Greg Whyte

Sports scientist and former competitor in modern pentathlon, Greg Whyte is a leading figure in the world of sports and physical activity. Working with some of the biggest sports organisations in the industry, such as the Olympics and the English Institue of Sport, Greg is an expert advisor on the limits of the human body. Greg is available to hire as a keynote and after dinner, speaker specialising in exercise physiology and improving performance in addition to sharing stories of his philanthropy.

A former modern pentathlete and Olympian Greg Whyte achieved great success as a professional sportsman. Achieving medals in both the European and World Championships of the sport Greg reached peak performance as a competitor before becoming a motivator, trainer and therapist. As one of the UK’s foremost authorities on exercise physiology and rehabilitation, his work as a professional physiotherapist has brought him into contact with some of the most decorated sportsmen and women of recent years. Naturally, Greg progressed into lecturing, due to his expertise, at Liverpool’s John Moore’s University as a Professor in Applied Sport and Exercise Science.

Greg Whyte has achieved an MSc in human performance from Frostburg State University in the USA and completed his PhD at St. Georges Hospital Medical School and the University of Wolverhampton, where he also served as a research coordinator. He is a Fellow of both the British Association of Sport and Exercise and the American College of Sports Medicine and previously acted as the Chairman of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) for more than ten years.

With a wealth of experience both practically and educationally in sports science, Greg has become the expert for many of the Comic Relief challenges undertaken by celebrities, coaching and advising them. In total, he has been involved with twenty-three Comic Relief ventures, including training David Walliams to swim the channel, guided nine celebrities to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro and assisting Eddie Izard in running forty-three marathons in fifty days.

As an academic sports speaker, Greg strives to imbue future generations with the right knowledge about physical activity, ensuring that they can help themselves and others to prevent and rehabilitate from physical and sporting injuries. His expert insights into sports performance have inspired audiences nationwide and in his after-dinner speeches, he elaborates on how to achieve physical goals whilst maintaining both physical wellness and peak performance throughout.