Notable alumni of Loughborough University

Sebastian Coe

autobiographer · b. 1956

British athlete and politician (born 1956)

Paula Radcliffe

long-distance runner · b. 1973

English long-distance runner

British painter (born 1931)

Mary Earps

association football player · b. 1993

English footballer (Born 1993)

Irish swimmer

Casey Stoney

association football player · b. 1982

English association football player (born 1982)

American actress

Karen Carney

reality television participant · b. 1987

English association football player (born 1987)

Jill Scott

association football player · b. 1987

English association football player

Martyn Rooney

athletics competitor · b. 1987

athletics competitor

British javelin thrower

Jake Wightman

athletics competitor · b. 1994

Scottish male middle-distance runner

Tanni Grey-Thompson

athletics competitor · b. 1969

Welsh wheelchair racer and parliamentarian (born 1969)

English footballer (1926–2004)

Laura Unsworth

field hockey player · b. 1988

British field hockey player

Bob Wilson

sports commentator · b. 1941

Scotland footballer and broadcaster (born 1941)

Vicky Holland

triathlete · b. 1986

English triathlete

Liam Heath

kayaker · b. 1984

British canoeist

British sprinter

Hannah Macleod

field hockey player · b. 1984

British field hockey player

athletics competitor (1939–2022)

Liam Tancock

swimmer · b. 1985

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder

Giselle Ansley

field hockey player · b. 1992

British field hockey player

Dany Chamoun

politician · 1934–1990

Lebanese politician (1934-1990)

British athlete

Joanne Jackson

swimmer · b. 1986

British swimmer

British swimmer

British athlete

Footballer and manager (born 1959)

Matthew Gotrel

rower · b. 1989

British athlete

Lisa Dobriskey

middle-distance runner · b. 1983

athletics competitor

Ivaylo Kalfin

economist · b. 1964

Bulgarian politician

Tobias Ellwood

army soldier · b. 1966

British politician, soldier and author

Nirj Deva

politician · b. 1948

British politician (born 1948)

British long jumper

Sophie Bradley-Auckland

association football player · b. 1989

English footballer

Claire Rafferty

association football player · b. 1989

English association football player (born 1989)

Rabiu Kwankwaso

minister · b. 1956

Nigerian politician

Beth Potter

triathlete · b. 1991

British long-distance runner

British hurdler

Lee McConnell

sprinter · b. 1978

Scottish athlete

Gambian human rights activist (195x - )

Caitlin McClatchey

swimmer · b. 1985

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games medallist

Kate Haywood

swimmer · b. 1987

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist

British modern pentathlete

Rajiv Ouseph

Olympic competitor · b. 1986

badminton player

Ken Jones

rugby union player · 1921–2006

Welsh sprinter and rugby union footballer (1921-2006)

Greek swimmer

Marie Wattel

swimmer · b. 1997

French swimmer

Formula One designer

British-Australian physicist and engineer

Colin McFarlane

television actor · b. 1961

British actor

athletics competitor

Daniel Bennett

association football player · b. 1978

English footballer nationalized in Singapore

Jon Schofield

kayaker · b. 1985

British canoeist

Goldie Sayers

javelin thrower · b. 1982

British javelin thrower

British actress

Lizzie Simmonds

swimmer · b. 1991

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist

Jeanette Kwakye

sprinter · b. 1983

British sprinter

Rob Smedley

engineer · b. 1973

British motor racing engineer

Gada Kadoda

software engineer · b. 1950

Sudanese software engineer and university teacher

British female swimmer

Dario Gradi

association football player · b. 1941

Footballer and football manager (born 1941)

Sam Billings

cricketer · b. 1991

English cricketer (born 1991)

Indian female football player

Welsh rugby union player

David Moorcroft

middle-distance runner · b. 1953

athlete with world records in middle and long distance running

William Sharman

bobsledder · b. 1984

British hurdler

Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

aristocrat · b. 1999

son of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon; great-grandson of King George VI

Monty Panesar

cricketer · b. 1982

English cricketer

Michael Fabricant

politician · b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist

British chemist

British writer

Robert Blair

Olympic competitor · b. 1981

Scottish badminton player

Nanna Vainio

Olympic competitor · b. 1991

badminton player

Felicity Montagu

film actor · b. 1960

British actress

Laura Marsh

cricketer · b. 1986

cricketer (born 1986)

Chris Read

cricketer · b. 1978

Cricket player of England. (born 1978)

Jessica Turner

athletics competitor · b. 1995

English athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles

British swimmer

badminton player

David Hunt

film actor · b. 1954

British actor

Roberto Pavoni

swimmer · b. 1991

British swimmer

Tracy Brabin

politician · b. 1961

British politician and actress (born 1961)

British swimmer, Olympic athlete (1980-)

South Korean soccer official

British actor

Clive Woodward

rugby union player · b. 1956

English rugby union coach and former player

John Dawes

rugby union player · 1940–2021

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940-2021)

