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Dame Marea Hartman (1994, DBE, [3] 1920–1994); British athletics sports administrator. Dame Elizabeth Mary Nicholl (2023, DBE, [4] born 1952); Nicholl was a British sports administrator, former netball player, chief executive of UK Sport from 2010–19, and is current president of World Netball.
This category consists of people who have received knighthoods under the British honours system, other Commonwealth honours systems, or some other system (Maltese, etc.), for their sporting achievements.
For services to the Institute of Professional Sport. [142] [143] Jack Charlton: 1974-Jun: OBE: For services to Association Football. Also appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland in 1997. [144] [145] David Clarke: 2023-Jun: OBE: Chief Executive Officer, British Paralympic Association. For services to Paralympic Sport. [146] David Coleman ...
Many people have been created honorary knights or dames by the British crown.There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour, and those that have had conferred on them the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain; none of these carries pre-nominal styles.
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2007: Honorary Doctor of Sport, Southampton Solent University [41] 2008: Nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year [42] and also in 2012 and 2013. [43] 2009 New Year Honours: Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to sport [44] 2013 New Year Honours: Appointed Knight Bachelor for services to sailing [45 ...
List of knights and dames commander of the Order of the Bath appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022) List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath; List of knights companion of the Order of the Bath; List of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire; List of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire
Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1957), styled The Honourable Clarence Bruce from 1895 to 1929, was a British military officer, cricketer, tennis player, and golfer who worked as a sports administrator.