Greg Whyte | Athletics Career

Whilst now known for his coaching and speaking, Professor Greg Whyte was a very successful, medal-winning Great British athlete. He represented his country from 1986-2000 as a Modern Pentathlete (swimming, shooting, fencing, equestrian, running) at the Olympic games, European Championships – where he won a bronze medal – and an impressive 10 World Championships, winning a silver medal in 1984.

Whilst he no longer competes professionally, Greg has never lost his love for sport, and has seen him participate in a number of sporting challenges, including the Marathon des Sables, swimming the English Channel, the Gibraltar Strait, and the Bosporus Strait, as well as swimming the length of the Thames, running in the Race Across America, the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, the Solo Extreme Ultra Triathlon.

Greg Whyte | Coaching Career

Since retiring from professional sport, Greg has worked with some of the industry’s most prominent athletes and organisations, including the English Institute of Sport, Renault Formula 1, Liverpool FC, West Ham FC, and Subaru Rally Team, amongst many others.

He provides coaching sessions on several topics, including elite performance, outdoor fitness, overcoming injury, rehabilitation and recovery, the importance of nutrition, achieving goals, and physical and mental toughness.

His expertise has seen him lecture at Liverpool’s John Moore’s University in Applied Sport and Exercise Science, become Director of Performance at the Centre for Health and Human Performance, a Principal Investigator for the World Anti-Doping Agency, and Chair of the UK Active Research Institute Scientific Advisory Board.

Greg Whyte | The Whyte House

The Whyte House by Greg Whyte is a health and performance consultancy firm founded by Greg in 2009. The consultancy offers a range of services aimed at improving health, fitness, and performance for individuals and organizations.

The Whyte House has produced award winning films including A Norseman Story, which won Best Documentary Feature at the Oniros Film Awards in New York among many other awards. The film follows Greg over an 8 month period, as he prepares for what is believed to be the toughest triathlon on the planet.

Extraordinary People – The Burns victim and the Bosphorus won Best Documentary in TMFF among many other awards and nominations. The film follows Sylvia Mac, who suffered horrific, life-changing injuries as a child, and who has battled with physical and mental issues her whole life. Despite no open water experience, Sylvia attempted to swim from Asia to Europe along a treacherous stretch of water called The Bosphorus, in order to help raise awareness for body disfigurement, and the film follows her on the challenge.

Unstoppable – Inside the mind of the extreme triathlete is another film made by Greg Whyte that has won multiple awards and nominations, including AltFF Alternative Film Festival (Best Documentary Feature). In the film, Greg provides an insight into the mental strategies he uses to develop the mindset of success, whilst taking on an extreme solo challenge that goes beyond performance and becomes a battle for survival. Through telling this incredible story, he provides anyone facing a major challenge, the mental tools to overcome adversity, and create the belief that with the right mindset, we can all become ‘Unstoppable’.

Greg Whyte | Media Career

Whilst Greg is not necessarily famous for his media work, his expertise has seen him appear on entertainment shows, including Jeremy Vine, The One Show, and Horizon, as well as appearing as a trainer at the Commonwealth Games 2014, John Bishop’s Sport Relief Hell, The Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Special  and Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man.

He is also the author of two bestselling books. His first, Achieve the Impossible (2015), used examples of celebrities trained by Greg – including John Bishop and David Walliams – to prove that with the right physical and mental training, anything can be achieved. The year after, he published Bump It Up: The Dynamic, Flexible Exercise and Healthy Eating Plan for Before, During and After Pregnancy, which provided an easy-to-follow guide to staying fit and healthy during the pregnancy journey.

Greg Whyte | Charity Work

Greg often uses his expertise to help raise money for charity, most notably for Comic/Sport Relief. He has been involved in the coaching for over 33 challenges, including comedian Jo Brand’s walk from Hull to Liverpool, a bike ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End, radio presenter Greg James’ five triathlons in five cities in five days, presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s ‘danceathon’, as well as guiding celebrities up Mount Kilimanjaro. Throughout the years, it’s believed these challenges have raised over £45 million for the charity. He was also the Chairman of the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity for over a decade.

Greg Whyte | Keynote Speaker

Professor Greg Whyte is an in-demand keynote and after-dinner speaker, willing to speak about his own athletic career, as well as his coaching experience and charity work. Through his talks, Greg aims to inspire future and current generations about physical activity, rehabilitation, and mental wellness in order to achieve their goals.

SPEAKING TOPICS

– Olympics

– Mental Health

– Peak Performance

– Physical Wellbeing

– Peak Performance

– Coaching and Training

– Charity Work

– Injury and Rehabilitation

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