Henry Pyrgos

rugby union player · b. 1989

Scottish rugby union player

Lolly Adefope

stand-up comedian · b. 1990

British stand-up comedian and actress

Robin Middleton

Olympic competitor · b. 1985

English-Australian badminton player

Claire Allan

rugby sevens player · b. 1985

English rugby union player

British opera singer

Kemel Thompson

athletics competitor · b. 1974

athletics competitor

Malcolm Sayer

car designer · 1916–1970

British automobile and aerospace engineer

British politician (1954-2012)

Jodie Swallow

triathlete · b. 1981

British triathlete

Zachary Test

rugby sevens player · b. 1989

American rugby union footballer

Ugandan electric engineer

Ross Edgley

open water swimmer · b. 1985

British athlete

Nassib Lahoud

diplomat · 1944–2012

Lebanese politician (1944-2012)

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist

English-Irish rugby union footballer and coach

Becky Lyne

athletics competitor · b. 1982

British middle distance runner

British Paralympic athlete

Nigerian civil engineer

Irish footballer and manager

Verena Holmes

engineer · 1889–1964

English mechanical engineer and inventor (1889–1964)

Adrian Bailey

politician · b. 1945

British politician (born 1945)

Scottish cricketer (born 1989)

Irish archbishop

Jemma Rose

association football player · b. 1992

English footballer (born 1992)

British children's writer

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist

Kylie Davies

association football player · b. 1987

Welsh footballer (born 1987)

Ben Kay

rugby union player · b. 1975

English rugby union footballer

Fiona Pennie

kayaker · b. 1982

British slalom canoeist

Canadian sprinter and bobsledder

Nick Knight

cricketer · b. 1969

English cricketer

Carole Tongue

politician · b. 1955

British politician (born 1955)

English cyclist

English rugby union footballer

Martin Campbell

badminton player · b. 1990

Scottish badminton player (born 1990)

Executed British adventurer

Jennie Bimson

field hockey player · b. 1976

British field hockey player

Lim Swee Say

badminton executive and administrator · b. 1954

former Singaporean politician

Electrical engineer and business executive

British field hockey player (born 1990)

John Merryweather

association football coach · 1932–2019

Dutch politician

Nigerian electrical engineer

Henry Pollock

rugby union player · b. 2005

English rugby union player

Irish rugby union footballer and coach, and Gaelic footballer

Amanda Barr

association football player · b. 1982

association football player (born 1982)

English middle-distance runner

Robert White

cricketer · b. 1979

British cricketer, born 1979

Welsh footballer (1927-2011)

Lesley Paterson

triathlete · b. 1980

Scottish triathlete, screenwriter, and film producer

President of Women in Mining in Nigeria

British triathlete

British cyclist

British high jumper

British hurdler

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

British television presenter

Nathan Woodward

hurdler · b. 1989

British hurdler

English actor

English cricketer (born 1984)

Bandar M Hajjar

economist · b. 1953

Saudi Arabian politician

Richard Jones

cricketer · b. 1986

English cricketer born in 1986

Antonio Navarro Wolff

sanitary engineer · b. 1948

Colombian engineer, professor, former guerrilla fighter and politician of German descent (born 1948)

Ben Ryan

rugby union player · b. 1971

English rugby union footballer and coach

Freda Warrington

illustrator · b. 1956

British writer

Chelsea Weston

association football player · b. 1990

English footballer (born 1990)

Corinne Yorston

association football player · b. 1983

English footballer (born 1983)

English cricketer (born 1983)

English rugby union footballer

David Hibbert

association football player · b. 1986

English footballer (born 1986)

English-born cricketer (born 1989)

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist

Scottish cricketer (born 1979)

Guy Learmonth

athletics competitor · b. 1992

British middle distance runner

Chrisanthi Avgerou

business informatician · b. 1954

Greek-born scholar and computer scientist

English footballer (born 1966)

British field hockey player

English footballer and cricketer

English Labour Party Member of Parliament and Life Peer (1919-2003)

Jason Lee

field hockey player · b. 1970

British field hockey player and coach

English cricketer (born 1980)

Katie Holtham

association football player · b. 1986

English footballer

Kirstie Gordon

cricketer · b. 1997

Scottish Cricketer

Scottish cricketer (born 1979)

English cricketer (born 1984)

Nigerian politician

cricketer

Sadia Kabeya

rugby union player · b. 2002

England international rugby union player

English rugby union footballer and coach

Welsh rugby union player and commentator (born 1945)

Michael Landy

conceptual artist · b. 1963

British artist (born 1963)

Rikki Fifton

athletics competitor · b. 1985

British sprinter

English cricketer (born 1990)

Michelle Hinnigan

association football player · b. 1990

English footballer

English cricketer (born 1981)

English footballer (born 1944)

Ore Oduba

presenter · b. 1986

journalist

English cricketer (born 1976)

English cricketer (born 1988)

English cricketer (born 1991)

British field hockey player

British field hockey player

English footballer (born 1985)

cricketer (born 1986)

cricketer (born 1987)

Hong Kong rugby union player

English footballer (1985-)

English former triathlete

Jade Radburn

association football player · b. 1989

English footballer (born 1989)