read the official citation behind each award, and search or filter the recipients below.
Athletics - awards over time
All honours associated with this theme, by award tier and year.
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2026
2025
Member (MBE)
Margaret Petrina Mathieson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Dundonald, County Down
“Staff Officer, Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For voluntary services to Athletics in Northern Ireland”
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Athletics”
Geraldina Rachel Asher-Smith
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Athletics”
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Salford, Greater Manchester
“For services to Athletics”
Sandra Margaret Hardacre
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Livingston, West Lothian
“For voluntary service to Athletics in Scotland”
Sabrina Ann Fortune
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Mold, Clwyd
“For services to Athletics”
Officer (OBE)
2024
Member (MBE)
Doris Anita Neil
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
“For services to Athletics”
Beverley Roy Corry
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Banbridge, County Down
“For services to Athletics”
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Chair, GB Olympians Association. For services to Athletics”
2023
Medal / BEM
Bryan Frederick Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Watford, Hertfordshire
“Coach. For services to Athletics”
Jonathan Paul Sanderson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Athletics and to the community in Telford and The Wrekin, Shropshire”
David Cooney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
“Committee Member, Cambuslang Harriers Athletics Club. For services to Athletics”
John Leslie Stuart Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Coach, Swansea Harriers Athletics Club. For services to Athletics in Wales”
Member (MBE)
Ian Malcolm Rogers
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Athletics Official. For services to Athletics”
Aston Moore
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Rugby, Warwickshire
“National Coach, British Athletics. For services to Athletics”
Peter Crawshaw
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Reigate, Surrey
“Volunteer, England Athletics. For services to Athletics”
2022
Medal / BEM
Member (MBE)
Owen Miller
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Dumfermline, Fife
“For services to Athletics”
Jonathan Broom-Edwards
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Loughborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Athletics”
Thomas Robert Young
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Shepshed, Leicestershire
“For services to Athletics”
Andrew Small
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Athletics”
Daniel Dean Pembroke
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Hereford, Herefordshire
“For services to Athletics”
Officer (OBE)
Hannah Lucy Cockroft
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Halifax, West Yorkshire
“For services to Athletics”
Aled Sion Davies
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Athletics”
Kadeena Cox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Athletics and Cycling”
2021
Medal / BEM
Graham Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Rossendale, Lancashire
“For services to Athletics and to the community in Rossendale, Lancashire”
Peter Warden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Preston, Lancashire
“For services to Athletics in North West England”
David Adamson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2021
Burntisland, Fife
“Honorary Chieftain, Burntisland Highland Games. For services to Athletics and to the community in Burntisland, Fife”
2020
Medal / BEM
Jill Rosemary Slatter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2020
Radley, Oxfordshire
“For voluntary service to Athletics and the community in Oxfordshire”
Gordon Thomas Main
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2020
Nairn, Nairn
“Coach, Nairn Road Runners. For services to Athletics in Nairn, Scotland”
Francis James Clement
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2020
Linlithgow, West Lothian
“For services to Athletics in Scotland”
2019
Medal / BEM
John Glover
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Belfast
“For services to Athletics.”
Jill Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Berkshire
“For voluntary service to Athletics in Berkshire.”
John Noel Hillier
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
London
“For voluntary service to Athletics.”
William Russell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Kincardineshire
“Chief Coach, Banchory and Stonehaven Athletic Club. For services to Athletics in North East Scotland.”
John Frank William Messum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Flintshire
“For services to Athletics in Wales.”
Christopher Lloyd Maddocks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2019
Devon
“For services to Athletics.”