Lance Haggith
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Lance Haggith (born 14 May 1960 in Watford, England) is the founder of the Sports Traider charity in the UK, and winner of the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero award. He was a Royal Navy reservist for five years, and a National League basketball player and coach.
Awards[]
- 2001 Royal Humane Society award for bravery for rescuing a girl from a burning car
- 2009 Nat West New Business of the Year winner
- 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner Unsung Hero
- 2011 Big Society Award winner from David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 2012 Olympic torch bearer
- 2012 Big Venture winner[1]
- 2017 Honorary Doctor of Science (outstanding services to sport), University of Bedford [2]
Founder[]
- Lance of London
- BCP
- Sports Traider charity
- Hoops Aid[3]
- Sports£Land
- BounceBack[4]
- Golf Aid
- Designer of the calpol sachet and packbuster[5]
- Boxing Aid
- Puck Aid
References[]
- ^ "About Our Founder". Sportstraider.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Bedford Olympian honoured at Bedfordshire graduation - beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire".
- ^ "Basketball fundraiser | GLL | Copper Box Arena | Lance Haggith | Hoops Aid". Gll.org. 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Big Society Award for Lance". Bedfordtoday.co.uk. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Jo Hill (21 October 2011). "Big Venture Challenge winners: Lance Haggith founder of Sports Traider (10 of 25) | Guardian Sustainable Business". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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