UK Sport
| Predecessor | Sports Council of Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Formation | 6 January 1997 |
| Purpose | Investing into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK |
| Headquarters | London, WC1 |
Chair | Nick Webborn |
CEO | Sally Munday |
Parent organization | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Affiliations | British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association English Institute of Sport UK Anti-Doping The National Lottery |
| Staff | 90 |
| Website | uksport.gov.uk |
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
It was created in 1997, following a "rock bottom" showing at the 1996 Summer Olympics where Team GB won just one solitary gold medal. Team GB and Paralympics GB went on to place third in the medal table at London 2012 and second in the table at Rio 2016.