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Greg Whyte OBE – Professor of applied sport and Exercise science

Professor Greg Whyte, a former international modern pentathlete, competed in two Olympic Games and is a European and World Championship medalist. He is an expert in the field of sports science, graduating from Brunel University; He furthered his studies with an MSc in human performance and completed his PhD at St. Georges Hospital Medical School.

Greg is well-known for his involvement in Comic Relief, since 2006 Greg has applied his sports science work to assist various celebrities in completing some of the toughest challenges. Greg has trained, motivated and successfully coached the comedian David Walliams to swim across the English Channel and recently the entire length of the Thames; James Cracknell to run, cycle and swim to Africa; Cheryl Cole, Chris Moyles and Gary Barlow to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro; Eddie Izzard to run a remarkable 43 marathons in 50 days and more recently Christine Bleakley to waterski across the Channel, as well as a whole team of celebrities, including Dermot O`Leary, to cross the driest desert in Africa.

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