Dan Hunt can claim to have led Team GB to four Olympic medals and five World Championship golds after years of falling short. His knowledge and in-depth analysis of marginal gains has set him out as one of the most prominent performance specialists in the UK. He is ambitious too, having developed a plan to put British snow sport at the top of the pile.
It began when Dave Brailsford approached the then humble sports scientist at the University of Bath to transform the women's cycling programme. He did so emphatically. The women's endurance team of Great Britain had barely won a tournament in the years preceding Dan's arrival. Their fortunes were about to turn, as Dan went on to accelerate the team to four Olympic medals inside three years.
He turned his attention to the men's side in 2009, coaching them to a world-record time and Olympic gold at London 2012. The success was central to the building of Team Sky, where he became Director of Sport. Helping to put British cycling on the map and ensure countless medals followed, Dan Hunt proved a key cog in one of sport's best oiled machines.
The Premier League came calling, with problems of their own. 2013 saw him become Head of Performance for the Premier League, a role which saw him create programs for fitness, technical and tactical projects. We may well be witnessing the effects of Dan Hunt and his team's expertise, after a young Three Lions team enjoyed a semi final spot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Not only that, but the England youth teams have been busy too, with England's U17s and u20s winning the 2017 World Cups.
After what looks to have been a successful time with the Premier League, Dan Hunt left the glamour of the role to take over as Performance Director for British Ski and Snowboard (BSS) in 2016 with the aim of coaching the national team to become a top 5 nation in both sports. A world-class director, coach and sports speaker, there are few peak performance specialists in the world who offer the same proven track record as Dan Hunt. Deeply intriiguing and a wonderful keynote speaker, Dan is the ideal choice as a speaker for corporate events.
