Jonny Wilkinson CBE

Jonny Wilkinson is a former legend of English rugby who is famous for the drop goal in the final minute of extra time that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is widely celebrated as the best Rugby Union players of all time.

In 2002, Jonny was awarded an MBE for services to Rugby Union. Two years later he was promoted to an OBE and then in 2015 he became a CBE.

Since retiring, Jonny has established himself as a sustainability advocate, health and wellbeing ambassador, a coach, business founder and philanthropist. He is also a sought-after public speaker.

As a player, Jonny played club rugby for 12 seasons, while amassing 91 caps at international level for England. Following his retirement in 2014, Jonny became a popular sports pundit for ITV and Sky Sports, while also launching his own health drink brand No 1 Living.

More recently Jonny launched a podcast called I AM exploring topics such as human potential, connection to self, health and wellbeing, and sustainability. In a series of interviews with inspirational people, Jonny explores spiritual self-investigation and self-awareness.

Jonny is a popular and fascinating speaker, who engages audiences with sporting anecdotes from his time playing rugby, explores the difficulties and fears he lived with as a player and the mental health challenges he experienced. He also talks deeply about potential, self-awareness and living a rewarding, balanced life, as well as launching a successful health brand.

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Type Of Speaker

Health & Wellbeing Keynote Mental Health Resilience Speaker Sport

More About Jonny Wilkinson CBE

In a career spanning 17 years Jonny, played club rugby for Newcastle Falcons and French side Toulon with 323 appearances for the two clubs. His first of 91 international appearances for England was in 1998, with a further six appearances for the British and Irish Lions. He was part of 67 winning international matches. As well as the famous 2003, World Cup, Jonny won a number of other international tournaments:

Six Nations Championship – Winner: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011
Grand Slam – Winner: 2003
Triple Crown – Winner: 1998, 2002, 2003
World Cup – Winner: 2003

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Jonny Wilkinson CBE | No1 Living Drink Brand

Jonny launched No.1 Living in 2018, with the idea starting when his wife was training to become a nutritionist. They had both discovered the role of bacteria in the gut and the idea of fermenting foods. This led them to discovering kombucha and the role that living foods have in the gut, as well as the mind and body as a whole.

Jonny developed a new understanding on how to work with the body and have respect for its incredible intelligence and beauty, as a living thing. No1 Living was born out of this new understanding and a desire to introduce this concept to everyone.

The Jonny Wilkinson Foundation

The Jonny Wilkinson Charitable Foundation aims to inspire and support leaders and young people to realise their full potential. It delivers programs to raise the profile of mental wellbeing in young people in positive and engaging ways, with the aim of helping increase the resilience young people, by supporting them to reveal more of their potential and flourish within in their lives.

Jonny Wilkinson CBE | NSPiRED

NSPiRED is a free programme that takes place over six week, working with teachers, community leaders and others who are influential in the lives of young people.

NSPiRED is an exploration of what is possible when it comes to performance, leadership, relationships and life experience. It supports those holding influential positions in education to become aware of and consciously transcend their limitations so as to make the same thing a living reality for those they interact with on a daily basis.

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Jonny Wilkinson CBE | I AM Podcast

From fear to freedom, surviving to thriving, Jonny’s I AM podcast sees him celebrating the exponential possibilities that arise when we are willing to become interested in deeper dimensions of human experience. He speaks with pioneers and thought leaders around the globe, redefining concepts of health and well-being, performance, purpose, leadership, relationships and human potential.

Former interviewees include British physician, author and podcaster Dr Rangan Chatterjee, creator of The Secret Rhonda Byrne, paralysed former rugby player and artist Henry Fraser and Fearne Cotton, author, presenter, and podcaster.