Manchester Met University

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to providing the best possible environment for the personal, professional and sporting development of our athletes.
With a modern campus based in the heart of a global city, we are just minutes from facilities like the Manchester Aquatics Centre, National Squash Centre and National Cycling Centre.

We provide high-level support services to National and International athletes across a variety of sports through our programmes. Our staff have extensive experience in dual career sport environments and understand the opportunities this can present. We provide bespoke services in physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, sports science, sports nutrition, sports psychology and lifestyle support. The athlete is at the centre of everything we do and through performance lifestyle meetings staff help athletes achieve balance between their academic, sporting and personal ambitions.

Recent notable examples of athletes who have balanced high-level sport alongside other commitments include:

• Sam Keltos, PGCE Biology, WBBL and Australian Professional Basketball player
• Kadeena Cox, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy graduate, 4 x Olympic Gold Medalist
• Tully Kearny, MSc Physiotherapy student, Olympic Champion and Silver Paralympic Medallist, 9 x World Para-swimming Medallist
• Marc Scott, MSc Sport Business Management and Policy student, British athletics 5k indoor champion and world record holder
• Dan Clark, MSc Sport Business, Management and Policy student, Olympian and Manchester Giants basketball player as well as all-time leading points scorer for Great Britain and national team captain with more than 100 caps.
• Katie Ormrod, BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development, Winter Olympian.
• Alexandra Powell, BSc Adult Nursing, GB Fencing Team
• Emma Rayner,BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Manchester Thunder Player