Hall of Fame inductees

The England Athletics Hall of Fame

The England Athletics Hall of Fame was launched in 2008 with a panel of experts selecting a list of potential inductees for athletics fans and members of the public to vote on. This year England Athletics is giving you a greater say in who is inducted into the Hall of Fame and a chance to nominate any athlete(s) or contributors to the sport of athletics who you feel have made a major contribution to the sport. Click here to find out more about criteria, how to make a nomination and how to vote.

At the England Athletics Awards Night you will get to see some of our greatest athletes of all time gathered to see who is inducted into the Hall of Fame, and volunteers who take home our National Awards. It is an event where the great names of the sport and the people whose hard work form the bedrock of Athletics in England join together to share in celebrating our sport's successes.

You can read full details on our inductees by clicking on the relevant year.

Harold Abrahams (2009)
Malcolm Arnold (2009)
Steve Backley (2009)
Sir Roger Bannister (2008)
Chris Brasher (2008)
Lord Burghley (2009)
Sir Chris Chataway (2012)
Linford Christie (2010)
Lord Sebastian Coe (2008)
David Coleman (2008)
Kathy Cook (2011)
Steve Cram (2009)
Geoff Dyson (2008)
Jonathan Edwards (2009)
Don Finlay (2012)
Brendan Foster (2010)

Walter George (2010)
PW 'Jimmy' Green (2010)
Sally Gunnell (2008)
Tom Hampson (2011)
Dame Marea Hartman (2012)
David Hemery (2008)
Albert Hill (2010)
David Holding (2008)
Dame Kelly Holmes (2010)
Fred Housden (2012)
Dorothy Hyman (2011)
Derek Ibbotson (2011)
John Le Masurier (2010)
Denise Lewis (2011)
Bruce Longden (2011)
Douglas Lowe (2012)
Ken Matthews (2011)

David Moorcroft (2012)
Sam Mussabini (2011)
Steve Ovett (2008)
Wilf Paish (2012)
Jean Pickering (2011)
Ron Pickering (2009)
Ann Packer (2009)
Mary Rand (2009)
Tessa Sanderson (2012)
Alf Shrubb (2009)
Mike Smith (2011)
Noel Thatcher (2009)
Daley Thompson (2008)
Dorothy Tyler (2009)
Denis Watts (2010)
F.A.M Webster (2012)
Fatima Whitbread (2012)
Harold Whitlock (2011)
Sydney Wooderson (2009)

Biographies of everyone inducted in the Hall of Fame are available in our Hall of Fame Journals.

See www.englandathletics.org/shop to buy journals and other England Athletics products such as training wear.

Athlete of the Decade 2000-2009

Paula Radcliffe (2010)