Case Study

Leanne Brown

Leanne Brown is a 20 year old Flatwater Canoeist. She has been canoeing since she was 8 and her life revolves around the sport! Leanne has competed at an international standard with the Great Britain Team since she was 12 and her training includes Paddling on the river, Weights, Swimming and Running 12-14 times a week. Her highest achievements were in 2005 when she competed at the European Championship Sprints in Bulgaria; which was a high level of achievement for her age. Leanne also went to the World Championship Sprints in Hungary in which she was ranked 23rd fastest junior sprint racer in the World; 11th fastest in Europe.
 
Leanne would love to compete in front of our home country in the London 2012 Olympics and is currently the fastest ranked female in Essex, and is also ranked within the Top 10 sprint U23 females in Great Britain and 1st U23 at Marathon.
 
Leanne got involved with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust through the BT Backing Talent Programme. This opportunity allowed Leanne to attend two events in October and February where she had the opportunity to learn from world class sports performers about what it takes to reach the top in sport, benefitting from the skills and experience they have gained as Olympic, Paralympics, World and Commonwealth Medallists.
 
As well as working with all of the elite sports performers,  Leanne met Dame Kelly Holmes herself, and participated in a series of challenging workshops and activities on goal setting, nutrition, psychology, dealing with the media and much much more!
 
Leanne said: ”The talks by Dame Kelly Holmes were very inspirational. As a whole I found the DKH Legacy Trust days very inspiring and they enabled me to see that dreams can be achieved”.