Part of our Presidential Lecture Programme, 187th Session

LMI President 2026-7: Professor Andrew Drakeley

Speaker: Dr Nigel Jones, MB ChB MSc DipSEM DipOccMed FFSEM

Title: Sports medicine and high performance: how to win a gold medal

Biography: Dr Nigel Jones is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

He has worked in elite sport for over 30 years and since 2017 has been Chief Medical Officer for British Cycling.

He has performed this role for both the Tokyo and Paris Olympic cycles.

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Prior to his current role, Nigel was Doctor to the England Men’s Senior Rugby Union Team. He has also worked at Liverpool Football Club, the English Institute of Sport, and for the British Boxing Board of Control.

Nigel also works as an SEM Consultant at Spire Liverpool Hospital.

He is a former Chair of Education for the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) and a former Chair of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM). He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Liverpool University.

In his talk Nigel will share his experience of where Sports Medicine sits within high-performance sports teams and the complexity involved in winning on the Olympic stage.

Please enter the building via the front entrance on Mount Pleasant.

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