The West of England has a long connection to the Games and athletes from our region will once again be represented this summer.
The Olympics is also a great time to try something new and get involved in local sports. By using this map, you can find out where you can play the Paris 2024 sports in our local communities. There’s a huge range of activities you can get involved in, so take a look and sign up to something today!
Click or tap pins to explore, or expand the menu at the top left to filter by sporting category or region.
To add your sports club or venue email comms@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.
If you or your family are inspired to try out any new sports during Paris 2024, download and print a certificate of achievement. Signed by Mayor Dan Norris, your certificate will make a great addition to the family fridge or cork board!
The West of England has long been represented at the Olympics and Paralympics. Our region's athletes have consistently achieved great success for Team GB. Below are just a few examples of people who have made history and done our region so proud in the past.
Since the University of Bath was founded in 1966, it has been at the forefront of sporting success in the West of England. Athletes who have trained as part of Team Bath have been achieving Olympic and Paralympic success for decades.
With selections for TeamGB entering their final stage, find out more about some of our local hopefuls from Team Bath who are looking to compete in Paris this summer!
It’s just not our local athletes who are contributing to Team GB’s success. Our world-class businesses and innovators are helping too.
The National Composites Centre, in Emersons Green, is once again working with Paralympic paracanoe champion Emma Wiggs MBE. Having already collaborated on the perfect paddle to propel the nine-time world champion to victory in Tokyo 2020, the team at the Composites Centre has now delivered the design and manufacture of an optimised paracanoe seat for Paris 2024.
The new seat draws on a keen understanding of movement dynamics and is three times stiffer to enable Emma to deliver a more efficient power transfer to the canoe.
Despite her previous successes, Emma and the British Canoeing coaching team identified the paddle as an element of her equipment that could improve her performance even more. The previous design was not adapted to the ergonomics of paracanoeists and could only be altered by its length with the same basic design of the blade, shaft, and handle for all athletes, irrespective of their size, weight or stroke style.
The work of the National Composites Centre will help propel Emma to further success.